Mr. Gary E. Lauderdale, 67, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013, in Sunflower County, MS. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 P.M. on Thursday, September 26th, at Oak Grove Cemetery in Noxapater, with Rev. James Dearing officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Lauderdale was born October 10, 1945, in Coahoma County, Mississippi. He was a retired truck driver, and was a member of Union Ridge Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy McAdory Lauderdale; and his parents, Mildred Early and J. D. Lauderdale.