ELLA REED

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Ella M. Reed of Sikeston was held Thursday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cecil Adams officiating. Burial was in Mounds Park Cemetery at Lilbourn.

Reed, 93, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 28, 1904, in Decaturville, Tenn., daughter of Will and Johnannie Warren Yarber.

Reed had been a nurse assistant at hospitals and nursing homes in Rockford, Ill.

Survivors include a son, Jim Matthews of New Mexico; two daughters, Dorothy Tinnin of Sikeston, Mary Diemechio of Rockford; two brothers, Frank Yarber of St. Louis, Ed Yarber of Kennett; 19 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three sons, a granddaughter, a great-grandson, four brothers, and two sisters.