Funeral service for Mr. Clifton Edward Bales, Jr will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at
Bogue Chitto Baptist Church with interment at Twin Oaks Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m.,
Tuesday, June 16, at Bogue Chitto Baptist Church, and will resume at 10 a.m. on Wednesday until time of the service.
Mr. Clifton Edward Bales, Jr., affectionately known as “Grub”, 66, passed from this life June 15, 2020.
He was born August 5, 1953, to the late Clifton Edward Bales, Sr. and Helen Kathryn Reid Bales.
He was a member of Bogue Chitto Baptist Church and was a dairy farmer by trade. Mr. Bales
was also a member of the Bogue Chitto Masonic Lodge and an active Houndsman. His favorite
pastime was visiting with his sons and grandsons. He was a great people person and would
strike up a conversation with anyone who would listen. He would discuss anything from
mules to how he loved fulfilling his duties as “Mayor” of Bogue Chitto. He will be greatly
missed by all who loved him.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Vivienne Lynn Bales; parents; and his niece, Marriah Bales Barron.
Those left to cherish his memory are his sons, Trey Bales (Melissa) and Reid Bales; brothers,
Kevin Bales (Glenda), Bruce Bales (Donna); sisters, Melinda Bales Hughes, Melissa Bales Boyd (Billy);
two grandchildren, Slade Bales and Gunner Bales; and a host of nieces and nephews
and other loving family members and friends.
