Gregory L. Nations was called home early morning on Monday April 18, 2022. Born December 23, 1957 in Hazelhurst, MS, Greg was a very committed and devoted Christian man who had a helpful and teaching nature. He was an avid outdoorsman and joined the Boy Scouts at a young age and worked his way through the ranks to become an Eagle Scout, and continued to promote and better the program as an adult.
Greg joined the United States Air Force in 1975, where he traveled the world and met his wife and was married in October of 1978 and earned his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maryland. He had a long and distinguished career in the military ending in 1994 when he chose to retire at the rank of Master Sergeant. Greg chose to move back to Jackson, MS where he worked for the Department of Public Safety as the Lead System Administrator and Cyber Security trainer. He was very involved in his church community and spread the gospel when he could.
Greg is preceded in death by his father Glenn and is survived by his mother Mary, brothers Michael and Jeff, wife Catherine, children Christina, Robert, and Jennifer, and his grandchildren Timothy, Trinity, Stephanee, Johnathan, Grace, Rebekah, and Aliyah.
Visitation will be held at Lakewood Funeral Home Monday April 25, 2022 from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M., Service will be held Tuesday April 26, 2022 at 11 A.M. Interment will be at the Mississippi Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Newton, MS at 2 P.M.
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