Willie Nix Sr.

Published 12:01 am Friday, September 18, 2015

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Oct. 12, 1927 – Sept. 8, 2015

CLAYTON — Services for Willie Nix Sr., 87, of Ferriday, who died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at Camelot Leisure Nursing Home in Ferriday, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mark Baptist Church in Clayton with the Rev. Johnathan Bates officiating.

Burial will follow at the St. James Church Cemetery in Frogmore under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.

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

Mr. Nix was born Oct. 12, 1927, in Fayette, the son of Jimmy and Annie Nix.

He was a farmer.

Mr. Nix was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Rosie Nix; one son, Mack Nix; and one stepson, Eathen Reed.

Survivors include one son, Willie Nix Jr.; one daughter, Rosie Mae Nix, both of Clayton; one brother, Roger Nix of Jackson; 17 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.

Online condolences may be sent to concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.