Services for Freddie Roscoe Dewitt of Ruth are 11 a.m., Tuesday,Oct. 7, at Providence Baptist Church in Jayess with burial in thechurch cemetery.

Visitation is Monday from 5-9 p.m., at Wilson Funeral Home inMonticello, and Tuesday from 10-11 a.m., at the church.

Mr. Dewitt, 82, died Oct. 4, 2003, at Pine Crest Nursing Home inCrystal Springs. He was born in Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 11, 1921,to Charles Thomas Dewitt.

He was a retired carpenter, and an explosives operator in theArmy during World War II. He was a high school graduate, and amember of Providence Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Dixie HuguleyDewitt; and one brother.

Survivors are his daughter, Sonja Grayson of Ruth; his son,Tommy Dewitt of Ruth; his sister, Martha Kraft of Charleston, S.C.;his brother, Charles Thomas Dewitt of Hughes, Ark.; and threegrandchildren.