Max Huff

Funeral services for Max Huff, 81, of Ferriday, LA, will be held at Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church on Friday October 17, 2014 at 11 am with Rev. Clyde Ray Webber and Rev. Truman Stagg officiating. Interment will follow at Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Max was born August 22, 1933 in Crescent, LA to Wildred Norris Huff and Howard Huff. He passed away October 14, 2014. He was graduated from Simmsport High School in 1951. He attended Southeastern in Hammond, La, until he was inducted in the U.S. Army. He served in the 11th Airborne as a paratrooper. After discharge he attended Northwestern earning a degree in Agriculture and Forestry. Upon graduation he lived at Lake St. John and was a farmer for over 40 years. Max was instrumental in forming the Ferriday County Club (now Panola Woods Country Club). He was president of the Concordia Farm Bureau for eleven years. During the building of the present Sevier Memorial United Church he helped in securing money through bond sales. Max had been an avid hunter of deer and squirrels in various camps in Louisiana and Mississippi. He was preceeded in death by his parents, Howard and Wildred Huff; son-in-law, Charles Jordan Jackson, and brother-in-law Roland Landry, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jane Brown Huff, three daughters, Leslie Huff Jackson, of Lake St. John, daughter, Dr. Amy Huff Berryhill and husband Ray of Starkville, MS, Macky Huff Stockstill and husband, Mark of Natchez, MS, Five grandchilren, Max Jackson, Cody Berryhill, Tyler Stockstill, Wes Stockstill, and Carolina Berryhill; sister Joyce Huff Landry, brother James T. "Babe" Huff; Pallbearers are his grandsons, nephews, Bobby Landry and Max Huff, friends, Trey Corbett and Jeremy Wood. Honorary Pallbearers will be Loyce Maroon, Tommy Dennig, Harry Pankey, Don Horton, Don Marshall, Red Tiffee, Chester Hoover, and Richard Craig and many, many friends. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at from 9:30 am until 11 am. To leave an online condolence for the family please visit www.youngsfh.com.

Max Huff

August 22, 1933 - October 14, 2014