Services for Simmie Benjamin, of Silver Creek, were 2 p.m.Saturday, July 8, at Alexander Auditorium with burial in CarverHeights Cemetery. Laird Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Benjamin, 51, died July 3, 2006, at Mississippi BaptistMedical Center. He was born on April 9, 1955, to L.C. Benjamin andElla Mae Benjamin.

He was a veteran of the U. S. Army.

Preceding him in death was his father.

Survivors are his mother; his wife, Erma Jean Benjamin, ofSilver Creek; his son, Temarcus Lewis; his daughters, ChasityBenjamin, Tiffany Davis Robinson, Nancy Daniel and Tiffany Haley;his brothers, Lawrence Benjamin, Bruce Benjamin and JosephFranklin; his sisters, Doris Coleman, Betty Griffin, MarjorieBenjamin and Danita Brown; and four grandchildren.