SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Fairview Cemetery, with Levi Nunn, a cousin, and Rev. Willard Kiper, chaplain with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Jordan and Baten units, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. BIOGRAPHY: Ziriax was born August 20, 1993 in Pampa where he attended Pampa schools. He loved to play video games and listen to music. He had several special friends, including: Kaitlyn Wright, Alex Galaviz and Toby Weisenhunt.SURVIVORS: his parents: Charles and Suzanne Nix of the home; 2 brothers: Larry Kincaid of Ventura, California and Randy Nix, Jr., of Nacogdoches; birth mother: Kimberlee Sue Smith; grandparents: Dale and Gloria Brown of Pampa; great-grandmother: Beverly Clark of Missouri; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Ziriax was preceded in death by a brother: Thomas Eugene Smith in 1998; and an aunt: Summer Ziriax in 1988.Memorials may be made to any foundation for troubled children.