Services for Merlon Wayne Reeves, of the Montgomery Community inLincoln County, are 2 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Hartman-SharkeyFuneral Home Chapel in McComb with burial in Montgomery BaptistChurch Cemetery. The Rev. Mike McKee will officiate.

Visitation is Thursday from noon until 2 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Reeves, 67, died July 16, 2008, at his residence. He wasborn in Lincoln County on Nov. 2, 1940, to Merlon Von Reeves andOra Marie Moak Reeves.

He was a retired carman for Illinois Central Gulf and CanadianNational Railroads. He was a member of Summit Masonic Lodge No.231.

Survivors are his wife, Jean Toney Reeves, of the Montgomerycommunity; a daughter and son-in-law, Belinda and Glen Moak, of theMontgomery community; his two grandchildren, Trent Moak andChassity Moak, both of the Montgomery community; and numerouscousins and other family members and friends.

Pallbearers will be Danny Reeves, Chad Toney, Keith Alexander,Nolan Alexander, Justin Moak and Elliot Moak.

Memorials may be made to Community Hospices of AmericaFoundation, 140 N. Fifth St., Suite B, McComb, MS 39648.