ROLLING FORK — Ollie “Tugar” or “Mack” Christmas Sr. died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at River Region Medical Center. He was 79.

Survivors include six children, Ernestine (Larry) Jefferies of Rolling Fork, Ollie Jr. (Wilma) Christmas of Panama City, Jimmy Dale (Hattie) Christmas of Vicksburg, Andikaa Delphine Hill of Atlanta, James Glenn and Belinda Christmas, both of Cleveland; one stepdaughter, Stephaine Ripley of Cleveland; two brothers, Ernest (Shell) Christmas of Blue Island, Ill., and Eugene Christmas of Chicago; 28 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Services will be at noon Sunday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Fitler with the Rev. McMicheal Dorsey officiating. Burial will follow at Manning Cemetery in Fitler. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Sunday until the service at the church.