Nellie Southern, 97, of Spiro died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, in Spiro. She was a lifelong resident of LeFlore County.
Graveside service will be 3 pm Tuesday at Milton Cemetery in Bokoshe under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Fort Smith.
She is survived by a sister, Ellen Peerson of Greenwood; nieces, Rita Woolsey of Hackett, Josephine Brown of Panama, Vicky Copher of Fort Smith, Marilyn Chambers and Carolyn Davis, both of Yukon, Okla., and Verna Dorr of Mineral Wells, Texas; nephews, Jim Bell Peerson and Wayne Peerson, both of Fort Smith, Buck Hamby of Hackett, Philip Hamby of Spiro, Orville Peerson of Bokoshe and Donald and Jim Peerson, both of California.
