OBIT: Covington, Marie Sorell, 1998 - Owen & Scott Cos


TIMES MAIL
BEDFORD, LAWRENCE CO., IN.


Marie Covington
Sept. 8, 1916-June 7, 1998

MITCHELL -- Marie Covington, 81, Mitchell, formerly of Stamping Ground,
N.Y., died at 5:37 a.m. Sunday at Mitchell Manor Living and Rehab Center,
Mitchell.

Born in Owen County, Ky., she was the daughter of Jim and Ida (Tate)
Sorell. She married Delbert Covington on Dec. 22, 1933, and he preceded her
in death.

She was a homemaker and member of Stamping Ground Baptist Church in
Stamping Ground, Ky.

Surviving are one daughter, Leola (Lee) Robinson of Mitchell; one son,
Jimmie Covington of Lexington, Ky.; one brother, Sherman Sorell of Owen
County, Ky.; one sister, Texia Prather of Owenton, Ky.; three grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister and one
grandchild.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Johnson Funeral Home, Georgetown,
Ky., with the Rev. Lowell Coots officiating. Burial will follow in the
Masonic Cemetery in Stamping Ground, Ky.

Friends may call from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Chastain Funeral Home,
Mitchell, and 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home, Georgetown,
Ky.

Pallbearers will be Jim Blevins, Billy Martin Bridges, Gayle Graves, Morton
Judy, R.C. Lynn and Nevil Purvis.


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From: "Diana Flynn" 
<ivie@tima.com>
Date: 29 May 1998