A graveside service for Carnell McRee, of Hazlehurst, will beheld at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 31, at Pine Bluff Cemetery inDentville. Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst is in chargeof arrangements.

Visitation is Monday from 1 until 3 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. McRee, 78, died March 29, 2008, at Hardy Wilson MemorialHospital in Hazlehurst.

Mr. McRee was a native and lifelong resident of Copiah Countyexcept for the time he served in the United States Army during theKorean Conflict. He was a cattleman and a member of Pine BluffBaptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents, brother, a sister and adaughter, Carolyn Jones.

Survivors are his wife, Edwina King McRee; his daughter, PamCarroll of Brookhaven; his sister, Evelyn Dennis of Pearl; hisgrandchildren, Julie Heriad Culpepper and husband Lan, of Meridian,and Stephen E. Carroll II, of Brookhaven; his great-grandchildren,Myles Culpepper and Katie Grace Culpepper; and numerous nieces andnephews.