Johnny Goolsby obituary lists services in Forest after death in Quitman
Visitation for Johnny Goolsby is set in Forest, with funeral and burial to follow at Antioch-Steele Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
Visitation for Johnny William Goolsby will be held at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest on Wednesday, May 27, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. His funeral service is scheduled for Thursday, May 28, at 10 a.m. in the Ott & Lee Chapel, with burial to follow at Antioch-Steele Primitive Baptist Cemetery at 6931 MS-21 in Forest.
Goolsby died peacefully on May 22, 2026, at Diversicare of Quitman. He was 59. The obituary notice, posted May 23, gives neighbors, friends, and family the main details they need to gather in Forest and pay their respects before the burial in Scott County.
Beyond the service times, the obituary sketches a familiar local life. It says Goolsby worked at Tadlock Stockyards when he was younger and especially liked being around horses. He also enjoyed playing pool and spending time with friends and family, the kind of details that place him squarely in the everyday social life of the area.
Bro. Reggie Tatum is listed as the officiant for the funeral. That role places the service within the steady network of local church and funeral connections that often guide families through a loss in this part of Mississippi.
The burial site carries its own long community history. Antioch-Steele Primitive Baptist Cemetery is also known as Antioch P.B. Cemetery and Antioch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Family records tied to Antioch Primitive Baptist Church place it about 7 miles north of Forest on Highway 35 and note church records dating back to 1835, underscoring how deeply rooted the cemetery is in the region’s religious and family landscape.
For Quitman County residents, the notice does what such announcements are meant to do: it marks the passing of a longtime community member and lays out, in exact terms, where and when to gather. With the visitation in Forest, the service at the funeral home chapel, and burial at the Antioch-Steele cemetery, Goolsby’s final arrangements now move through the same church and family networks that shaped his life.
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