Services for Byron J. Armstrong Sr. of Wesson are 11 a.m.,Saturday, Jan. 10, at Strong Hope Baptist Church with burial inStrong Hope Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from 5-7 p.m., at Stringer Family FuneralServices in Hazlehurst, and Saturday from 10-11 a.m., at thechurch.

Mr. Armstrong, 85, died Jan. 7, 2004, at his residence.

He was a retired dairy farmer and skilled carpenter. He was anative of Lawrence County. He was a member of Strong Hope BaptistChurch, where he served as a deacon for many years.

Survivors are his wife, Doris; his daughter and son-in-law,Nancy and Jerry Dykes of Wesson; his son and daughter-in-law, ByronArmstrong Jr. and Ann of Vicksburg; and his grandchildren, CaroleDykes Bass, William Jefferson Armstrong and Alyson AnnArmstrong.