EAST PRAIRIE -- Myra Marie Bewley, 88, of Shelbyville, Ill., formerly of East Prairie, died Wednesday, June 1, 1994, at Shelby Memorial Hospital in Shelbyville.
She was born Feb. 19, 1906, in Missouri, daughter of Franklin Levi and Maggie McGrady Jones.
Bewley had been a member of the former St. Mary Goretti Church here.
Survivors include a son, William Harvey of Galveston, Ind.; five daughters, Margaret Jones of Shelbyville, Manda Bailey of Findlay, Ill., Josephine Huffman, Margie Dodd and Mary Anderson of Kokomo, Ind.; two brothers, McKinney Jones of Boonville, Ind., Culen Jones of Chandler, Ind.; 16 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, two brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call at Shelby Funeral Home here after 6 p.m. Saturday.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in the chapel, with the Rev. James Reynolds officiating. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery.
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