Murlin Andrews

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Murlin Wallace Andrews, 85, of East Prairie died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, at Bertrand Nursing Facility.

He was born Jan. 5, 1920, in Bowman, Ark., son of James Rowland and Elizabeth Jane McCullers Andrews. He and Mona Nadine Thornbrough were married Dec. 14, 1946. She died Feb. 13, 2003.

Andrews was a retired railroad worker, and a member of First Assembly of God Church.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include a son, Murlin Andrews of Utica, Ohio; two daughters, Cynthia Watkins of Pegram, Tenn., Jeanne Cowger of Sikeston, Mo.; a brother, Albert Andrews of Hobart, Ind.; seven grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by a son, three brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie after 5 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Steven Domingue officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston, Mo.