Inez Brown

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Allie Inez Brown, 75, of Charleston died Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Jan. 17, 1928, at Steele, Mo., daughter of Albert Daniel and Mamie Inez Green Dillie. She and Roy T. Brown were married July 24, 1954. He died May 6, 1991.

Brown had worked at Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston and at Burkart Manufacturing Co. in Cairo, Ill. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons, James, William "Bill" and Danny Bradley, all of Charleston; four daughters, Mary Crane and Catherine Rosson of Charleston, Edith Boyd of Ellington, Mo., Lavonda Payne of Zellwood, Fla.; a sister, Myrtle Wallace of Sikeston, Mo.; 28 grandchildren; and 42 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, two brothers, a sister, and two grandchildren.

Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with her son, Bill Bradley, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.