July 18, 1931 – Feb. 4, 2013

NATCHEZ — Services for Willie Cage Sr., 81, of Natchez, who died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at his residence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Beginnings Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Wright officiating.

Burial will follow at Sunset View Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Cage was born July 18, 1931, in Adams County, the son of E. Ross Wright and Etta Cage Wright. He was retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg, stationed in Vidalia as a construction inspector.

Mr. Cage was a member of Mount Sinai Baptist.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, C.W. Wright.

Survivors include his wife, Stephanie E. Johnson Cage; one son, Willie Cage Jr. and wife, Diana, of Frisco, Texas; three daughters, Shirley Williams of Minneapolis, Minn., Valda Cage of Frisco, Texas and Rhonda Conner and husband, Justin, of Ferriday; one sister, Geraldine Ross; and a number of grandchildren, other relatives and friends.