Funeral services for Rev. Willie Gaines age 74 of 165 Kirkwood Drive, Eutaw, Alabama 35462 were held Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 12:00 Noon at the St. Matthew Watson Baptist Church, Boligee, Alabama. Rev. Christopher Spencer is the pastor. Rev. Fred Moore, pastor of Christian Chapel Baptist Church of Demopolis, Alabama officiated. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Willie Gaines entered into eternal rest June 26, 2007 at his residence in Eutaw, Alabama. Larkin & Scott Funeral Directors of Demopolis, Alabama entrusted with arrangements. Rev. Willie J. Gaines Jr. leaves to cherish his precious memories: his beloved wife Annie Gaitor Gaines; four daughters Victoria Thompson, Miami, FL, Lenora Sawyer, Bolingbrook, Il, Jackie (Henry) Underwooeds, Fort Wayne, IN and LaShan (George) Waller, Fort Wayne, IN; one son, Willie J. Gaines III, Detroit, MI; five granddaughters Keisha Shadwick, Nikki (Michael) Bronson, Kita Mitchell, Jocelyn Underwood and Xandula Gaitor; four grandsons Corey Sawyer, Gerald Shadwick, Stevie Thompson and Jasom Mitchell; two great granddaughters, Victoria Rae Shadwick and Mia Shadwick; four great grandsons William Gaines, Gerald (Macho) Shadwick, Isaiah Burns, and Rashad Burns; two goddaughters Gwendolyn (Michael) Davis, Chicago, IL and Kimberly Perry, Los Angeles, CA; two sisters Odestia (Joe) Fulgham, Boligee, AL and Mary E. Gaines, Montgomery, AL; six brothers, Ridgeway Gaines, Forkland, AL, Rufus Gaines, Boligee, AL, Samuel (Cathy) Gaines, Montgomery, AL, Tommie (Evelyn) Gaines, Crown Point, IN, Semore Gaines and Alfred Gaines, Chicago, IL; one brother Walter preceded him in death; one aunt Carrie Beck, Boligee, AL; one blessed child, Ashanta Crawford; two brothers in law Sid Gaitor, Chicago, IL and James Gaitor, Sawyerville, AL; seven sisters in law Marilyn Pickens and Arcola Turner, Sawyerville, AL, Mary (Irvin) Perry, Tuscaloosa, AL, Delois (William) Sterling, Birmingham, AL, Doris (Willie) Powell and Johnnie Richardson, Chicago, IL; a host of nieces, nephews, close cousins, other relatives, and friends.