SERVICES: 2 PM SATURDAY AT OTT AND LEE FUNERAL HOME IN RICHLAND
BURIAL: SHARON CEMETERY IN MAGEE
VISITATION: 11 AM-1:30 PM SATURDAY AT OTT AND LEE IN RICHLAND
Christopher Curtis “Chris” Toney, 50, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Visitation is 11 am Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Richland with services following at 2 pm at the funeral home with burial in Sharon Cemetery in Simpson County.
Chris was a native and lifelong resident of the Jackson area and was a Road Superintendent with APAC Mississippi for the past 12 years. He was an avid outdoorsman, always enjoying all of God’s nature to the fullest. Chris loved his family very much and his favorite pastime was simply spending time with them, whether it was vacationing together or just cooking out. He was a member of Countrywoods Baptist Church in Byram and his faith was very important to him. He along with his wife Sharla had rededicated their lives to the Lord and this had a tremendous impact on his family and friends. The love they shared together could be seen everyday because of the love they had for their Lord Jesus Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Sharla Toney of Utica; children, Christopher and
Lisa Toney of Utica; mother, Patricia Toney of Raymond; sisters, Kathy Boyd and husband Dwayne of Raymond and Angel Guillory and husband Doug of Birmingham; brothers, Lee Toney and wife Sondra of Mendenhall and Steve Toney and wife Susan of Raymond; father- in- law, David Morse of Jackson; nieces and nephews, Benjamin, Allison, Curt and Laura Toney, Molly and Toney Guillory.
His father, W. B. Toney, mother- in- law, Shirley Flynt and brother-in-law, David Lee Morse preceded him in death.
The family request memorials to Chris’s Cross, a foundation to help further the ministry of Jesus by providing wooden hand held “Comfort Crosses” to cancer patients, c/o Kathy Boyd, 2649 Neil Collins Road, Raymond,MS 39154.