Erma Jean Prigmore

DATELINE: Lyons, Kansas

NAME:   Erma Jean Prigmore

AGE: 85 years                         

DATE OF DEATH:  March 18, 2017

PLACE OF DEATH: Hospice House of Hutchinson

DATE OF BIRTH: June 1, 1931

PLACE OF BIRTH: Hutchinson, Kansas

PARENTS: Albert and Faye Smith Small

RESIDENCE: She has been a Lyons resident since 1947, formerly of Hutchinson.

OCCUPATION: Erma owned and operated Letter’s and Ledger’s in Lyons for over 20 years.  She worked as a Christian Music Evangelist at area churches. 

EDUCATION: She graduated from Lyons High School with the class of 1949, and in 1952 she graduated from Central Bible College in Springfield, MO. with a degree in Theology.

MEMBERSHIPS:  Erma was a member of First Assembly of God Church, Lyons; Alumni of Central Bible College; and she was a member of the Small Trio which included her and her twin brothers.

SPOUSE:  She married Lorn Hopkins in Lyons, they were later divorced. She married Phillip Prigmore in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they were later divorced.

SURVIVORS:   sons, Dennis and wife Debra Taylor Hopkins of Sterling, and Kenneth Prigmore and wife Denaye of Alva, OK.; brothers, Dwight Small of Inverness, FL., and Duane Small and wife Ramona of Charleston, SC.; five grandchildren, Jonathan Hopkins and wife Mary of Wichita, KS., Melody Britton and husband Jason of Houston, TX., Kelley Hopkins and husband James of Norman, OK., Tanner Prigmore of Alva, OK., and Tanya Richard of Columbus, KS.; five great grandchildren, Ariana Britton, Serenity Britton, Gabriela Britton, Benaiah Britton, and Ethan Hopkins.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  Parents, Albert and Faye Small

SERVICES: 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at First Assembly of God, Lyons.

OFFICIATING: Pastor Larry Schumacher

BURIAL: 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson

VISITATION: 2:00 to 7:00 P.M., Monday, March 20, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.

MEMORIAL: First Assembly of God, Lyons in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons

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