Joseph Paul Ishee

(April 15, 1955 – March 8, 2026)

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Joseph Paul Ishee, 70 of Mount Olive, who passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Jackson.

Reverend Nelson Crozier will officiate at the services.  Special music will be provided by Mr. Johnny Blackwell.  Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3202 Highway 49, Collins, Mississippi, 39428.

Honorary pallbearers will be Johnny Blackwell, Bo Hart, Bill Eubanks, and Carl Magee.

Mr. Ishee was born on April 15, 1955, in Hawaii, to Tempson Bernell Ishee and Ina Faye Norris Ishee.  He received a bachelor's degree in business education from the University of Southern Mississippi.  Mr. Ishee worked in the mortgage banking and financing industry for numerous years in the greater Dallas area.  He moved back to this area and went to work as an elementary teacher at the Mount Olive Schools until his retirement.  He had a special way with the children, settling things with humor instead of discipline.  Mr. Ishee enjoyed playing the drums, and was a member of the band, "Shiloh" for several years.  He was a member of the Rock Hill Baptist Church in Mount Olive.  Mr. Ishee was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and will be dearly missed by all his family.

He was preceded in death by parents, Tempson Bernell Ishee and Ina Faye Norris Ishee; a son, Taylor Ishee; and two sisters, Faye Nell Ishee Magee and Christy Lynn Ishee.

Survivors include his wife of four years, Jo Ann Landau Todd-Ishee of Mount Olive; one daughter, Nicole Ishee, of Frisco, Texas; one stepson, Brandon Todd (Ashley) of Mount Olive; two step-grandchildren, Evie Todd and Charlie Todd; his aunt, Evelyn Kinstley of Jackson; a brother-in-law, Carl Magee of Mount Olive; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com