Funeral services were held Monday, March 27, 2017, at  Bassfield Baptist Church, in Bassfield,  for Mrs. Patsy McNeese, 71, of Bassfield, who died March 24, 2017, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.  Burial followed in the Bassfield Cemetery.

Rev. Ken Roberts officiated. Pallbearers were: James Hinton, Brad Barrett, T.C. Cooley, Gary Johnson, Chris Johnson and Kevin Herron. Saulters Moore Funeral Home of Prentiss handled all arrangements.

Mrs. McNeese was born November 19, 1945, in Carson.  She was the daughter of Claude Daley and Annie Robbins. She drove a school bus for Jefferson Davis County Schools for eighteen years.  She was a member of Bassfield Baptist Church.

Mrs. McNeese is survived by her son, Aaron McNeese of Bassfield and her daughter, Rachel Boyte of Groesbeck, Texas; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren;  one brother, Tony Daley of Carson, MS; three sisters, Mary Beth Waltman of Pass Christian, Johnnie Mae Johnson of Collins, and Kathy Barrett of Carson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Van Allen; one son Allen Roy, three brothers and one sister.   Online condolences and a guest registry are available atwww.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com