Charlie J. Shorter

Published 12:00 am Friday, July 10, 2009

PORT GIBSON — Charlie J. Shorter died Friday, July 3, 2009, at River Region Medical Center. He was 71.

Mr. Shorter was preceded in death by his parents, Leon and Lillie Washington Shorter; two sisters, Mary Liza Thomas and Hazel Hamilton; and three brothers, Fred Kiefs, Jessis Shorter and Johnnie Shorter.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Simmons-Shorter of Port Gibson; two sons, Terry Simmons and Charlie J. Simmons, both of Port Gibson; two daughters, Debra Ann Hyder and Cynthia Hyder, both of Port Gibson; two brothers, Willie Shorter of Port Gibson and Leon Shorter Jr. of Syracuse, N.Y.; 15 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, friends and other relatives, including Deborah Hamilton of Port Gibson.

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Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Springhill M.B. Church in Port Gibson with the Rev. Joseph Brown officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 today at Thompson Funeral Home and Saturday at the church from noon until the service.