Services for John Carroll Ryan Jr., of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Thursday, March 10 at Mt. Olive Methodist Church in Satartia withburial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5-8 p.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home andThursday from 10-11 a.m. at the church.

Mr. Ryan, 76, died March 7, 2005, at his residence. He was bornin Yazoo City on Dec. 6, 1928, to J.C. Ryan Sr. and Ester Mae KeenRyan.

He was retired from Exxon Distribution. He attended FirstBaptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and two brothers,Charles Ryan and Garvis Ryan.

Survivors are his wife, Imogene Ryan, of Brookhaven; his son,David Ryan, of Sevierville, Tenn.; his stepsons, Denny Lea, ofMadison, and Eddie Walls, of Harrisville; his stepdaughters, KathyDouglas, of Madison, and Judy Howard, of Brookhaven; his sisters,Wilma Bratcher, of Crestview, Fla., and Frances Sue Hall, ofVicksburg; his brothers, Willard Ryan, of Clinton, Alton Ryan, ofBrookhaven, and Jackie Ryan, of Jonesville, La.; and 10grandchildren.