Services for Daisy Mae Young Palmer will be at 1 p.m. today at Vicksburg Family Life Cathedral with the Rev. Betty J. Young-Tyler officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the church from noon until the service.

Mrs. Palmer died Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at River Region Medical Center. She was 59.

She was a member of Family Life Cathedral, where she taught Sunday school and was a treasurer and hospitality ministry member. She was also part of the Willing Workers Civic Organization.

She was a graduate of Rosa A. Temple High School and attended Hinds Junior College. She was employed by Southland Management for more than 30 years.

Mrs. Palmer was preceded in death by her husband, James Palmer Jr.; and a son, Eric Dewayne Palmer.

Survivors include a son, James Palmer III of Vicksburg; a daughter, Tamera Evette Palmer of Madison; her parents, Rosie Lee Griffin of Vicksburg and Eddie Young Jr. of East Palo Alto, Calif.; eight sisters, Rosetta Young, Janie Griffin, Betty Griffin, Terry Ann Griffin, all of Vicksburg, Emma Harris of Utica, Evelyn Marshall of Shreveport, Jackie Booker of Houston and Cynthia Sanders of Mansfield, La.; four brothers, Leonard Griffin and Elijah Griffin, both of Vicksburg, David Griffin of Dallas and Timothy Griffin of Huntsville; and other relatives and friends, including the Tyler, Jones, Christopher, Griffin, Palmer, McLaurin, Donnerson, Smith, Mayfield, Bright, Moore, Thomas and Horne families.