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Submitted: 2/20/18 • Approved: 2/24/18 • Last Updated: 4/14/18 • R811431-G811430-S3
Paul
24 Aug 1926 TN
20 Nov 2015 Cape Girardeau, MO
Lessie
Apr. 11, 1931
Apr. 24, 2003
Paul W. Erwin, 89, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015
at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born in
Tennessee to the late Joseph Oscar Erwin and Tynie Maybell McGerity.
He was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was a member of
the Heritage Apostolic Church.
Paul married Lessie Scott in Piggott, Ar. April 17, 1948. She preceded
him in death April 24, 2003.
Paul served in the U.S. Army during WWII. After his service he
worked as a welder and pipefitter. He enjoyed going to yard sales and to
the sale barn.
He is survived by two daughters, Patricia Martin of Valley Park, Mo. and
Paula Vernell Dowd of Glenallen, Mo.; one brother, Max Erwin of Paris,
Tn.; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were one son, Raymond Earl Erwin; two
brothers, Ray Erwin and Carl Erwin; and four sisters, Arlie May
DePriest, Martha Jean Campbell, Rae Cheek and Nola Carter.
Visitation will be at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday at Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home
Chapel followed by the funeral service at 11:00 A.M. The Rev. Ivan
Dowd will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Steele, Mo.
at 2:00 P.M. Memorials may be made to the Missouri Veteran's Home,
Hospice Unit, 2400 Veteran's Memorial Dr., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701.
Lessie Erwin, 72, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, April 24, 2003, at the St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Born April 11, 1931, in Holland, Mo., she was the daughter of the late John T. Scott and Rosie Lee White Scott.
She was employed at Brownie's Day Care and a member of the Bluff City United Pentecostal Church.
Lessie was united in marriage to Paul Erwin on April 17, 1948, in Piggott, Ark.
Mrs. Erwin leaves her husband, Paul Erwin, of Poplar Bluff; Two daughers: Patricia A. Martin of St. Louis, Mo. and Paula B. Dowd of Glen Allen, Mo.; Three brothers: Bobby Scott of Glen Allen, James Scott of St. Louis, and Archie Scott of Holland; One sister, Jessie Wimp, of Steele, Mo.; Seven grandchildren; and Four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Erwin were held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 28, 2003, at the Fitch-Ellis Funeral Home Chapel in Poplar Bluff with Bro. Ted Elliedge officiating.
Burial was at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Steele.
The Steele Enterprise - Steele, Missouri - Thursday, May 1, 2003
Contributed on 2/20/18 by ttack37
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