Services for Jarod Wayne McKinney, of Ponchatoula, La., are 11a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23 at Harry McKneely and Son Funeral HomeChapel in Hammond, La., with burial in Sandhill Cemetery inPonchatoula.

Visitation is today from 6-10 p.m. and Wednesday from 8-11 a.m.the funeral home.

Mr. McKinney, 17, died Feb. 20, 2005, at his residence. He wasborn in Jefferson Parish, La., on July 21, 1987, to Barney andJackie Ivey McKinney, of Ponchatoula.

He was a Ponchatoula High School student and a member of thePonchatoula Dixie League Basketball Team.

Survivors are his parents; his brother, Justin Stark McKinney,of Ponchatoula; his grandparents, Edward and Martha Greer McKinney,of Union Church, and Houston and Jo Smith Ivey, of Quitman.