Funeral service for Bernetta Crowe Proffitt, age 93, of Decatur, will be Saturday, April 14, 2018, 11:00 a.m., at Yokley-Trible Funeral Home, Tompkinsville, KY, with Tim McHenry officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to service. Interment will be in Isenberg Cemetery, Tompkinsville, KY. Shelton Funeral Home is assisting the family with local arrangements.
Mrs. Proffitt, who died Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at her residence, was born June 16, 1924, in Gamiel, KY, to John T. Crowe and Mattie Proffitt Crowe. She was a member of Paris Church of Christ in Paris, KY from 1962 to 1996, and Mt. Gilead Church of Christ in Tompkinsville, KY from 1996 until 2016. Mrs. Proffitt retired from Kentucky Textiles, Paris, KY, following 30 years of service. She was preceded in death by her parents, and daughter, Connie Lucas.
She is survived by her husband, Ezra Whitt Proffitt; two daughters, Janice Kay Bowman (Harlan), Rebecca Ann Noble (David); son-in-law, Rick Lucas; one brother, Arnold Crowe (Pat); six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial donations be made to MHA in Morgan County Alzheimer’s Program, P. O. Box 1502, Decatur, AL 35602.