The visitation for Michael Emmett Elkins Sr. will be held on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, from 9 a.m. until the memorial service at 11 a.m. at Wesson Baptist Church.

Michael Emmett Elkins Sr., age 52, and a resident of Hazlehurst, went to be with the Lord on Feb. 18, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 3, 1966, to Thomas Edward Elkins Sr. and Kathy Teel Elkins Etheridge in Long Beach, California. Michael was an active member of Wesson Baptist Church and will be dearly missed by all of those who knew him.

He is preceded in death by his father.

Those left to cherish his memory are his mother; sons, Michael Elkins Jr. and Matthew Elkins; daughters, Kayla and Trista Elkins, and Caitlin Hughes; brothers, Tommy Elkins and Michel Smith; and sister, Jo Ann Miller. He is also survived by a grandson, Cody Hughes Jr.; six nephews; one niece; and a special family friend, Evon Glasper.