Dessie Ethridge

Born Sunday, April 12, 1936, in Hornersville, a daughter of the late Howard and Francis Mogers Pate, she was a nurses aide and member of Hornersville Baptist Church.

On March 8, 1954, in Kennett, she married Charles A. "Doc" Ethridge who survives.

She is further survived by a son, Steve Ethridge of Beebe, Ark., a daughter, Debra Whitlock of Senath, Mo., three sisters, Dorothy Grimsley of Wauchula, Fla., Diann Johnson of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and Waynoma Port of Paducah, Ky., four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.

Visitation is 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. today, Sunday, Nov. 9, at Bradshaw-Emerson Funeral Home in Hornersville.

Funeral services are 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10 at Hornersville Baptist Church with the Rev. Doug Clinton officiating.

Burial will be in Horner Cemetery at Hornersville.