BOYLE - Cecil "Jabo" Leon Bouler, Jr. age 73, of Boyle, MS, passed away on Tuesday August 18, 2015 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jackson.
Visitation will be held Friday August 21, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Cleveland Funeral Home in Cleveland. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 AM Saturday August 22, 2015 in the Cleveland Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the North Cleveland Cemetery. Reverend Jimmy Breland will officiate the services.
Jabo was born on August 22, 1941 to Cecil and Ethel (Roncali) Bouler in Cleveland, MS. He grew up in Boyle, MS and was a 1959 graduate of Cleveland High School. Jabo had previously worked for A. J. Pilgrims Motor rewinding and retired from Trunkline Gas Company after 25 years of service. He enjoyed dabbling in farming and loved to cook sea food; Crawfish were his specialty. Jabo enjoyed watching his grandchildren play ball and his morning coffee drinking buddies. He was a lifelong Baptist and loved to hunt and fish.
He was preceded in death by his parents Cecil Leon and Ethel Bouler and a sister Betty Jean Upchurch.
Jabo is survived by Daughter, Cindy Bouler of Boyle, MS. Son, Todd (Pam) Bouler of Independence, MS. Sister, Mary Ann Tribble of Boyle, MS. Brother, Paul Bouler of Vicksburg, MS. Five grandchildren; Cody Lopez, Amber Lopez, Blane Bouler, Ryan Henderson and Kalan Maples. He also leaves a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Blane Bouler, Cody Lopez, Jerry Ratcliffe, Joe Tyler, James Nathanial and Stanley Jones. Honorary pallbearers are the Trunkline Gas Company retirees.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38501
Cleveland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The on-line guest register may be viewed and signed at
www.clevelandfuneralhome.net