James Eby

WHITEWATER - James A. Eby, 92, died at 10:50 a.m. June 26, 2004, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

Born Nov. 30, 1911, in New Madrid County, son of the late Elmer Enoch and Viola Ann McFadden Eby, he was a retired self-employed farmer and member of the General Baptist Church in Chaffee.

On July 4, 1941, at LaForge, he married Vida Taylor who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one son, Mike "Al" Eby of Whitewater; one daughter, Sue Traw of Chaffee; one sister, Helen Fields of Decatur, Ill.; and three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

Visitation begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Graveside services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee with the Rev. Watis Harrell officiating.

Pallbearers will be: Mike Eby II, Bryan Traw, Alan Ikerman, Dennis Dolan, Mike Fields and James Reitzel.