Essence Lane

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Essence M. Lane, 3, formerly of Mounds, died unexpectedly Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at Edwards Hospital in Naperville, Ill.

Survivors include her mother, Portia Lane; her father, Warren Bowers; a brother, Warren Bowers Jr.; maternal grandparents, Genie and Queney Williams; paternal grandfather, Emmett Lane Sr.; maternal great-grandparents, Edward and Peoria Tucker; paternal great-grandmothers, Phylissa Powe and Arnetta Williams.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John Praise and Worship Center in Pulaski, Ill. The Rev. Larry T. Barnett Sr. will officiate. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden at Villa Ridge, Ill.

Friends may call at the church Saturday from noon until service time.

Massie Funeral Home in Cairo, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.