Charles Durr Hudspeth

The visitation will be at 2:00 PM Monday February 13, 2012, at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home on Highland Colony Parkway in Ridgeland with a Memorial Service following at3:00 PM in the Funeral Home Chapel. The interment will follow in Parkway Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Hudspeth grew up in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Central High School and attended Millsaps College where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity. He was in the textile business for most of his life, owning businesses in Rolling Fork and Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served as a board member of Merchants Bank in Vicksburg for 20 years and he was a member of the Rolling Fork Rotary Club. He was president of the Mississippi Orchid Society and growing orchids was one of his many hobbies. He also enjoyed traveling and fishing.

Mr. Hudspeth was preceded in death by his parents Charles Seth Hudspeth and Mary Durr Hudspeth. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Laura Ceil Allen Hudspeth; a daughter, Melissa Hudspeth Applewhite (Ron) of Flowood, Mississippi; a son Charles Allen Hudspeth (Sheila) of Vicksburg, Mississippi; grandsons, Brad Applewhite of Madison, Mississippi, Breland Applewhite of Jackson, Mississippi, Seth Hudspeth of Scottsdale, Arizona; and granddaughter, Laura Hudspeth of Birmingham, Alabama. He is also survived by a sister, Carolyn Hudspeth Gaby of Jackson, Mississippi.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society, Hospice Ministries or the charity of your choice.