IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Ethel Lee
Tesney
September 4, 1918 – May 24, 2011
Obituary
ETHEL LEE HOWELL TESNEY, Age 92, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at her home in Bertrand.
Born September 4, 1918, at Haleyville, Alabama to the late Silous and Villa Loveless Howell, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life where she was member of the Cornerstone Church.
On August 21, 1939, she married William Wes Tesney, who preceded her in death on August 9, 1988.
Surviving are: one son, Roger Tesney of Miner; three daughters, Nelda Creek of Bertrand; Betty Spiker of Poplar Bluff and Frankie Turner of Elgin, TX; two sisters, Wilba Lauderdale of Haleyville, AL and Faye Gaskin of Tuscumbia, AL; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Don Tesney; two brothers Orville Howell and Joe Howell and one sister, Dorothy Darby.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral hour at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2011 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Rev. Larry Stephenson, pastor of the Living Waters Church in Princeton, IN, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Grover Morrow, Bill Nance, Brent Nance, Dossey Nance, Harrison Beasley and Harold Delk.
Online condolences maybe shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.
Born September 4, 1918, at Haleyville, Alabama to the late Silous and Villa Loveless Howell, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life where she was member of the Cornerstone Church.
On August 21, 1939, she married William Wes Tesney, who preceded her in death on August 9, 1988.
Surviving are: one son, Roger Tesney of Miner; three daughters, Nelda Creek of Bertrand; Betty Spiker of Poplar Bluff and Frankie Turner of Elgin, TX; two sisters, Wilba Lauderdale of Haleyville, AL and Faye Gaskin of Tuscumbia, AL; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Don Tesney; two brothers Orville Howell and Joe Howell and one sister, Dorothy Darby.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral hour at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 27, 2011 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Rev. Larry Stephenson, pastor of the Living Waters Church in Princeton, IN, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Grover Morrow, Bill Nance, Brent Nance, Dossey Nance, Harrison Beasley and Harold Delk.
Online condolences maybe shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.
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