Services for John Gaines, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Wednesday,May 25 at Williams Mortuary Chapel with burial in Rose Hill ChurchCemetery.

Visitation is Tuesday from noon until 6 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Gaines, 87, died May 22, 2005, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. He was born in Lincoln County on Nov. 28, 1917, to WillGaines and Isabelle Gaines.

He was retired.

Preceding him in death were his parents; three sisters, IreneLott, Marion Gaines and Josephine Coleman; two brothers, EugeneGaines and Willie B. Gaines; three sons, Paul Gaines, Edward Gainesand Mark Anthony Gaines; and one daughter, Cathy Gaines.

Survivors are his daughter, Cheryl Gaines, of Brookhaven; hissons, Harold Banks, of Brookhaven, and Victor Gaines, of Jackson;12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a special nephew, HaroldColeman, of Brookhaven; and many nieces, nephews and otherrelatives.