Virginia Lemmink

BENTON, Mo. -- Virginia May Lemmink, 72, of Benton died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at the home of her grandson in Scott City.

She was born May 8, 1931, in Portageville, Mo., daughter of Troy Clifton Carr and Ruby May Wren. She and James Robert Lemmink were married Aug. 30, 1947, at Pochahontas, Ark. He died June 21, 1983.

Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Taylor of Benton; a son, James Lemmink of Benton; three brothers, Gene Carr of Sikeston, Mo., Ernest Laymon of Morehouse, Mo., and Franklin Frazier of Centralia, Ill.; three sisters, Sally Carden of Sikeston, Mo.; Lois Crabtree of South Beloit, Ill., and Dorothy Tinnin of Morehouse; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son and a sister.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton from noon to 2 p.m. Monday.

Funeral will at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Rev. Randy Morse will officiate, with burial following in New Morley Cemetery in Morley, Mo.