Services for Claude Russell “Rusty” Stubbs of Magnolia are 2p.m., Thursday, Aug. 19, at Hartman Funeral Home of McComb withburial in Pike Memorial Gardens in McComb. Dr. Mac Amis willofficiate.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. and Thursday from 11 a.m.until 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Stubbs, 18, died Aug. 15, 2004, from injuries sustained in amotorcycle accident on Hwy 48 in Magnolia. He was born in McComb onSept. 6, 1985, to James Michael “Mike” Stubbs of McComb and ValerieWarren of Brookhaven.

He attended South Pike High School in Magnolia and graduatedfrom Bogue Chitto High School. He loved spending time with his dadriding Harleys and shooting pool. He loved the outdoors, huntingand fishing.

Preceding him in death were his father; his grandmother, HelenM. Stubbs; and a niece, Kelsey Lynn Avants.

Survivors are his mother; his grandparents, Claude and Mary Huxof Bogue Chitto; his brothers, Jason Avants and his wife, Kathi,Nathan Avants and his wife, Crystal, of Bogue Chitto; his nephew,Caleb Avants; and a very special friend, Rachael Conerly ofMagnolia.

Pallbearers will be B.J. Seago, Lowell Castilaw, Bill McDavid,Daniel Joyce, Bruce Ray and David Wilson.