Garland Lawrence "G.L." Denley , 95, of North Carrollton, MS, died Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at his residence. Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at North Carrollton Baptist Church with visitation 2 p.m. until service time at the church. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton. Rev. Lanny Haley will officiate.

Mr. Denley was born December 7, 1926 in Leflore County, MS, to Hosea and Maggie Koonce Denley. He was a member of North Carrollton Baptist Church. He proudly served in the United States Army as an instructor at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, during the Korean War and also in the Army Reserve retiring from the National Guard in 1986.  Mr. Denley retired from Putman Building Service in Grenada, MS, and was a carpenter by trade. He built houses in both the Greenwood and Grenada areas.  He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Rebecca Herbert Haley Denley; sons, Christopher Haley and Sidney Haley; and grandson, Thomas Haley.

He is survived by his son, Lanny Haley and wife Becky of Carrollton, MS; daughter, Jana Denley of Metarie, LA; six grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; and daughters' in-law, Josephine Neill Browning of North Carrollton, MS, and Carolyn Haley of Greenwood, MS.

Pallbearers will be Lynn Haley, Jake Liddell, Jeromy Liddell, William Thomas, Kirby Thomas, and Bill Thomas.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to North Carrollton Baptist Church, P.O. Box189, North Carrollton, MS 38947 or Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, 348 CR 41, Carrollton, MS 38917.

Military Rites will be conducted by Keesler-Hamrick-Gillespie American Legion Post 29.

Williams & Lord Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.