Services for Thomas James Traylor of Kentwood, La., are 10 a.m.,Monday, Nov. 18, at McKneely Funeral Home with burial in TangipahoaCemetery in Tangipahoa, La.

Visitation is today from 6-9 p.m., and Monday from 8-10 a.m., atthe funeral home.

Mr. Traylor, 68, died Nov. 16, 2002, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center in McComb, Miss.

He was a truck driver. He was a native of Tangipahoa Parish,La.

Preceding him in death were his father, T.J. Traylor; and hissisters, Bertie Ballard and Yvonne Chenevert.

Survivors are his mother, Rita Hutchinson Traylor of Brookhaven,Miss.; his wife, Martha Cooper Traylor of Kentwood; hisstep-children, Shirley Dykes, Martha Fay Dykes, Ruthie Dykes, LilaJean Wascom, Eugene Travis, Phillip Dykes, Carl Ray Dykes, JimmyWayne Dykes, Edward Dykes, Jackie Dykes and Jerry Lee Dykes; hissisters, Wilda Gill of Amite, Nancy Loper and Jo Ann Smith, both ofBrookhaven, Lois Leonard of Springfield, La., and Sharon Bevil ofGramercy, La.; and numerous step-grandchildren and nieces andnephews.