Mr. Gary Donour

Mr. Gary Donour, 66, passed away on January 15, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Gary was born on July 11, 1958, in Columbus, to the late Henry and Dorothy Ford Donour. Gary was a graduate of Caldwell High School in Columbus. He worked as a Rural Mail Carrier with the United States Postal Service for 30 years. He enjoyed managing Swords Pecan Orchard, where he and his father-in-law, Luther Swords, planted the first pecan tree. Still working as a mail carrier, he would finish his route and go right out to the orchard and start working. When Luther's health started declining, he ran the orchard by himself. After Luther's passing in 2013, Gary and Sandra continued the operations. He was an avid and accomplished deer and turkey hunter and fisherman. To know Gary was to know that he was one of kind, but to his daughter, Morgan, he was the best Dad any person could ask for. Being a grandfather to Eleanor, the light of his eye, was his greatest accomplishment and he was affectionately known to her as "Poppy." He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He married Sandra Swords Donour on October 24, 1992, in West Point. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father-in-law, Luther Swords. Visitation will be Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 1:00-2:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home in West Point. A Memorial Service will follow at 2:00 P.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend David Westmoreland officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Swords Donour of West Point: one daughter, Morgan Donour (Bobbie Thompson) of West Point: one granddaughter: Eleanor Donour Thompson, of West Point: one brother, Kenneth Donour (Kathy) of Millport, Alabama: one sister, Sharon Donour Richardson (Colin) of Dallas, Texas: his mother-in-law, Alice "Cotton" Swords of West Point, and several nieces and nephews. Honorary Pallbearers will be Michael Westmoreland, Roy Smith, Paul Long, Brent Garrison, Caleb Westmoreland, James Thompson, and Former Co-Workers at the United States Postal Service in Aberdeen. Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, 800 Baldwin Road South, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi 38641 or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com

Mr. Gary Donour

July 11, 1958 - January 15, 2025