Kathryn Amos

Kathryn "Kate" Amos, 76, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Sept. 29, 1926, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of Earl and Anna Mae Redfern Sanders. She and Nelson Amos were married April 4, 1947, at Chaffee.

Kathryn worked at Sports Specialty Shoe Co. in Chaffee several years. She moved to Jackson in 1999 from Delta. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Delta.

Survivors include her husband; a son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Cheryl Amos of Jackson; a daughter-in-law, LaDena Amos Nelson of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Freda McBride of Scott City; a granddaughter and husband, Shannon Amos Barrett and Nick of Cape Girardeau; a granddaughter, Stephanie Amos of Jackson; two grandsons, Billy Jay Amos of Cape Girardeau, Rodney and Kara Amos of Jackson; two great-grandchildren, Jackson Barrett of Cape Girardeau and Bailey Amos of Jackson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, two sisters, and four brothers.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Delta. The Rev. Eric Hodge will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Arbor, Mo.