Services for James “Mark” Mershon, 34, Sulphur, Okla., were March 19, 2008 at the First Baptist Church with Pastor Williard McCartney, Jr., and Rev. Osborne Roberts officiating. Interment took place in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Mr. Mershon died March 15 at Sulphur. He was born Feb. 1, 1974 to Kay Mershon and Gene Roy McKinnon.

He grew up in Sulphur and attended Sulphur High School. He was attending East Central University and Murray State College at the time of his death. He had previously worked at Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Pauls Valley, Okla., and was currently employed with Chickasaw Commerce in career development. He was very outgoing and a happy person who never met a stranger. Most of all he was a loving father.

He is survived by his wife, Melissa Kay Olson, of Sulphur; three sons, Trenton David Mershon, Mathias Drake Mershon and Drake Andrew Mershon, all of Sulphur; a grandson Treyc Allen Colungo, of Sulphur; his parents, Kay Mershon and Gene Roy McKinnon, of Sulphur; a sister, Joretta Lynn Mershon; and his former wife, Davilon Chapman, all of Sulphur; a stepdaughter, Shawn Chapman, of Sulphur; two aunts, Carol Stout, of Ada, Okla., and Christine Roberts, of Coalgate, Okla.; an uncle, Herman Stout, of Farmington, N.M.; a niece, Shallen Jeanette Mershon and a nephew, Anthony Shane Mershon, both of Sulphur; and special cousins, June Prater, Darwin Roberts, Steven Stout, Reba Hernandez, Christina Kupezynski, Chris and Kelly May and many other cousins.

Pallbearers were Joe Norton, Allen Jones, Ernie Eldred Jr., Jared Estrada, Everett Berry-hill and Eric Harvey. Honorary bearers were Darwin Roberts, Steven Stout, Herman Stout, Antoine Colungo, Sean Wallace and Kyle Imotichey.