LORRAINE DARBY BROYLES

Lorraine Darby Broyles, daughter of Charles Marion and Byrd Fox Darby was born in Sikeston, Mo., on January 18, 1907, and died at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on October 3, 1999, at the age of 92 years 8 months and 15 days. She lived in Sikeston and Essex until 1921 when her family moved to Dexter, Mo., where she lived until 1992, when she moved to cApe Girardeau, Mo., to be near her family.

She was graduated from Dexter High School, William Woods College and from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. After teaching two years in Dexter Grade School, she taught for several years in Poplar Bluff Junior High School and Senior High School.

On December 26, 1937, she was married to Eugene Hunt Broyles in Dexter, Mo. and to this union one daughter was born. Mr. Broyles preceded her in death on September 6, 1988. She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Marion Fox Darby and one nephew, Samuel Marion Darby.

Surviving include one daughter, Doris Jean Broyles Arnold and son-in-law Gary M. Arnold, one grandson, Rodney Gary Arnold, one granddaughter, Cynthia Drucilla Arnold, one great-granddaughter, Alicia Christine Arnold and one great-grandson Preston Gary Arnold, all of Cape Girardeau. She is survived by one sister Doris Darby Evans, one nephew, Charles R. Evans and one niece, Mary Shannon Darby all of Las Vegas, Nev. and several other nieces and nephews and many relatives and friends.

At the age of 14 she became a member of the United Methodist Church in Dexter, Mo., and in 1992 became a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, Mo. and remained a member until her death.

Visitation will be Thursday evening 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Rainey Funeral Chapel in Dexter. Services will be on Friday, October 8, 1999, at 2:00 p.m. at Rainey Funeral Chapel in Dexter, Mo. with the Reverend Dr. Clayton L. Smith of Centenary United Methodist Church of Cape Girardeau and the Reverend Fred Leist of Dexter United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Dexter Memorial Cemetery.