BENTON — Albert Lockwood, 63, of 807 N. Main St., died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, March 19, 1995, in Franklin Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dale Carson officiating. Burial will be in Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church music department.

Albert Lockwood, a June 1954 graduate of Southern Illinois University, accepted a position as band director in the Benton High School. In Sept. 1956, he became music teacher at Carbondale Community High School.

A "Suite for Band" was written by Carbondale Community High School band director Albert Lockwood and was played by the Southern Illinois University Concer Band in Feb. 1960.

Lockwood resigned from Cardondale Community High School in June 1962.

Sources: Southern Illinoisan, July 29, 1954, Feb. 19, 1960, June 15, 1962.

Albert J Lockwood