Services for Jesse Lyons of Brookhaven are 11 a.m., Saturday,Aug. 9, at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church with burial in thechurch cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon – 8 p.m., with family hour from7-8 p.m., at Williams Mortuary.

Mr. Lyons, 60, died Aug. 5, 2003, at Countrybrook Living Center.He was born in Lincoln County on Sept. 10, 1942, to Versie Lyonsand Lillie Mae Ford Lyons.

He was disabled, and was a member of Mt. Olive MissionaryBaptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; five sisters, VirgieMae Lyons, Zatie Mae Lyons, Lula Mae Lyons, Mary Tillman and ClaraMae Lyons; and a brother, Versie Lyons Jr.

Survivors are his sisters, Jessie Lee Washington, Mary L. Lyons,Ollie Mae Lyons and Lottie Mae Lyons, all of Brookhaven; hisbrothers, Willie Lyons and Jerry Lee Lyons, both of Brookhaven; anda host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.