Lavinna Stover
Lavinna Ruth Stover, age 64, of Obion passed away Thursday, July 20 2023.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, at Minnick Bible Church west of Obion. The Rev. James Robert Gunter will officiate and will be assisted by Robin Cude.
Friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until the hour of service at 1 p.m.
Pallbearers will be Craig Lewis, David Alexander, Glenn Stover, Joey Tanner, Paul Work and Kenneth Stover.
Cryer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ms. Stover was born April 17, 1959, in Union City, the daughter of the late George Richard Stover and Freeda (Fifer) Stover of Obion. She was head teller for First Community Bank in Bella Vista, Ark., and a member of Minnick Bible Church. She was an accomplished pianist and had a special love for her grandchildren, as well as football and basketball.
Ms. Stover is survived by her mother, Freeda Stover of Obion; two daughters, Amanda and Monty Whitley of Benton, Ark., and Lindsey and Robert Hood of Fayetteville, Ark.; two sisters, Becky and Kenneth Lewis of Hornbeak and Cindy Stover of Obion; two brothers, George Ray Stover and Shelia of Gates and Richard Carlton Stover and Robbie of Hornbeak; and four grandchildren, Emmalye, Tristan, Claire and Brooks.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Minnick Cemetery Fund, c/o Cindy Stover, 6191 Bud Barker Rd., Obion, TN 38240 or the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, 199 Water St. 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.cryerfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Messenger 7.26.23
