Vesta Irvin

   Vesta Brewer Irvin, 79, Cawood, died Oct. 22, 1999, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington.

   A native of Verda, she was a homemaker and believed in the Holiness faith.

   She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Elizabeth Stewart Brewer; husband, Johnny Irvin; and a daughter, Hazel Irvin Shows.

   Survivors include six children: Elizabeth Head, Loyal; Lois Swanson, Cawood; Green Irvin, Cawood; Johnny Wayne Irvin, Indianapolis, Ind.; and James Edward Irvin, Franklin, Ohio; 22 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and several relatives and friends.

   Visitation is today after 1 p.m. at the home of Charlene Stewart at Cawood.

   Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Irvin Cemetery at Cawood with the Rev. Gary Grubbs and the Rev. Jerry Collins officiating.

   Grandsons will serve as pallbears.

   Mount Pleasant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Harlan Enterprise: 23 October 1999