Graveside services for Joe Allen “Pop” Hamler Jr. of Monticellowere 2 p.m., Saturday, May 14, at Mission Hill Baptist ChurchCemetery. Harrigill Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Hamler, 37, died May 12, 2005, at Southwest Regional MedicalCenter. He was born in Montgomery County, Texas on Oct. 9, 1967, toJoe Allen Hamler Sr. and Loretta White Hamler.

He was a self-employed heavy equipment operator.

Preceding him in death were his grandparents.

Survivors are his parents; his sisters, Barbara Cossett and LoriMcDaniel, both of Carthage, Texas; his brother, Lionel Hamler ofMonticello; three nieces; and three nephews.