Johnnie Mae Rutland, 76, of Monticello, Mississippi passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at her daughter's residence in Monticello, MS. Johnnie was born October 17, 1947 in Monticello, Mississippi to Johnny Lloyd Neal and Doris Roberts Neal.

Visitation will be held on Thursday June 20, 2024 from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Monticello Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will be on Friday, June 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Monticello Pentecostal Church with graveside services following at Rutland Family Cemetery in Monticello, MS. Brother Jessie Givens and Brother Terry Ballard officiating. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Johnnie Mae loved her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids, her extended family, and especially children, no matter who they were. She was an excellent cook and loved fixing huge meals, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas. She had a heart of gold. She was an avid TV watcher. To know her was to love her. Johnnie Mae was loved by everyone who knew her.

Johnnie Mae is survived by her daughters Melinda Gail Rutland of Monticello, MS and Connie Lynn Rutland Freeman of Brookhaven, MS; Granddaughter Cole (Haley) Ballard; Great Grandchildren: Kyla, Karter, Karleigh Mullins; Ava and Tucker Rimes; Brothers: Floyd Neal, Robert Jason Neal, and Joe Nathan Neal; and Sister, Geraline Jackson.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Edward Earl Rutland, brother Gordon Neal, and grandson Devin Wayne Mullins.

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