Clinton Ray Chesnut, Jr. of Louin, Mississippi, passed away on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at the age of 89. Ray was born on a farm in Pulaski, Mississippi and moved to Bay Springs at the age of 10. He served in the US Navy and served during the Korean Conflict; he retired from Sears and then enjoyed many years filled with the things he enjoyed best: cooking, good cheeses and cured meats, traveling with family in their motor home, gadgets of all kinds, watching westerns and sharing his contagious laugh.

Visitation will be held on November 4, 2021, from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Bay Springs, Mississippi. The funeral services will be held on November 4, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Bay Springs. Burial will follow at Montrose Cemetery. Bro. Robert Armstrong will officiate.

He was preceded in death by: his parents, Clinton R. Chesnut, Sr. and Beatrice Abney Chesnut; his wife of 68 years, Maxine McNeil Chesnut; his sister Ann Chesnut Fetner and his brothers, Robert "Bob" Chesnut and Lloyd Chesnut; and his children, Keith Ray Chesnut and Cheryl Ann Chesnut Read.

Ray is survived by: his grandchildren, Lindsey Read Brown (Dave), Clarissa Chesnut Welch (Matt), Melissa Chesnut, Courtney Read Currie (Kendrick) and Rhys Read; his great-grandchildren, Tate and Layne Currie; daughter-in-law Betty Bergin Chesnut and son-in-law Ron Read (Lisa); sister-in-law, Rollene Chesnut.

Pallbearers will be Rhys Read, Dave Brown, Kendrick Currie, Matt Welch and Haskins Montgomery.

Honorary pallbearers are René Read and Tanner Read.