Services for Lewis W. Wilkinson Jr. of Roxie are 2 p.m. today,Oct. 1, at Praise Cathedral with burial in Roxie Cemetery. FranklinFuneral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is today from 1-2 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Wilkinson, 73, died Sept. 29, 2004, at St. Dominic-JacksonMemorial Hospital in Jackson. He was born in Adams County on Aug.13, 1931, to Lewis W. Wilkinson Sr. and Letitia RutledgeWilkinson.

He was retired from International Paper Company in Natchez. Hewas a veteran of the Air Force and a member of PraiseCathedral.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Irene Wilkinson of Roxie; his daughters,Janet “Missy” Todd of Meadville, Natalie Wilkinson of Hattiesburg,and Letitia Etheridge of Byram; his son, Darryl Wilkinson ofNatchez; his sister, Sarah Hadskey of Jacksonville, Texas; fivegrandchildren; and six great grandchildren.