MOUNDS, Ill. -- Ronnie Sedell Mack Jr., 15, of Mounds died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, at his home, following an extended illness.

He was born Nov. 17, 1986, in Carbondale, Ill., son of Ronnie Sedell Mack Sr. and Kimberly Copeland.

A sophomore at Meridian High School, he was an honor roll student and an auxiliary police officer with Mounds Police Department.

Survivors include his parents of Mounds; two brothers, Koury Neil and Kenji Copeland of Mounds; a grandmother, Lois Mack of Pulaski, Ill.; and a grandfather, Travis Stewarts of Kalamazoo, Mich.

He was preceded in death by a grandmother, grandfather, and two great-grandmothers.

Friends may call at Meridian High School after 11 a.m. Sunday.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the high school, with the Rev. Larry T. Barnett Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden at Villa Ridge, Ill.

Massie Funeral Home in Cairo, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.