Dan Wiley Honeycutt

Dan Wiley Honeycutt, 76, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville. Born July 27, 1944 in Alcorn County, he was the son of the late Looney L. and Minnie Virginia Walker Honeycutt. He attended Snowdown United Methodist Church in Tishomingo County and was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church in Alcorn County. Dan was a kind and loving husband, father, and brother. He was retired from Fisher Oil Company. He was a 1962 graduate of Kossuth High School and attended Northeast MS Junior College.  He was a Vietnam War veteran, serving in the U.S. Air Force between December 1965 and December 1971 when he received his honorable discharge with the rank of Sergeant.  He served on a AC130 transport plane in the 314 ^th Air Command, 772 ^nd Squadron, and was stationed in the Philippine Islands.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Mary Comer Honeycutt; two daughters, Susan Hendrix and Angela Hendrix Hester (Dale), and a son, James M. Hendrix, all of Iuka; four grandchildren, Bethany Holcomb, Hillary Jackson (Jimmy), Shalene Hendrix, and Dakota Hester; nine great-grandchildren; his mother-in-law, Frances Comer of Iuka; two brothers, Robert L. “Bob” Honeycutt (Sue) of Booneville, and Michael D. “Wayne” Honeycutt (Barbara) of Kossuth; and a sister, Jimmie Lee Honeycutt Whitt of Mathiston. He was preceded in death by his parents; his paternal grandparents, Jessie Green and Cora Jane Phillips Honeycutt; his maternal grandparents, Kendall and Madgie Odell Dilworth Walker; and a brother-in-law, Jimmy Whitt.

Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka is entrusted with arrangements. Funeral services are scheduled for 12:00 noon, Friday, December 11, graveside at Snowdown Cemetery, officiated by Rev. Bradley Smullins. Interment will follow in Snowdown Cemetery. Pallbearers include Jerry Comer, Robbie Comer, Dale Hester, Dakota Hester, and Tom Whitaker. An online guestbook may be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.