Services for Eddie Joe Lambert of Lumberton, Texas, are 1 p.m.,Friday, Aug. 22, at Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home Chapel inJasper, Texas, with burial in Hancock Cemetery.

Mr. Lambert, 66, died Aug. 20, 2003, at his residence.

He was a security guard with Pinkerton Security, and a pipefitter out of Mid County Local 966. He retired from NationalAutomatic Sprinkler Company with 33 years service. He enjoyed woodworking and cooking deer for Christmas.

Survivors are his wife, Edith Woods Lambert of Lumberton, Texas;his sons, Johnny R. Bryan of Beaumont, Texas, Gary Edward Bryan ofLumberton, and Joe Steven Lambert of Nashville, Tenn.; hisdaughter, Rita Lambert Price of Brookhaven; his sister, BobbieLambert Martin of Brookhaven; four grandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren.