Services for Jessie Mae Markham, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m.Saturday, April 29, at Galilee AME Church in Caseyville with burialin the church cemetery. Williams Mortuary is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Ms. Markham, 80, died April 22, 2006, at her residence. She wasborn on Dec. 8, 1925, to Samuel David Markham Sr. and RosieMarkham.

She was retired. She was a member of Galilee AME Church.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her brother, Samuel DavidMarkham Jr.; and her infant sister.

Survivors are her sister, Velma Lee Hunter and husband S.Q., ofBrookhaven; her aunt, Louada London, of Los Angeles, Calif.; hernieces, Robin Dianne Hunter, of Brookhaven, Ella Faye McCall, ofChicago, Ill., Patricia Markham, of Toledo, Ohio, and MaryMerchant, of Oakland, Calif.; her nephews, David Markham, ofIndianola, Samuel Markham Jr., of Toledo, and L.C. Markham, ofGary, Ind.; and a host of other relatives and friends.