WATER VALLEY — Services for Murrel Moss Stephens, 93, of Water Valley will be at 1 p.m. today at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton.

Burial will be in Water Valley Cemetery.

Mr. Stephens died Thursday at Haws Memorial Rehab & Nursing Facility.

He was a member and deacon of Water Valley Baptist Church and was a retired rural mail carrier.

He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II.

He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 756 in Water Valley and the Disabled American Veterans.

He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Laura Catherine Stephens; two sons, Charles L. Stephens of South Fulton, Tenn., and Tony Murrel Stephens of Clinton; seven grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Maxine Webb; six brothers; two sisters, and one great-great-grandchild.

His parents were Lee and Mary Vine McBride Stephens.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.