Services for Denise Quarles of McComb are 11 a.m., Friday, Feb.20, at Old St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Wesson with burialin St. John Cemetery.

Visitation is Thursday from noon until 7 p.m., with familypresent from 6-7 p.m., at Tyler Funeral Home.

Ms. Quarles, 43, died Feb. 15, 2004, at Southwest MississippiRegional Medical Center. She was born in Chicago, Ill., on March20, 1960, to Jessie Quarles and Selma Byrd Quarles.

She was a former nurse assistant at Countrybrook Living Center.She was a member of Old St. John Missionary Baptist Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents and her twin brother,Dennis Quarles.

Survivors are her son, Teire Yemon King of Wesson; her sisters,Edna Quarles, Barbara Jordan and Irene Quarles, all of Chicago,Ill., Selmetra Quarles of Maryland, Laverne Quarles of Atlanta,Ga., and Marlinda of Wichita, Kan.; her brother, William Quarles;and her granddaughter, Ariyah Corayna King.