Services for Monroe Mitchell Jr., of Natchez, are 1 p.m.Thursday, March 1, at New Jerusalem M.B. Church in Brookhaven, withburial in St. Luke Church Cemetery in McCall Creek. WilliamsMortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Wednesday from 1 until 6 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Mitchell, 63, died Feb. 19, 2007, at his residence. He wasborn on April 26, 1943, to Monroe Mitchell Sr. and Addie MaeMitchell.

He was disabled. He attended Lillie Mae Bryant High School.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one sister and sevenbrothers.

Survivors are his son, John Ladell, of Jackson; his daughters,Julia Mae Ladell, of West Point, Frances Stennis, of Phoenix,Ariz., Sharon Johnson and Chemekia Collins, both of Shaw; hisbrothers, Charles Washington, of Pomona, Calif., Leroy Baily, ofAlabama, and Shelby Mitchell, of Brookhaven; his 21 grandchildren,and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.