Mrs. Modine Overbey Scarborough, age 96, of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on December 29, 2013, at Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Scarborough will be conducted on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Bro. Marlon Stephens officiating. Interment will follow in Good Hope Cemetery of Dyer.
Mrs. Scarborough was born December 27, 1917, in Gibson County, Tennessee; the daughter of the late Mrs. and Mrs. Dolly Litton and Joseph Edmond Overbey. She retired from Brown Shoe Company of Dyer. Mrs. Scarborough was a member of Midway Baptist Church.
Mrs. Scarborough is survived by daughters, Peggy Autry and husband Bill, and Martha Ann Parkin with husband Charles; seven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Foster Scarborough; son, Jerry Lynn Scarborough; three brother; four sisters; and her parents.
The family will receive friends from 12-2 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2014. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Modine Overbey Scarborough.