ROZINA STURGEON

ZALMA -- Rozina Sturgeon, 103, of Zalma, died Thursday, May 20, 1993, at Advance Nursing Center.

She was born Jan. 2, 1890, at Zalma, daughter of Hiram and Jane Mouser Gaines. She and Gilbert Henry Sturgeon were married Sept. 1, 1907. He died Dec. 18, 1962.

Sturgeon was the last surviving charter member of Pleasant Valley General Baptist Church at Gipsy.

Survivors include two sons, Milford and Raymond Sturgeon of Zalma; three daughters, Marie Snider of Edwardsville, Ill., Mildred Abernathy of Zalma, Reeda Durham of Dexter; a sister, Delphia Myers Baker of Marble Hill; 24 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren, and 26 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three sons, three brothers and three sisters.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Liley Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The Rev. Rudy Pitman will officiate, with burial in Union Hill Cemetery at Zalma.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.