Betty Poe

Betty Lou Poe, 47, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born Dec. 23, 1955, in Lexington Park, Md., daughter of James Alvin and Anna Mae Unkle Johnson Sr. She and Daniel Poe were married Aug. 15, 1978, in Virginia Beach, Va.

Poe had owned Betties Restaurant since 1996. She moved to Cape Girardeau in 1982 from Virginia Beach.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Donald "Tom" and Charles Coker of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Jennifer Poe of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, James Johnson Jr. of Great Mills, Md., Peter Johnson of Callaway, Md.; six sisters, Shirley "Pat" Sweitzer of Great Mills, Pauline "Polly" Quade of Piney Point, Md., Mary Nestegard of Etna, N.D., Dorothy "Dottie" Joy and Ruth Schumacher of Lusby, Md., Bonnie Johnson of Callaway; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son and two sisters.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Word of Faith Fellowship, with the Rev. Bill Snyder officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery.