Herbie Cozette Pugh was born in Louin, Mississippi on March 29, 1930 to his parents, Clarence and Leona McNeil Pugh. The Jasper County native attended school at Louin, and began a lifelong career of service to the industrial profession as a welder by trade until his retirement in the early 1990's which brought he and his wife back to the Pugh homeplace in the Antioch community of Jasper County. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh would eventually relocate and move to Bay Springs about twenty years ago where they enjoyed friendships and fellowships with the Bay Springs community and Bay Springs Baptist Church. Mr. Cozette will be remembered for the love he had for his family, from daily doting on his wife, just shy of 66 years of wedded bliss, to spending years traveling with his work and taking his family with him every mile of the journey until settling in Pasadena, Texas area in 1972, where he worked in chemical plants as a pipe welder. He was a man of strong work ethic who loved his family, and they enjoyed his ability to express his feelings through "dry wit" and his jokester personality, even until his recent hospital stays. A United States Army veteran, Mr. Pugh served his country between the span of time ending Word War II and the beginning of the Korean War.  A good summary of the life of 92 years, as he passed away in Jackson, Mississippi on June 10, 2022, Herbie Cozette Pugh will be remembered as a man of faith, family, and friendships.

He is preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and three sisters.

Survivors include his wife, whom he would have celebrated 66 years of marriage on June 15, 2022, Mrs. Oudia Knotts Pugh; four children: Ron (Claudia) Pugh, Carrol (Chris) Shepherd, Mechelle (Wayne) Carpenter and Jennifer Pugh, and her life partner; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and numerous other step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.

The family wishes to acknowledge the directors and staff of Mississippi Care Center of Raleigh for their professional care for their loved one during his time there.