LONA MAY FLOWERS

PORTAGEVILLE -- Lona May Flowers, 79, of Portageville Route 1, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born Sept. 28, 1912 in Center Ridge, Ark., the daughter of George and Ellen Baker Bartlett.

On May 10, 1928, she married Arlie I. Flowers in Center Ridge, Ark. He survives.

She had lived at Portageville four years, moving from Dexter. She was a member of Big Ridge General Baptist Church.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Edward Flowers, Portageville; one sister, Molly Cole, Santa Monica, Calif.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston with the Rev. Raymond Myrick officiating, assisted by the Rev. Sherril Smith. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Friends may call today after 6 p.m. at the funeral home.