Nolan Mettetal

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Retired State of Mississippi Representative and State Senator, Nolan Mettetal, age 75, passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, December 28, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS with his loving wife and family by his side.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 29, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends on Tuesday from 12:00 P.M. until service time. Those honored to serve as pallbearers include, David Cole, Preston Lawrence, Kirk Isbell, Greg Arnold, Senator Chad McMahan, David Woodard, Luke Montgomery and Honorable George C. Carlson.

Nolan was born November 19, 1945 in Baton Rouge, LA to the late Wayne and Georgia Brewer Mettetal. Nolan was a registered pharmacist and member of the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Sardis, MS. Nolan had a servant’s heart, so that’s when he made a leap of faith to run for a State of Mississippi Office. He was elected as a Mississippi State Senator where he retired after sixteen years of service, and then Nolan was elected as State Representative where he served for another eight years for a total of twenty-four years of service to his beloved Panola County and the State of Mississippi. He and his wife, Kay, enjoyed their daily walks around Sardis Lake and has a special love for Ole Miss and Northwest Mississippi Community College. Nolan took great pride in serving others, but his main priority was loving Kay. He got immense pleasure while watching his hummingbirds and feeding the deer on his homeplace near Sardis. Nolan’s loved his five grandchildren with everything he had, and was most proud to watch his granddaughter, Gracie, play softball and recently watch her sign to play softball for Northwest Community College in Senatobia, MS.

Nolan’s caring and loving legacy will be cherished by his wife, Kay Ford Mettetal of Sardis, MS; daughter, Kim Mettetal Reed (Randall) of Senatobia, MS; son, Dr. Cary Mettetal (Carla) of Sardis, MS; five grandchildren, Gracie Kay Mettetal, Julien Carlton Mettetal, Nolan Paul Reed, Adelaide Marie Reed, and Sadie Kay Reed.

Along with his parents, Nolan was preceded in death by his grandparents, Fannie and Edger Brewer and Mr. & Mrs. Henry Mettetal.

Anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution in Nolan’s memory may forward those to the NWCC Foundation, 4975 Hwy 51 North, Senatobia, MS 38668 or to Magnolia Heights School, 1 Chiefs Dr., Senatobia, MS 38668.