Funeral Services Set for Rodney Lockhart

OXFORD, Miss. - The funeral for Ole Miss track star Rodney Lydale Lockhart is set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the J.Z. George High School gymnasium in Carrollton. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Sanders & Sanders Funeral Home at 600 Church Street in Winona. Lockhart, 20, a junior psychology major from Vaiden, was found dead Saturday (Sept. 29) morning at his Taylor Pointe apartment in Oxford. He had been shot, and his death is being investigated as a homicide by the Oxford Police Department and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Ole Miss track athletes and their coaches, who are still having difficulty coping with Lockhart's death, plan to attend the funeral, said Rebel head track coach Joe Walker. Ole Miss track athletes have been stationed at the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily this week, raising money to help Lockhart's family with funeral expenses. They will continue to do so Thursday and Friday. Lockhart was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. 4x400-relay team in the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. He finished ninth in the 400 meters and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth at the 2006 SEC Outdoor Championships. At the 2006 SEC Indoor Championships, he finished eighth in the 400 meters and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished fifth. Lockhart was the top collegiate finisher in the 400 meters, posting a time of 47.70, at the McCravy Memorial. He was the son of Ronnie Lockhart and Clarissa Lockhart of Vaiden. Sanders & Sanders Funeral Home (662-283-5049) is in charge of arrangements.

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