Jonah R. Bullard, 68

A self-employed painter and a member of Covenant Baptist Church in Smithville, he was preceded in death by his adoptive parents, Willy Columbus and Hassie Lee George Bullard; birth parents, Riley S. and Emmie Elizabeth George Fish; sister, Margaret Fish; and brothers, Arlon, James, Joseph and Marlin Fish.

He is survived by daughters, Beverly G. Thompson and Lois (Rena) Hawthorne of Rock Island; sisters, Mildred Fish Arnold of Smithville and Marie Fish Sneed of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; grandchildren, Angelia McCarver, Wynenma Conley, Thomas Johnson and Elizabeth Buckley; 10 great-grandchildren and special friends, Gary Don and Rose Marie Hillis of McMinnville.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Love-Cantrell-Cope Funeral Home with Bobby Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Brick House Cemetery at Rock Island. Visitation will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. today 8 a.m. until time of service Thursday at Love-Cantrell-Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.