The Rupublic Columbus, Indiana Tuesday, September 7, 1971 Page 20 FUNERAL FOR MRS. LURA HOVIS HELD Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock today at the Barkes, Inlow and Weaver funeral home by the Rev. Lawrence Thayer for Mrs. Lura Hovis, 65, of Hope route 2. Burial was at Garland Brook cemetery. Mrs. Hovis died Saturday at her home after an illness of several months. A native of Adair county, Ky., Mrs. Hovis was born November 5, 1905, the daughter of Milton and Martha Giles. She was married to Bruce Hovis November 9, 1969, and he survives. Other survivors include three sons, Dallas Sexton of Elizabethtown route 1, James Sexton of Middlebury and Dennis Hodge of Elkhart; five brothers, Fred of Florida, Charles, Welby and Edgar, all of Kentucky, and Elby of Hope, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, a brother, and a sister. =============