Mississippi State remembers Keith Joseph Sr., Keith Joseph Jr.

November 13, 2015 admin Sports 0

-f3f0b6e653586aa1 — Mississippi State football team members (all in short sleeve grey shirts) gather around the casket of Keith Joseph Jr., following his memorial service at Mississippi State University on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, in Starkville, Miss. Mississippi State hosted a memorial service in honor of a father and son who both played for the Bulldogs and were killed in a car accident on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)

Mississippi State football team members (all in short sleeve grey shirts) gather around the casket of Keith Joseph Jr., following his memorial service at Mississippi State University on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, in Starkville, Miss. Mississippi State hosted a memorial service in honor of a father and son who both played for the Bulldogs and were killed in a car accident on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Jim Lytle)

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen and senior defensive lineman Ryan Brown were among those who spoke at a memorial service on Thursday for a father and son who both played for the Bulldogs.

Keith Joseph Sr., 44, and Keith Joseph Jr., 18, were killed in a car accident last week near Leakesville, Mississippi, while traveling to watch Pascagoula High School plays its final regular season game against Gautier High School.

Joseph Jr. was a freshman defensive lineman on the current Mississippi State team while Joseph Sr. played linebacker for the Bulldogs from 1989 to ’92.

Mississippi State assistant coaches Tony Hughes and David Turner, recruiting assistant Sleepy Robinson and Mullen’s wife Megan also addressed the team and family. About 1,000 people attended the event at Humphrey Coliseum on campus.

A funeral for the father and son will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church in Pascagoula. Visitation is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at the church.