Gertie Lee Kirby, 83
A grocery store merchant, she was the daughter of Jessie L. and Oney Ellen Freeman Graham; and was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Kirby; and brother, Floyd Graham; and sister, Edna Newman.
She is survived by sons, Kenneth and Sephfronia Kirby, Roger and Sandra Kirby, all of McMinnville; grandchildren, Anglea Michelle Hill and Valerie Dawn Hobbs, both of McMinnville and Ronald Alan Kirby of Algood; and six great-grandchildren.
Services were held Sept. 23 at McMinnville Victory Freewill Baptist Church with David Lee England and Paul Taylor officiating. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery.
Thurman Funeral Home of Sparta was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 30, 2005