Services for Ray Paul Richardson of Bogue Chitto are 11 a.m.,Saturday, May 17, at Thayer Church of Christ with burial inSpringfield Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m., at the WilliamsMortuary.

Mr. Richardson, 48, died May 10, 2003, at his residence. He wasborn in Lincoln County on Feb. 20, 1955, to Marzell Richardson andDorothy Richardson.

He was a self-employed logger with Richardson Logging. He was amember of Thayer Church of Christ.

Preceding him in death were his father; and a son, PatrickRichardson.

Survivors are his mother, Dorothy Richardson of Brookhaven; hisdaughter, Erica Richardson of Caseyville; his brothers, EdgarRichardson and Bruce Richardson, both of Bogue Chitto, and VincentRichardson of Chicago, Ill.; his sisters, Shirley Johnson ofChicago, Ill., Loretta Gibson of Pontiac, Mich., Evelyn Buie andRose Buie, both of Brookhaven, and Angela Edwards of Bogue Chitto;and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.