Ella Bernice Boothe, 77, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

She was born Sept. 12, 1940, in Rolla, daughter of Clyde and Bernice Vena Manes Brown.

She enjoyed visiting with family, friends and neighbors. She enjoyed embroidering, crocheting and watching wrestling on television.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a great-granddaughter.

Survivors include a sister, Ann Coburn of Killeen, Texas; three children, James Brown of Cullman, Alab., and Lori Smith and Gary Broothe of Licking; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Cremation was under the direction of Fox Funeral Home.

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