Services for Ephraim “E. J.” Diggs of Brookhaven are 11 a.m.,Thursday, April 11, at Beulah Chapel M. B. Church with burial inHillcrest Cemetery.

Visitation is Wednesday from noon until 6 p.m. at Tyler FuneralHome.

Mr. Diggs, 58, died April 4, 2002, at Silver Cross Nursing Home.He was born in Lincoln County on Sept. 11, 1943, to Ephraim Diggsand Earline Magee Diggs.

He was a former machine operator at International Paper. He wasa member of Beulah Chapel M. B. Church.

In addition to his parents, survivors are his wife, Willie AdamsDiggs of Brookhaven; his son, Ronald Dillon of Portland, Ore.; hisdaughters, Lisa Thomas of Sacramento, Calif., and Daffanie Diggsand Sabrina Wilcher, both of Brookhaven; his brothers, Waldo Diggsand David Diggs, both of Brookhaven, and Wayne Diggs of Atlanta;his sister, Margaret Thadison of Brookhaven; and sevengrandchildren.