Demetrious

Heard

Demetrious Heard began his life journey on November 30, 1960. He was a proud native of Arkabutla, Coldwater, Mississippi. He was the last child born of Alice Dunigan and the late Fern Lee Heard.

Demetrious accepted and professed a love in Jesus at an early age at Greater St. Samaritan A.M.E. Church. He was a skilled handyman for over thirty years of his life.

Demetrious will always be affectionately known as Mick by his mother, Alice Dunigan; sister, Eloise (Sherman) Riley of Coldwater, MS; his three nieces, Jeanette Woods of Memphis, TN, Takila Miller-West of San Tan Valley, AZ, and Adrienne (Tirrelle) Lee of Southaven, MS; his nephew, Johnny B. Miller, Jr., of Southaven, MS; his aunts, Gunnetta Thorton of Memphis, TN, Velner McGowan of Memphis, TN, Karen Davis of Coldwater, MS; his uncles, Frederick (Caroline) Thorton of Sugarland, TX, Chester Arthur (Mary Ann) Davis of Coldwater, MS, Odell (Ernestine) Davis of Coldwater, MS, and Charles Davis of Chicago, IL; and a host of great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins who love him and will miss him dearly.