Colonel Rabon Gullick, Jr.

Published 10:26 am Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Colonel Rabon Gullick, Jr., 84, died Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, at his home in Oxford, Mississippi. The funeral service will be held Friday, March 2, 2018, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Gary Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Bruce Cemetery in Bruce, Miss. The visitation will be held Thursday, March 1, 2018, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. in West Hall at Waller Funeral Home.

Born in Bruce to the late Colonel Rabon and Irene Bratton Gullick, Mr. Gullick was a member of North Oxford Baptist Church in Oxford. He retired from Mississippi Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind.

Rabon volunteered at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi and at The Pantry, both in Oxford. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Donna Gullick Land.

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Mr. Gullick is survived by his wife, Jo Gullick of Oxford; daughter, Gay Gullick Kahane and her husband, Peter of Franklin, Tenn.; sister, Lillie Bea Newsome of Olive Branch, Miss.; two grandchildren, Sara Emma Irene Pauline Kahane of Franklin, Tenn. and Leslie Ray Land of Hernando, Miss.; and son-in-law, Wayne Land of Batesville, Miss.

In honor of Mr. Gullick’s service to our country, the flag of the United States Army will be flown at Waller Funeral Home.

Memorial Contributions in Mr. Gullick’s memory may be made to North Oxford Baptist, PO Box 1700, Oxford, MS 38655 or The Gideon Memorial Bible Chairman, P.O. Box 142, Oxford, MS 38655.

For additional information or to sign an online guestbook, please visit our website at www.wallerfuneralhome.com or call 662-234-7971.