Verna Stout

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Verna D. Stout, 97, of Mounds died Friday, March 28, 2003, at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Ga.

She was born May 5, 1905, in Pulaski County, Ill., daughter of Joshua and Daisy Hostler Childers. She married Edward Robert Stout, who preceded her in death in 1954.

She was a member of the First Congregational Church in Mounds and the Egyptian Country Club. She retired as a teller at the First State Bank of Mounds and as a teacher in the Meridian School District.

Survivors include two granddaughters, Catherine Stout of Suwanee, Ga., and Ellen Yanochik of Atlanta; a grandson, Ed Stout of Atlanta; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today at the Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds with the Rev. Nell Bierman officiating. Burial will follow in the Beechwood Cemetery in Mounds.