Verna Poe, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1996, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center.

She was born March 16, 1913, in Illinois, daughter of Frank and Allena Gayle Ussery. She married Hayward Poe March 25, 1931, in Cape Girardeau. He died in April 1990.

Poe lived most of her life in Cape Girardeau. She was a charter member of First Assembly of God Church, and taught Sunday School many years.

Survivors include two sons, Don Poe of Aurora, Colo., Dan Poe of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Margy Huggins of Cape Girardeau, Vonda Snyder of Seminole, Okla.; a sister, Vera Foster of Springfield, Ill.; 12 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Word of Faith Fellowship. The Revs. Bill Snyder and Charles Lance will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery.