Iva Marshall

EAST PRAIRIE -- Iva Earlene Marshall, 88, died at 9:45 a.m. April 4, 2003, at the East Prairie Nursing Center.

Born April 12, 1914, in Mississippi County, daughter of the late Clyde A. and Minnie Fleming Jones, she had lived in Mississippi County all of her life, where she was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie. She had worked at the Budget Laundry, the East Prairie R-2 Schools and at the Prairie Manufacturing in East Prairie.

On Feb. 15, 1930, she married Bill K. Marshall, who preceded her in death on Sept. 6, 1985.

Survivors include: one son, Billy E. Marshall of Cranston, R.I.; three daughters, Emma Jo Hutcheson of East Prairie, Pansy E. Francis of Fontana, Wis., and Roberta Prewitt of Maryland Heights; one sister, Hazel Brown of East Prairie; and 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

One brother, Howard A. Jones, and two sisters, Cora Jones and Lillie Jones Irby preceded her in death.

Visitation is from 2-8 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, where services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday with Bob Kespelher officiating.

Burial will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons; honorary pallbearers will be the great-grandsons.