Ralph Willard Kahlor

Ralph Willard Kahlor, age 77, passed away Saturday afternoon, December 5, 2015, at his home in Pope, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 8, 2015, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park. Dr. Gary Berry and Dr. Roger Richards will be officiating the service. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 12 noon Tuesday. Ralph was born July 25, 1938 in Nesbit, MS to the late Harmon Ralph and Ruth Allen Kahlor. Ralph retired after 38 years of service as the Tate County Co-op manager in Senatobia, MS. He was a member of Pope Baptist Church. During Ralph's time as Co-op manager, he served as president of the Mississippi Agriculture Chemical Association, and also the Mississippi Seedmans Association. Ralph's memory will be cherished by his loving wife, Rosa Bryant Kahlor of Pope, MS; two daughters, Linda Jeanette Kahlor Collins (Ronnie) of Pope, MS, Beverly Marie Kahlor Shinstock (Chris) of Tuscaloosa, AL; sister, Ruth Louis Harris of Hernando, MS; six grandchildren, Kathryn Ann Cooper, Allison Leigh Collins Trolio, Laura Elizabeth Collins Yelverton, Constance Renee Collins Belew, Kathryn Kahlor Shinstock; five great-grandchildren, Victor Cohen Trolio, John Collins Trolio, Riley Ann Cooper, Eliza Ann Yelverton, and Bryant Seagar Yelverton. The family requests anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution in memory of Ralph, to forward those to Pope Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 34, Pope, MS 38658.