Graveside service for Joseph Wordney “Joe” Hovas, age 76, of Huntsville, AL, will be Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:00 a.m. at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, MS with Wilson Knight Funeral Home directing. Shelton Funeral Home, Decatur, AL assisted the family in Alabama.
Mr. Hovas, who died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, AL, was born December 20, 1937, in Hollandale, MS, to Reginald Rougelet “R.R.” Hovas and Mallie Agnes Siddon Hovas. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mr. Hovas was a wood finisher for Baldwin Piano Company for 20 years. He was a lifetime member of Riverside Baptist Church, Money, MS.
He is survived by two brothers, Reginald R. Hovas, Jr. of Greenville, MS, and Arthur R. Hovas of Jackson, MS; and one sister, Agnes Farrish of Rogersville, AL.
