Services for Merle W. Reid, of Jayess, are 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.24, at Providence Baptist Church in Jayess with burial in thechurch cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home in Monticello is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Monday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the church.

Mrs. Reid, 78, died Nov. 21, 2009, at her residence. She wasborn in Derma on Sept. 4, 1931, to Henry Wiles and Estelle TurnerWiles.

She was a retired secretary from the Jayess Water Association.She was a member of Providence Baptist Church in Jayess.

Preceding her in death were her parents; a brother; and her twosisters.

Survivors are her husband, Dennis Reid; her sons, Charles DavidReid and Thomas Michael Reid, both of Jayess; a sister, JuanitaMatthews, of McComb; her six grandchildren; and her threegreat-grandchildren.