Eva Jane Gregory, daughter of the late Troy Vernon Bell and Flora Keathley Bell was born on October 12, 1926 in Eola, Arkansas and departed this life on February 6, 2015 at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Cape Girardeau at the age of 88.

Mrs. Gregory was a member of the Parma Church of Christ.  Mrs. Gregory had owned and operated G & E Grocery Store in Parma with her husband for twenty-one years.  She was very proud of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

On January 19, 1944 she was united in marriage to Granville Grady Gregory in Piggott, Arkansas.  Mr. Gregory survives of their home in Dexter.

Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Reginald Kent Gregory and wife Theresa of Advance and Steven Neil Gregory and wife Belinda of Malden; by one daughter, Nina Jean Graves and husband Mel of Sikeston;  by one daughter in law, Angie Gregory of Dexter;  by one brother, Ernest Bell of Dexter; by one sister, Edith Dozier of Parma; by five grandchildren, Chris Graves, Bradley Graves, Jason Gregory, Darron Stauffer and Stephanie Gregory and by seven great-grandchildren, Sydney Graves, Macy Caroline Graves, Paisley Jane Gregory, Collin Michael Stauffer, Jackson Lewis Stauffer, Camerin Todd Stauffer and Lauren Cathryn Stauffer.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Granville “Cate” Gregory and by one sister, Doris Catron.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, February 9, 2015 from 10:30 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will then be conducted on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Roy Sherfield officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Parma Cemetery.