Yvonne Stevens

ORAN, Mo. -- Yvonne M. Stevens, age 72, passed away at home Sunday, May 24, 2009.

Yvonne was born April 20, 1937, to Amzie and Goldie Wampler Cook in Corning, Ark. She married Howard L. Stevens on March 2, 1957, and he survives.

She was a member for many years at Life Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Oran. She was a member of Greater Vision Pentecostal Church in Chaffee, Mo. She worked as a sewing machine operator at Venture Products in Oran.

Survivors include three daughters, Linda (Roger) Morrett of Oran, Connie (Don) Biri of Cape Girardeau, Becky Stevens of Oran; two grandsons, Michael Stevens of Oran, Brian Biri of Cape Girardeau; and a great-granddaughter, Kaylee Biri of Jackson; three brothers, the Rev. Lee Cook of Advance, Mo., James Earl Cook of Charleston, S.C., Glenn Cook of Houston; two sisters, Retha Davidson of Fenton, Mo., and Anna Mae Baker of Arnold, Mo.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Victory Life United Pentecostal Church in Oran. The Rev. Gary Teague will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Robert Poe. Burial will be in Friend Cemetery in Oran.

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran is in charge of arrangements.