Obituary of Bernice Utzman

Graveside services for Bernice Virginia Utzman, 72, Overton, will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 7, in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Overton with Reverend Charles Paschall officiating under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mrs. Utzman died Monday, November 5, 2007 in an Overton nursing home. She was born September 30, 1935 in Henderson to the late Irvin James and Lois Nan Dorsey Boyd. She was a life long resident of the Overton area and she was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by a brother, Curtis Boyd. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Richard Allen, Jr. and Jennifer Utzman of Kilgore, and Tommy Wayne and Cynthia Utzman of Overton; a daughter, Janet Kay Petty of Huntingdon, Tennessee; a brother, James Boyd, of Olive Hill, Kentucky; a sister, Sharon Batey of Mineola; five grandchildren, Jessica Utzman, Bobby Petty, Brandy Petty, Stephanie Utzman, Bernice Petty; one great grandson; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, at the funeral home.