Willie J. Carlson died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in the S.S.M. Medical Center in St. Charles, Mo., at the age of 89.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

A complete obituary will be published in Wednesday's paper.