Alice Evelyn Springer - Manila

Thursday, June 26, 2003

Alice Evelyn Springer, 82, of Manila died Friday, June 20, 2003, at Manila Nursing Center. Born at Halls, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late William and Sarah Alice Robertson Ferguson. She was married to Roy Springer in 1934 and had been a lifelong Manila resident. She was a retired nurses' aid having worked several years for Dr. E.A. Shaneyfelt and was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy in Manila.

She is survived by her husband, Roy Springer, of Manila; four daughters, Mary Kessler of Corning, New York, Joan Robinson of Blytheville, Pat Holleman of Lake Cormorant, Miss., and Deanna Keeton of Greenwood, Miss.; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Gary Wayne Springer, three brothers and six sisters.

The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Howard Funeral Chapel in Manila with Rev. Jessie Whitington officiating. Burial was in the Manila Cemetery.