Funeral services were held Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Hollisday Creek M. B. Church, Carson, Mississippi for Mr. Lionel Wesley McCaskill, 75, who died Thursday, March 30, 2016 at Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS.  Rev. Robert K. Minor, Sr., officiating with interment following in the church cemetery.  Johnson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lionel “Pop” McCaskill was born to the late Willie and Blanche McCaskill. He was a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and resided in Prentiss, MS at the time of his death.  He was a member of Hollsday Creek M. B. Church, Carson, MS.
He was a graduate of Walter L. Cohen High School in New Orleans, LA.  He retired from the Hilton Hotel in 2004.  He was married to the late Etta McCaskill for 49 years and they raised two daughters, Sharon M. Bridges of Prentiss, Mississippi and Shelia McCaskill of Tucker, Georgia.  He had three grandchildren, Zachary Wilson, Marlon Wilson and Nadine M. Wilson; three great-grandchildren, Lyberia, Nyzhia and Jeremy; many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by: 9 siblings, Mildred Dupart, Muriel Banford, Evangeline Fernandez, Eva M. Thomas, Gloria McCaskill, Donald McCaskill, Sr., Levi McCaskill, Sr. Willie McCaskill and Rudolph McCaskill.