A Vicksburg man accused of killing his uncle with an ax is set to stand trial in August.

Joseph Patton, 35, 209 Overlook Drive, stood before Circuit Judge M. James Chaney Jr. Monday for arraignment after indictment for murder by the January term of the grand jury.

Patton is accused of killing his uncle, Alfred “Pete” Patton, 62, by striking him in the neck with an axe in his mobile home on Nebula Drive off Oak Ridge Road in September 2015.

Family members found Patton’s body about 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22, Warren County investigator Chris Satcher testified two days later at Joseph Patton’s initial appearance. When Satcher arrived, Pete Patton was lying on the floor with the blade of a 26-inch Eastwing camping ax lodged in his throat.

The family had last seen Pete Patton on Labor Day.

“He was my Daddy, my friend, my hero, my everything,” his daughter Doris Patton said after the emotional initial hearing in September. Two family members collapsed to the floor before the hearing and had to be carried out.

At the arraignment Monday, two members of the family were present.

“He was such a nice person. I’m just numb. I’m shocked,” his sister, Dr. Mary Patton Rivers said in September by phone from Illinois.

Rivers said she was concerned that with the manner in which her brother was killed with an ax people would only focus on the shocking violence and forget his life of service.

“I want to put a face with my brother. He was a Vietnam veteran and a professional welder,” she said.

Pete Patton was a welder, though in recent years he was retired and disabled, family members said. He spent about eight years in the Army, his sister said.

“He loved his family. We loved him and we’re going to miss him dearly,” Rivers said. “He was one of the nicest persons you ever wanted to meet. He was very meek and quiet.”

Others indicted by the January grand jury and arraigned, including name, age, address, charge and arrest or offense date, are in random order:

-Antonio Jermaine Thomas, 32, 902 Blossom Lane – four counts of shooting into a dwelling house, July 4, 2014.

-Andre Allen, 43, 525 Feld St. – two counts of attempted aggravated assault-extreme indifference, two counts of shooting at a motor vehicle and possession of a weapon after felony conviction, May 2, 2014.

-Darryn Scott, 20, 9518 Freetown Road – burglary of a dwelling, June 30, 2014; burglary of a dwelling, June 26, 2014; burglary of a dwelling, June 25, 2014.

-Ronald Charles Vaughn, no age or address given – possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, March 17.

-George Patterson III, 27, 1306 East Magnolia St. – burglary-non-residential, July 28; robbery, Aug. 4.

-Derrick Derrell Turner, 36, 2619 Washington St. – possession of a weapon after felony conviction, Dec. 13.

-Eddie Jones, 25, 206 Winters Lane – domestic violence-third offense, Dec. 30.

– Devin Carey Parker, 19, 2606 Old Highway 27 – nine counts of malicious mischief, Aug. 12.

-Dillon Shane Parker, 19, 2606 Old Highway 27 – nine counts of malicious mischief, Aug. 12.

– Rodney Jarod Turner, 21, 1403 Division St. – three counts of shooting into a dwelling house, four counts of shooting at a motor vehicle and one count of aggravated assault, July 4, 2014.

-Mekayla Michelle Delaney, 21, 1082 North St., Wesson – possession of a controlled substance, Aug. 17.

-Appiph Asea Perkins, 33, 754 Johnson St. – burglary of a dwelling and grand larceny, Sept. 30; possession of a controlled substance, Aug. 23.

-Bernard Brown, no age given, 22208 Grove St. Apt. B – murder, Aug. 22.

-Chad Jackson, 23, 9710 Freetown Road – burglary of a dwelling, June 30, 2014; burglary of a dwelling, June 26, 2014; burglary of a dwelling, June 25, 2014.

-Antonio Thomas, no age or address given – conspiracy to commit a felony, April 22, 2014 through August 24, 2015; sale of controlled substance, May 1, 2014; sale of controlled substance, July 10, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Aug. 20, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Oct. 8, 2014; sale of controlled substance, Nov. 25, 2014.