Lura Precise

SUMMERVILLE Lura Bell "Lou" Precise, 77, died April 7, 2012 after a long battle with emphysema and other health issues. She was born May 5, 1934 in Hamilton, Ala. She was the daughter of the late James (Jim) and Nicie Howell and her Poppa and Momma, Ira and Minnie Nelson. Mrs. Precise was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Marion Precise, Jr.; son, Michael Ray Precise; daughter, Deborah Lynn Precise; sister, Ethel (Paulie) Brown; and brothers, Wilburn (Catherine) Howell, Cleveland Howell, and Dennis Ray Howell. Prior to her illness she was employed by Shaw Industries, Ringgold, Ga. Lura Bell was a member of Trion Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Richard Coffey; "second son" and daughter-in-law, Gary and Doris Precise; grandson, Brian Evans Precise; step-grandson, Clark (Holly) Coffey, Jr.; step-granddaughter, Rebecca (Chris) Shoemake; sisters, Stella (Lamar) Beaird, Verlene (Fred) Pope, Jessie (the late Orville) Bethune, Dorothy (Bobby) Byrd, Doris (Joel) Nixon, Dean Page, and Kathy Cosgrove; brothers, Wallace (Ressie) Howell, Max (Pat) Howell; sister-in-law, Hazel Howell; several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends today, at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral home where the family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the chapel of the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Vernon Johnson, Rev. Joey Kelly, and Rev. Ken Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Greenbills Memory Gardens Pallbearers will be Clete Holzer, Dana, Leguin, Carl Fowler, Denny Stricklin, Jackie Corbiu, Frankie Abernathy, Doug Colbert, and Johnny Human. Honorary Pallbearers will be the Ladies Sunday School Class of Trion Heights Baptist Church, and Elise Bailey, Phyllis Moses, Marlena Malone, Brandy Shepherd, and Simone Kilpatrick (Staff of Hutcheson Hospice), and Ann Lanier. Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.