Memorial services for Wilmer Hugh Benge Jr., 55, of Pearl, who died Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 at Saint Dominic’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, will be 10 a.m. Friday at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home, Pearl.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Kay Harrison Benge of Pearl; son, Wilmer Hugh “Buddy” Benge III and his wife, Amber, of Tucson, Ariz.; daughter, Sharyn Renee Benge Ballard and her husband, Bobby, of Columbus; brother, Jeffery “Red” McTigue of Natchez; grandson, Andrew Corwin Ballard; numerous nephews, nieces, friends, and coworkers.

Memorials may be sent to the National Wildlife Federation or the National Marfan Foundation at www.marfan.org.