Funeral Services will be celebrated at the Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church near Clarence on LA HWY 1226 Saturday, September 22, 2012,11:00 a. m. The family will receive friends at a wake service on the preceding Friday evening from 5:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. at the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home. The body will again lie in state at the church on Saturday morning from 9:30 a. m. to service time. Burial will take place in the Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery in Calvin, LA.