Franklin Jerome Oatis

Published 3:08 pm Thursday, May 15, 2025

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 10, 2025, at St. Paul M. B. Church in Silver Creek, for Mr. Franklin Jerome Oatis, 70, who passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at his residence.

Rev. Michael Evans officiated with interment following at Pearl River Valley Baptist Church Cemetery in Monticello.

Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

He is the son of the late Samuel and Mary Magee Oatis. He was a member of St. Paul M. B. Church in Silver Creek. Mr. Oatis worked in the logging industry.

He enjoyed the community, cooking, hog and rabbit hunting, and his dogs.

His favorite college team was Jackson State University Tigers and he was an avid fan of the New Orleans Saints.

He is survived by his wife, Etta Oatis of Monticello; daughters, Cassandra Oatis of Monticello; Consuelo Barnes of New Hebron; brother, Moses Oatis of Monticello; sisters, Helen Walker of Prentiss; Diane Oatis of Prentiss; Betty White of Gulfport; three grandchildren  and many other relatives and friends.