Mr. Thomas Harvey Hedgepeth Jr.

Harvey Hedgepeth, Jr., age 77, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in Ridgeland. Services will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel on Highland Colony Parkway with burial to follow at Parkway Memorial Cemetery Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM today at Wright & Ferguson Funeral Home on Highland Colony Parkway.

Mr. Hedgepeth was born in New Orleans, LA on January 15, 1933. He served in the United States Navy as a physician assistant. He retired from Day Detectives as Vice President in 1999. While working with Day Detectives he formed the alarm division in 1969. Mr. Hedgepeth was a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his father, Harvey Hedgepeth, Sr.; his mother, Laura Lee Webb; and his son, David Hedgepeth.

Survivors include his wife, Myrna Loy Hedgepeth of Jackson, MS; step-mother, Kuma Hedgepeth of Byram, MS; two sons, Sonny Hedgepeth, III of Madison, MS and Alex Hedgepeth and his wife, Angela of Siloam Springs, AR; three daughters, Linda Caliri of Warren RI, Nancy Hedgepeth of East Providence, RI and Angela Rankin of Brandon, MS; one brother John Hedgepeth of Jackson, MS; two sisters, Judy Nicholson of Columbia, SC and Phillis Palmer of Jackson, MS; and 11 grandchildren, Erin Caliri, Lauren Caliri, Ashley Caliri, Trey Hedgepeth, Emily Hedgepeth, Laura Hedgepeth, Anna McLain, William McLain, Emma McLain, Courtney Marshall and Tatum Marshall.

Memorials may be made to Colonial Heights Baptist Church 444 Northpark Drive Ridgeland, MS 39157, (601) 956-5000 or to a charity of choice.