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NATCHEZ — Services for Jimmy Earl Hargrave Sr., 71, of Natchez, who died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at the Adams County Nursing Home, will be at noon Saturday at Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Melvin White officiating.

Burial will follow at the Sunset View Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 11 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Hargrave was the son of Willie and Emma Hargrave.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Gloria Hawkins; and mother-in-law, Anna Sewell.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Hargrave; 17 children; two brothers, Willie Hargrave Sr. and Louis Hargrave and wife, Jessie Bell; and a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Online condolences may be sent to bateastefuneralhomes.com.