Louise Weems

CARUTHERSVILLE - Louise B. Lane Weems, 84, formerly of Wilson City, died April 10, 2004, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti.

Born Feb. 8, 1920, in Earle, Ark., daughter of the late Timothy and Ozel Clifton Winters, she lived in Missouri since 1933. She was a member of Sanders Chapel AME Church in Wyatt, where she served on the Usher Board.

Survivors include: one daughter Robby Weems of Caruthersville; one son, Larry Donell Winters of Chicago; two stepdaughters, Beverly Farries of Bellwood, Ill., and Gladys Weems of Chicago; nieces and nephews, including Ruby Turner of Bolingbrook, Ill., whom she raised; two sisters, Delmer Harden of Bolingbrook and Mae Bell Barker of Chicago; one brother, Timothy Winters Jr. of Dover, Delaware; and two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Visitation is from noon Wednesday until service time at 1 p.m. at Sanders Chapel AME Church. The Rev. Debbie Thorton will officiate.

Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston.

Williams Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.