Wiley Lavory Falks Jr.

Wiley Lavory Falks, Jr., age 86 of Pascagoula passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Born in Waynesboro, Mississippi on April 15, 1938 and attended Waynesboro School System.  He served in U.S. Navy and worked numerous jobs in Waynesboro.  In 2007, he retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding as a Senior Production Planner after 35 years of employment. He enjoyed golfing, traveling the world, and attending ballgames and grandchildren’s activities.   He loved Golf, Pro Football, working in his yard, but most of all his family.

He is preceded in death by his father, W. L. Falks, Sr; mother, Allie Cummings Falks; his wife of 58 years, Mildred Rigney Falks; brother, Clyde Falks; sister, Ruby Falks Butcher; son-in-law, Steve DeForrest; half -brother, Larry Falks; twoshalf -sisters, Charlotte Falks Greene and Dianne Falks Blackburn; two brothers-in-law, G.O. Schaefer amd Gary Shaefer. 

Wiley is survived by his daughter, Ronda Falks DeForrest; son, Wiley III (Angela) Falks; two granddaughters, Kelsey DeForrest (Brandon Byrd), Kendra Summerall (Kyle); three grandsons, Lavory Falks, IV (Kaitlin), Wyatt Falks (Madie), and West Falks; five great grandchildren with one on the way, Travis (T.J.), Kayla White, Lavory Falks, V, “Lil Lav”, Wells Falks, Myles Falks and Diana Carlisle “D.C.” Summerall; sister, Virginia Shaefer, Grand Bay, AL and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

Visitation will be Saturday, July 20, 2024, 11:00-12 noon at O’Bryant-O’Keefe Funeral Home in Pascagoula.   Graveside Service will follow at 2:00pm Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 1195 S Cross Road, Buckatunna, MS  (Chicora)   Pallbearers will be his grandchildren and great grandson.    In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's  Hospital.  www.stjude.org 

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