Pershing Sullivan, Jr.

Funeral services for Mr. Pershing Boyd Sullivan, Jr., age 70 of Cookeville, will be held Friday, January 28th, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cookeville chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Pastor Ed Malone will officiate. Interment will follow in Brown's Mill Cemetery. His family will receive friends Friday from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Sullivan died Saturday, January 22, 2022 at his home. He was born June 28, 1951 in Jones County, Mississippi to the late Pershing Boyd Sullivan, Sr. and Pauline Brewer Sullivan. He spent his formative years living in Laurel and Waynesboro, MS. He moved to Cookeville in the 1980s and worked at Tennessee Department of Transportation until his retirement. Pershing was a generous man who enjoyed the simple things in life and the company of good friends. He was talkative and ready and eager to share a good story. He loved his dogs and enjoyed their companionship. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jane (Chad) McCullough; a brother, Michael Sullivan; and by a cousin, Charles Brewer. He is survived by nieces, Ali Gant and husband Terry of Cookeville and Adrian Bevis and husband Ryan of Birmingham, AL; and by cousins, Ronald (Phyllis) Brewer and Cyndi Brewer of MS. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Cookeville Rescue Mission. Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111. Share memories and condolences at www.hhhfunerals.com.