James F. O’Quinn

Services for James F. O’Quinn, of Wesson, are 2 p.m. Sunday,April 10 at Decell Methodist Church in Wesson with burial inShelton Cemetery in Copiah County.

Visitation is Saturday from 5-9 p.m. at Brookhaven FuneralHome.

Mr. O’Quinn, 79, died April 7, 2005, at Mississippi BaptistMedical Center in Jackson. He was born in Fayette on May 28, 1925,to Thomas Jefferson O’Quinn II and Estelle Bolls O’Quinn.

He was retired. He was owner of the Wesson Shopping Center and afarmer and oil field worker. He served in the Air Force and inWorld War II. He was a member of Decell Methodist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and two brothers,Thomas O’Quinn and William O’Quinn.

Survivors are his wife, Mildred O’Quinn, of Wesson; his sons,Danny O’Quinn and his wife, Sheila, and Mark O’Quinn and his wife,Michelle, all of Wesson, Patrick S. O’Quinn and his wife, Pansy, ofBrookhaven, Jimmy O’Quinn and his wife, Casey, of Hattiesburg, andBill O’Quinn and his wife, Melinda, of Wesson; his daughters, PeggyCassels and her husband, Scott, of Tallahassee, Fla., and LoriSmithhart and her husband, Richard, of Pearl; his sisters, EstellPorter, of Natchez, Elizabeth Murphee, of Houston, Texas, andMildred Milery, of Mandeville, La.; 24 grandchildren; and fivegreat-grandchildren.

Rosa Glynell Coleman Pickett

Services for Rosa Glynell Coleman Pickett, of Southfield, Mich.,are 1 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Brookhaven Living Word ChristianCenter with burial in Carver Heights Cemetery.

Visitation is today from noon until 7 p.m. with family hour from6-7 p.m. at Williams Mortuary.

Mrs. Pickett, 88, died April 4, 2005, in Southfield. She wasborn in Brookhaven on March 18, 1917, to David Coleman and IsabellaJennings Coleman.

She was retired. She was a member of Spot Church, now BrookhavenLiving Word Christian Center. She was educated at Gulley HighSchool in Brookhaven.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, ThomasJames “T.J.” Pickett Jr.; her son, Thomas James Pickett Jr.; hersisters, Lillian Brown, Henrene Welch, Ceina Lyons and MaryMullins; and her brother, Timothy Coleman.

Survivors are her four daughters, Judy Mattel Tyler, of WestHampstead, N.Y., Sharon Ann Pickett, of Detroit, Mich., Rose MaryWilliams, of Marlton, N.J., Gloria Jean Styles and her husband,Douglas, of Southfield; her sister, Edra Godwin, of Chicago; eightgrandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces,nephews, other relatives and friends.

Ruby Caston Shell

Services for Ruby Caston Shell, of Jackson, are 2 p.m. today,April 8 at Bunkley Baptist Church with burial in Springhill BaptistChurch Cemetery, both in Franklin County. Franklin Funeral Home isin charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Shell died April 6, 2005, at Manhattan Nursing Home.

She was a homemaker.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Prudence Mae Easley Xedos

Services for Prudence Mae Easley Xedos, of Brookhaven, are 10a.m. Saturday, April 9 at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel withburial in Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery in Franklin County.

Visitation is today from 5-9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Xedos, 80, died April 6, 2005, at the University ofMississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She was born in FranklinCounty on Jan. 7, 1925, to L.C. Easley and Elizabeth SmithEasley.

She was retired from the State of Louisiana Department ofHealth. She was a member of the Baptist faith.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her brothers, CadeEasley Jr., Luther Easley and Robert Easley; and her sisters, EvaLea Easley and Neva Lackey.

Survivors are her son, James Ronald Xedos, of Mandeville, La.;her sisters, Annie M. Laird and her husband, Troy, of Bogue Chitto,Hattie Creech, of Monterey, La., and Marie Britt, of Brookhaven;her brother, William B. Easley, of Brookhaven; her grandchild,Stacy Xedos, of Mandeville, La; and her great-grandchildren, VictorXedos and Skylar Xedos, both of Mandeville.

Pallbearers will be Dennis Britt, Roger Easley, Douglas Easley,J.W. Thompson, Cyril Howell and Shawn Keeton.