PULASKI, Ill. -- Ricky G. Everett, 33, of Pulaski drowned Thursday, Aug. 14, 1997, while working near Sikeston, Mo.

He was born April 21, 1964, in Cairo, son of Bill and Shirley Pettit Everett. He married Carol Middlecamp.

Everett was a deckhand with CGB Waterfront. He was a member of Sandusky Trinity Pentecostal Church. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mandy Middlecamp ofPulaski; a son, Ryan Stuart of Pulaski; father and stepmother, Bill and Ruby Everett of Ullin; mother, Shirley Everett of Tamms; three brothers, Nicky Everett of Belleville, Michael Everett of Savannah, Ga., Jeffery Everett of Newport News, Va.; maternal grandmother, Ethel Pettit of Tamms; two stepbrothers, Joe Crowley of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kenny Crowley of Bonita Springs, Fla.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin from 6-9 Saturday, and Sunday until service time.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Clark Short and Ron Thorn officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.