LARRY JEFFRIES

CAIRO, Ill. -- Larry Jeffries, 63, of Cairo died Monday, Sept. 7, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Oct. 5, 1934, at Cairo, son of Albert and Myrtle Ray Jeffries. He and Darlene Nye married May 7, 1965, at Cairo.

Jeffries was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the AMVETS.

He was a life insurance agent for Prudential Insurance Co. in Cairo for more than 20 years.

He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Cairo.

Survivors include his wife; his mother, Myrtle Jeffries of Cairo; and a brother, Fred Moore of Harrisburg, Ill.

He was preceded in death by a sister.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo after 5 p.m. Wednesday and at First Presbyterian Church in Cairo from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church. The Rev. Kelly Cox will officiate, with burial at the U.S. National Cemetery in Mound City.