EARL LIZENBEE

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for the Rev. Earl Lizenbee of Advance was held Monday at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. J.D. Smith officiated, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park.

Lizenbee, 77, died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born July 2, 1918, at Parma, son of Fred and Ella Hoss Lizenbee. He and Dorothy Mask were married Oct. 7, 1940, at New Madrid.

He was a retired contractor and minister. He attended Full Gospel Tabernacle.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, Junior and John Lizenbee of Chaffee, Ray Lizenbee of Bernie, Rick Lizenbee of Advance; three daughters, Linda Long of Marble Hill, Barbara Neely and Faye Foster of Advance; two brothers, Clay Lizenbee of Starke, Ill., Bob Lizenbee of Sweeney, Texas; six sisters, Bee Donica of Cypress, Calif., Velma Allen of Cape Girardeau, Mary Hull of Malden, Helen Robison of Dexter, Louetta Quick of Bloomfield, Betty Curran of Highland, Ill.; 15 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, granddaughter, brother and sister.