Danny "Pop" Phil File

Danny "Pop" File, age 62,  passed away peacefully at his home in Pope, MS on Wednesday morning, March 19, 2014. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, 3/21/14 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clay Baker presiding. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Pope, MS.  Those gentlemen honored to serve as pallbearers include:  Wes Brewer, Paul Hentz, Michael Johnson, Richard Putman, Craig Wright and Tony Wright.  The File family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home."Pop" was born to Keith Dale & Willine Bolton File on October 1, 1951 in Panola County, MS.  It is in that county where he lived most everyday of his fruitful life.  Mr. File was a member of the 1970 South Panola graduating class and in the fall of that year, he went on to Northwest Jr. College.  After a year at NW, he joined the U.S. Army National Guard, and after serving 22 years with the Guard, he retired as a Sergeant in 1994.  Pop refined his cooking skills while in the Guard, as he worked as a Chef for many years.  In 1971,  Mr. File went to work for The Mississippi State Highway Department in the Project Office in Batesville.  He worked in the field with survey crews for many of those years.  After he had walked many a mile with the 'crew',  he became a highly respected inspector with MDOT, focusing on working with the asphalt contractors all over the northern district of Mississippi.  In 2007, Mr. File retired from MDOT after serving 33 years.  Throughout those years, he was a fun-loving teacher and mentor to all he came in contact with; never asking anyone to perform a task, in which he didn't aide them.  Mr. File was of the Methodist faith and truly loved the Lord.  In his younger years, he was a bass singer with a group called "Faith".  Not only would he sing while in the group, he was known to burst into song as he went about his daily activities.  There were not many old gospel songs, which he could not sing, word for word.  Another one of his God given talents was woodworking.  From crafting furniture to making ornate objects, Pop enjoyed working with all types of wood. He was also an avid outdoorsman, to say the least.  Whether fishing crappie, or hunting whitetail deer, he enjoyed every minute he was out in nature.  Pop was a fun loving practical joker; always making those around him smile and laugh! His family can be assured he was a God fearing man who bestowed trust and love in those with whom he came in contact with throughout his short life on this Earth.  Those loved ones he leaves behind to continue the family legacy include his loving and devoted wife of nearly 42 years, Martha "Sid" Brewer File of Pope, MS; 2 daughters, Chesley File Watson (T.R.) of Oxford, MS and Danielle File Moore (Bradley) of Batesville, MS; one brother, Edward File (Sandra) of Atlanta, GA; sister-in-law, Eileen Nelson File of Pope, MS and his pride and joy, 4 grandchildren-Micah Higgins, Luke Higgins, Caitlin Moore and Drake Watson.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Keith Dale & Willine Bolton File and one brother, Terry Don File.The family requests that memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place( Acct.35676719) Memphis, TN  38105.