MARIE MIZE

BERNIE -- Marie Mize, 94, of Bernie died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, at the Lincoln Skill Care Center at Fayetteville, Tenn.

She was born July 7, 1904, at Matthews, daughter of Luther Deane and Annie Dockins Deane.

She married Claude A. Mize Sr. at Detroit, Mich., May 12, 1926. He died Jan. 5, 1964.

She was a retired schoolteacher who taught at Broadwater School in Malden, at Cape Girardeau 10 years, and served as a teacher's aide in Bernie for eight years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Matthews. She attended the Bernie United Methodist Church.

She is survived by a son, Claude A. Mize Jr. of Fayetteville; a brother, Louis H. Deane of Parkhall, Md.; sister, Ada Furlong of Malden; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

Service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Rainey Funeral Home Chapel in Bernie, with elder R.B. Woods officiating. Interment will be in Matthews Community Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today.