TALLULAH — Memorial services for Mr. Charles Thomas Grace, 67, of Tallulah, will be held Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Tallulah with the Rev. Marshal Sevier officiating, assisted by the Rev. John Kavanaugh. Visitation will be in the fellowship hall of the church from 2 p.m. until the hour of the service.

Mr. Grace died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at River Region Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was born in Vicksburg and was raised in Tallulah. He spent most of his adult life in the Port Gibson area. He was retired from the Gulf States Utility Company and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

He is survived by two sons, Marc David Grace and wife Lesley of Vicksburg and Charles G. Ratcliff of Houston, Texas; six grandchildren, Marc Grace Jr., Dalton Grace, Taylor Hollowell and Tanner Hollowell, all of Vicksburg, Trista Freiley of Waller, Texas, and Taryn Orlando of Houston; one great-grandchild, Reese Bridges of Waller; and seven nieces and two nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leander Simms Grace and Evelyn Cole Grace of Tallulah; one brother, William Leander Grace; two sisters, Le’Eleanor Grace and Le’Evelyn Grace Westmoreland; and one daughter, Tara Orlando.

Honorary pallbearers will be Phillip Frierson, Danny White, Ronnie Deckelman, Wayne Noland, Cody Parker and Bill Reardon.