Dec. 15, 1957 – June 6, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for Clarence Miller “CM” Minor, 54, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, June 6, 2012, a Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Andrew African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington with the Rev. Anthony C. Colenberg officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery under the direction of Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home.

Mr. Minor was born Dec. 15, 1957, in Natchez, the son of Leonard Minor Sr. and Catherine Minor. He was a 1975 graduate of South Natchez High School and a graduate of Shelby Tech where he studied electricity. He had been employed by Reco, Dynasteel, Fidelity Tire and Natchez-Adams School District. He was retired.

Mr. Minor was a member of St. Andrew A.M.E. Church and served as a choir member, an usher, a steward and a trustee.

He was preceded in death by his father; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Minor Sr.; and maternal grandparents, Will Thomas and Ellen Jackson.

Survivors include his mother; two sons, Demetries M. Minor and Anthony Trenell Minor and wife, Janet, all of Natchez; four brothers, Leonard W. Minor Jr. and Yvette, of Laplace, La., Danny J. Minor and wife, Melissa, and Michael Minor and wife, Debra, all of Natchez, and Willie Minor and wife, Tanya, of Greenville; five sisters, Mary Robinson and husband, Derrick, of Franklinton, La., Ellen Henderson and husband, Jerry, of Laplace, Diana Thomas and husband, Arnold, of Kenner, Audrey Bailey and husband, Chris, and Gladys Harried and husband, Stanley, all of Natchez; 22 nephews and nieces; 17 great-nephews and nieces; special friend, Brenda Barnes of Natchez; one aunt, Dorothy Clay and husband, Edgar, of Laplace; one uncle, Tommy Thomas and wife, Delores, of Laplace; and extended family, Janae Barnes, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Arnold Thomas, Jerry Henderson, Fred Hunt Sr., Johnny Sago, Edward Ford and Morris Williams.

Online condolences may be sent to www.bateastefuneralhomes.com.