Services for Recie Ford Thames, of Jayess, are 11 a.m. Thursday,Feb. 10 at New Hope Baptist Church in Monticello with burial in thechurch cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5-9 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home inMonticello and Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the church.

Mr. Thames, 80, died Feb. 8, 2005, at the University ofMississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was born in LawrenceCounty on April 11, 1924, to Recie F. Thames and Ida LambertThames.

He was a retired farmer and boilermaker. He was a veteran of theArmy with service in World War II. Mr. Thames was a 32 degreeMason. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church where he servedas a deacon.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one brother, JereThames; and one sister, Ruth Nelson.

Survivors are his wife, Thelma Thames; his sons, Tony Thames andJeff Thames, both of Monticello; his brother, Paul Thames, ofMonticello; and five grandchildren.