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Services for Rep. Nunnelee on Monday in Tupelo

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The funeral for U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of Mississippi is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo.

Nunnelee died Friday at his home in Tupelo from inoperable brain cancer and complications from a subsequent stroke. He was 56.

Officials at W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors and Mississippi State University confirmed the funeral arrangements.

Visitation is 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Survivors include his wife, Tori; two sons, Reed and Nathan; a daughter, Emily Nunnelee Thompson; and two grandchildren.

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