Reverend Etta Bell Guthrie, age 75, of Palestine, Texas died July 19, 2008 at Palestine Regional Medical Center. Burial in Roselawn Park was under the direction of Bailey and Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. She was born December 25, 1932 in Palestine to Willie Frank and Mattie Mason Armstrong. Reverend Guthrie was preceded in death by her parents; son, Gale Ray Essary; grandson, Jonathan Cook; her first husband, Rev. Willerson Essary; and five brothers. She was survived by her husband of 45 years, Reverend R.F. Guthrie; daughters, Deborah Cook and husband John, Martha Bing and husband Terry, Mary Brooks and husband Phillip, and Effie Williams and husband Steve; sons, Paul Essary and wife Doenye; sister, Effie Walding; brother, A.J. Armstrong; fifteen grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Reverend Etta Bell Guthrie, age 75, of Palestine, Texas died July 19, 2008 at Palestine Regional Medical Center. Burial in Roselawn Park was under the direction of Bailey and Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. She was born December 25, 1932 in Palestine to Willie Frank and Mattie Mason Armstrong. Reverend Guthrie was preceded in death by her parents; son, Gale Ray Essary; grandson, Jonathan Cook; her first husband, Rev. Willerson Essary; and five brothers. She was survived by her husband of 45 years, Reverend R.F. Guthrie; daughters, Deborah Cook and husband John, Martha Bing and husband Terry, Mary Brooks and husband Phillip, and Effie Williams and husband Steve; sons, Paul Essary and wife Doenye; sister, Effie Walding; brother, A.J. Armstrong; fifteen grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
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