Graveside services for Benjamin F. Hooks of Brookhaven are 2p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, at New Hope Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Monday from 12-5 p.m., at Williams Mortuary.

Mr. Hooks, 61, died Nov. 5, 2003, at his residence. He was bornin Brookhaven on Nov. 4, 1942, to Winnie Bell Hooks and James HooksSr.

He was retired.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister, Emma Kelly;and four brothers, J.Q. Hooks, Willie Dell Hooks, Matthew Hooks andTiny Hooks.

Survivors are his wife, Ludella Hooker Hooks; his sister, LillieMae Hooks of Springfield, Mass.; his brother, James Hooks Jr., ofSpringfield, Mass.; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives andfriends.