Funeral service for Mr. Willard Lee “Butch” Paden, Jr. will be 11 a.m., Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Powell’s Grove Church, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m., Wednesday evening, February 9, at Powell’s Grove.

Mr. Paden, 79, of Jayess, MS, passed from this life February 7, 2022, at his residence. He was born in Waldo, MO, June 9, 1942, to Willard Lee Paden, Sr. and Mildred Elizabeth Paden Akins.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Willie Olline Hux Paden; his parents; daughter, Tara Pauline Paden; grandparents, Bertha (Sophie) & Oden (Dado) Gillip and James & Cora Paden; sisters, Betty Ball, Beverly Smith, Linda Sue Smith; granddaughter, Alayna Brooke Paden; and great grandson, Winston Jacob Etheridge.

Those who are left to cherish his memory are, his children, Rhanda Hamilton, Kelley Givens (Mitchell), Jeff Paden (Dana), and James Brian Paden; sisters, Coralyn Smith and Shirley Gregg; ten grandchildren, Chris Hamilton, Natalie Williams, Darren Givens, Cieara Etheridge, Aaron Paden, Tara Pepper, Colton Hamilton, Olivia Paden, Adilyn Paden Travis, and Averi Paden. He is also survived by other loving family members and friends.