Services for John Edward Loper of Monticello are 11 a.m.,Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with burial inCarmel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Tuesday from 5-9 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mr. Loper, 79, died Jan. 12, 2004, at Lawrence County Hospital.He was born in Natchez on March 9, 1924, to John Alvin Loper andBeatrice Ballard Loper.

He was a construction worker.

Preceding him in death were his parents and a sister, PaulineSiler.

Survivors are his wife, Elmeze Russell Loper of Monticello; hisdaughter, Wanda A. Loper of Brookhaven; his sons, Edward CarolLoper of Monticello, Jimmy Loper of Raleigh, Robert Dale Loper ofWichita Falls, Texas, and David E. Loper of Moody, Ala.; hissisters, Bernice Williamson, Carolyn King and Lorraine Hawkins, allof Monticello; one grandchild; and three great-grandchildren.