Graveside services for Gil Minton of Wesson are 11 a.m.,Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Wesson Cemetery.

Visitation is today from 4-8 p.m. at Brookhaven FuneralHome.

Mr. Minton, 63, died Dec. 14, 2002, at SMRMC in McComb. He wasborn in Wesson on May 18, 1939, to Albert L. Minton and Evelyn HuxMinton.

He was self-employed in the installation of alarm systems. Hewas a member of the Baptist faith. He was a member of the MooseLodge. He served in the Air Force for four years.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and his brother, EarlWarren Minton.

Survivors are his companion, Patricia Daul Wilson of Wesson; hissons, David Minton of Pearl River, La., and Gary Minton of LaCombe,La.; his daughters, Janice Duckworth of Woodstock, Ga., SusieBlackwell of Pearl River, and Diana LeDet of Slidell, La.; hisbrother, Lalda Eugene Minton of Chalmette, La.; and his sisters,Marilyn Osborne of Dallas, Texas, and Marjorie Weckter ofLawrenceburg, Tenn.