Everett M. Ezell died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at Promise Hospital in Port Gibson. He was 87.

Mr. Ezell was a native of Meadville and had lived in Vicksburg for more than 60 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Medal. He worked as an optician for 33 years at Odom’s Optical. He was a member of First Baptist Church and the VFW and the American Legion, where he served in different leadership capacities.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Morell and Fannie Ezell; his wife, Catherine Ezell; two brothers, Hubert and Charlie Ezell; a sister, Agnes West; and a granddaughter, Kimberly Arnold.

Survivors include a son, Mike Ezell of Germantown, Tenn.; a daughter, Ann McManus of Brookhaven, Miss.; four brothers, Harold Ezell of Natchez, Farrell Ezell and Freddie Ezell, both of Midland, Texas, and Melvin Leroy Ezell of Smithdale, Miss.; four sisters, Ena Jackson, Dorothy Powell and Helen Harvard, all of Natchez, and Margie Halford of Roxie; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Glenwood Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Honorary pallbearer will be David Headley.