Services for Willie Nelson, of Brookhaven, are 11 a.m. Tuesday,June 3, at Alexander Junior High School Auditorium with burial inHillcrest Cemetery. R.E. Tyler Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Nelson, 71, died May 29, 2008, at his residence. He was bornin Brookhaven on June 1, 1936, to Sim Nelson and Effie ArnoldNelson.

He was a retired bus driver for Brookhaven Public Schools. Hewas a member of St. James M.B. Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers, PercyNelson, Sonny Nelson and Johnny Nelson; and his sisters, OliviaStovall, Margarite Nelson, Carlee Nelson, Teyophine Nelson andMaybell Nelson.

Survivors are his wife, Lou Ella Stewart Nelson, of Brookhaven;his sons, Gregory Stewart, of Gulfport and Chris Nelson, KennethScarbrough and Darryl Keith Nelson, all of Brookhaven; hisdaughters, Tomika Howell and Domica Nelson, both of Canton, Ga.,Regina Stewart, of Jackson, Donita Nelson, of Brookhaven, PatHarriss, of Timmonsville, S.C., and Cynthia Morris, of Brookhaven;and his brother, Carl Nelson, of Brookhaven.