Funeral services for Gordon Lane Rutland of Ruth, Mississippi will be on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello, MS at 1:00 PM with burial to follow in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery in Ruth, MS. Bro. Jeffery Conn will be officiating the services with Wilson Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Wilson Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.

Mr. Rutland, 82, of Ruth, MS, passed from this life on Friday, June 4, 2021, at his residence. He was born on May 30, 1939 in Brookhaven, MS, to Ham Hobson Rutland and Loubirta Givens Rutland.

Gordon had been married to Loretta for 63 years. They raised three children and two grandchildren, and were blessed with one great-grandson. He believed in providing for his family. When he would finish one job, he would move on to the next even if it meant learning another trade. Gordon was a welder, farmer, mechanic, truck driver, and logger. He wasn't a large man in size, but he could certainly stand his ground. He never like telling anyone "no;" if he could not give you what you asked for, he would tell you not to worry, he would build you one.

Preceding him in death were his parents Ham and Loubirta Rutland; son, Timothy Lane Rutland; brothers, Hobson Eugene Rutland and Billy Joe Rutland; and sister, Rosemary Ray.

Survivors are his wife, Loretta Townsend Rutland; son Gordon Anthony Rutland; daughter, Jennifer Lou Sikes and husband Kevin; grandson, Clinton Gage Brister and wife Rachel; Granddaughter Grace Kathleen Sikes and Dalton Viniard; great grandson Noah Gage Brister; and a host of family and friends.