Funeral services for Lewis “Sonny” Yates Jr., have been scheduled for Friday, March 22, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Church of Christ, 811 Culkin Road, Vicksburg. Visitation will be at C J Williams Mortuary Services on Thursday, March 21, 2019, from 1-7 p.m. with family present from 6-7 p.m.

Lewis was preceded in death by his father, Lewis Yates Sr.; his mother, Juanita Yates and his son, David Jemel Becker.

He leaves to cherish his precious memories five sisters, Catherine Doss, Irene Gross, Linda Moffett, Mary Harris, and Delores DeFrance, all of Vicksburg; six brothers, Tommy Yates of Pensacola, Florida, Robert Yates, Danny Yates, Dexter Yates, Lee Sherman Yates and Lee Edward Yates, all of Vicksburg; God-sister, Patricia Mayfield; special friend, Jennifer Myles, and a host of other relatives and friends, including the Brown, Flowers, Hill and Young families.