Edna Marie Willis

Etta Marie Willis, age 80, of Dry Branch Road in Irvine, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at her home following a long illness.

She was born March 26, 1936 in Estill County and was the daughter of the late Daniel Odell and Sarah Jane McKinney Estes. She was a former American Tobacco Company employee and had lived in Estill County all of her life. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and also a former member of the Eastern Star.

Mrs. Willis was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Eugene Willis.

She is survived by three daughters: Sue Patrick, Owen County; Amanda Bessie McIntosh, and Nita Jane Tipton, both of Estill County; one son, Claude Nelson Willis, Estill County; ten grandchildren: Charles Staton, Daniel Willis, Belinda Addison, Jeff Wilson, Kathy Cole, Betty Ramos, Bobby White, Larry White, Amanda Neal and Claude Willis II; 15 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by one son, Charles Danny Willis; three sisters: Frances Muncy, Lillian Todd, and Verda Mae Chamberlain; and six brothers: Orvil, Ollie, Glen, Joe Eddison, Odell and Hiram Estes.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, March 19, 2 p.m., at the Warren F. Toler Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was at the Hardy Cemetery. Friends called after 12 Noon, Sunday, at the funeral home.

Pallbearers were Charles Staton, Jeff Wilson, Claude Willis, II, Bobby Nelson White, Larry Dean White, Terry Sexton, Alex Cole and Jaxon Cole.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations toward the funeral expenses.