“The pains of death are past labor and sorrow cease life’s long warfare closed at last, thy soul is found at peace.”

Dave Cornelius Woullard, son of the late Mrs. Vassie Jo Evans and Mr. Clyde Woullard, Jr. departed this life on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Affectionately known as “Nicky,” he was born on January 3, 1963, as the fourth of his beloved mother’s eight children. He was educated in the Hattiesburg Public School system, and he graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 1981. He was baptized at Antioch Baptist Church where he regularly attended services from childhood through his young adult life.

He was a hardworking, loving and easygoing person who enjoyed laughing with his friends, eating a good meal and spending quality time with his family. He could always be depended on to share a positive word of encouragement or a listening ear to those he loved. He had a deep and abiding faith in God that carried him through the many challenges of his life which was present with him in the waning days of his life’s journey.

He will be profoundly missed and remembered forever by those who knew and loved him. He leaves to mourn his loss and cherish his memory his step father Charles Evans, seven siblings, Deborah Harry (Stanley), Craig Woullard(Evelyn), Clyde Woullard III (Becky), Angelica Knight Stewart (Allen), Valena Thompkins (John), Edwina McCurty and Edward McCurty, half-sister Ingrid Woullard, two aunts LaDonna and Burndette Woullard; six children, Jennifer, Ricky, Chelsea, Alexis, Jhanya & Dave Jr.; eighteen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and a special friend Diane Brown.