Services for Hilary Richardson, of Chicago, Ill., formerly ofBogue Chitto, are 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 at Springfield M.B.Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary.

Mr. Richardson, 93, died Feb. 3, 2005, in Chicago. He was bornin Lincoln County on Oct. 7, 1911, to Perry Richardson and JanieMullins Richardson.

He was a retired construction worker.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Irma SuttonRichardson; his daughter, Glynell Long; his stepdaughter, DorisSutton; four grandchildren, Robyn, Robert Jeanette and WoodsonHilary; and five brothers, Perry Richardson Jr., Fred Richardson,Thad Richardson, Norl Richardson, and Marzell Richardson.

Survivors are his two daughters, Irma Sheard and her husband,James, and Debra Richardson, all of Chicago; two sons, PaulRichardson and his wife, May, and Hilary Richardson Jr., all ofChicago; three sisters, Arlene Richardson and Annie Bell Wilson,both of Chicago, and Bernice Eddington, of Springfield, Mass.; twobrothers, Warren Richardson, and his wife, Maude, of Chicago, andDan Richardson, of Bogue Chitto; 22 grandchildren; 56great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; twosisters-in-law, Earline Scott and Eloise Bracey and her husband,Leroy; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives andfriends.