Harold Dean Tubbs, 84

Published 10:33 am Monday, July 19, 2021

Harold Dean “Tooter” Tubbs,  84, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2021, at  Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 22,  at the Hosanna Family Worship Center with interment to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

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“Tooter” was born on July 11, 1937, to the late Paul Best and Mattie May Geeslin Tubbs in Sardis. During his lifetime, he worked as a farmer and was an avid hunter and fisherman. “Tooter” also had a musical side of him, in which he loved to play the guitar, sing, and dance.

The family he leaves behind includes his nephew, Will Floyd (Jennifer) of Batesville; two great nephews, Colton Lee Stevens (Chelsey) and Payton Floyd; two great-great nieces, Kallie Grace and Lilly; and one great-great nephew, Ryder Lane.

Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by two sisters, Shirley Ann Tubbs Floyd and Ruby Carlene Tubbs; and one brother, John Paul Tubbs.