Jessie J. Decker
Published 12:00 am Monday, December 14, 1998
Jessie J. Decker, 92, of Bowling Green died at 3:30 a.m. Oct. 14, 1999, at a Bowling Green nursing home.The Warren County native was a sewing machine operator for Fruit of the Loom and a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a daughter of the late Ernest Byrns and Rachel Gilliam Byrns and wife of the late Escar J. Decker Sr.Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.Survivors include three daughters, Irene Hughey of Orlando, Fla., Barbara Sledge of Bowling Green and Betty Tabor of Port Charlotte, Fla.; two sons, William L. Decker Sr. and E.J. Decker Jr., both of Port Charlotte; 16 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.