Delilah Sue Freeman Otts, 73, of Smithdale, MS passed away October 5, 2022, at her residence surrounded by her loving family.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Hartman Jones Funeral Home in McComb from 10:00 AM until services at 12:00 PM.  Burial will follow in Temple Hill Cemetery.  Rev. Marvin Howard will officiate.

Delilah was born April 6, 1949 in Canton, MS, to the late Wince Jim Freeman and Alice Elsie McKenzie Freeman.

She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.   Mrs. Otts attended Zachary High School and received her GED in Plaitine, IL. before going into the Air Force Guards.  She did her basic training in Lackland, TX, her tech school for food service in Lowery, CO and then stationed in Chicago, IL.  Two years later she came back to MS and was stationed in Gulfport, MS where she finished her duties in the Air Force Guards.   Delilah continued her education at Southwest Mississippi Community College where she received a certification as a CNA and worked as a CNA taking care of the elderly for many years before retiring.  The Otts loved growing their own vegetables and Delilah especially enjoyed her flower gardens, her greenhouses where she would grow flowers from seeds.  She would grow beautiful flowers and then give them away to brighten the days of others.  "God loves a cheerful giver", she would often say to others, also, she would say, "Give your problems to God because He will be up all night, anyway".  She will be greatly missed by all those that knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her step mother Wilma Jean Freeman, a sister Jerline Freeman Escobar, two brothers and sister-in-law Roy Winston Freeman, Sr. and his wife Gloria, and Jimmie Dale Freeman .

She is survived by her husband John W. Otts of Smithdale, MS,  her children Laura Lee Tidwell Baudin Beebe of Kemp, TX, Henry Lee Tidwell, III of McComb, MS and David Lyn Tidwell of Jackson, LA, a step daughter Robin Otts Parker (Randy) of Columbus, TN, fifteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, a special friend Katy Buckley (Leslie) of Summit, MS her brother Pearley Gene Freeman (Ginger) of Columbus, MS,  a sister Ina Pearl Freeman LeBouef of Washington, her chihuahua dogs (who she loved as her children )along with numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and a host of friends.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons Cory Baudin, Tye Baudin, great grandson Preston Baudin, Gunner Buckley, Leslie Buckley, and  Bubba Boggs.