Services for J.W. Partin of Jayess were 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov.15, at Jayess Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Partin, 72, died Nov. 14, 2003, at Whitfied State Hospitalin Jackson. He was born in Natchez on March 2, 1931, to FannieBullock Pitts and Sullivan Partin.

He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was a member ofOperating Engineers Local 624 in Jackson.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Venetta “Tootsie” Partin; his sisters,Patsy Peterson of Arizona, and Eliose Partin of California; and hisbrother, James Partin of Gulfport.