Derrick Dewayne Funches died Thursday, April 29, 2010, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 36.

Mr. Funches was a 1994 graduate of Vicksburg High School. He was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Arthur James Harris; and maternal grandparents, Claude and Willie Funches.

Survivors include his wife, Zita Funches of Vicksburg; his mother, Indiana Caldwell of Vicksburg; his father, Avery Lloyd Harris of Vicksburg; a stepmother, Glory Harris of Vicksburg; five sons, Eric D. Funches, Derrick Funches Jr., Jaye’vious Funches, JaDarious Funches and Derion Funches, all of Vicksburg; a grandmother, Pauline Harris of Vicksburg; six sisters, Donya Squire of San Diego, Akisha Baker, Domenica Alisha Graham and Averianna Harris, all of Vicksburg, TaTanisha Baker of Biloxi and Cassandra Blount of Jackson; two brothers, Charlie Griffin and Terrence Harris, both of Vicksburg; other relatives and friends including Andrea Shelton, the Parson, Brown, Smith, White, Williams and Bingham families.

Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.