Lovella Brinkman

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lovella Fern Brinkman, 66, of Marble Hill died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007, at her home.

She was born July 5, 1940, at Marble Hill, daughter of Troy and Lena Margaret Simmons Atchison. She and Dale Eric Brinkman were married in November 1960 in Alton, Ill. He died in 1972.

Brinkman owned Rainbow Hotel and had been a delivery person for the senior center. She lived in Marble Hill 21 years.

Survivors include two daughters, Angela Cole of Bethalto, Ill., Charlotte Wilson of Whitesboro, Texas; three brothers, Gene Atchison of Grassy Mo., Eldon and Elijah Atchison of Marble Hill; three sisters, Mary Seabaugh of Marble Hill, Naomi Ayres of Ashland, Ky., Doris Harris of Piedmont, Mo.; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and two great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and a brother.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. today at McGee Chapel Church. The Rev. Clinton Massa will officiate.

Hutchings Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.