Tonya Essary

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Tonya Lee Essary, 23, died Nov. 21, 2001, at the Summit Medical Center in Nashville.

Born July 12, 1978, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of the late Thomas Lee Essary of Southside and Mary Ann Howard Stoveall of Conyers, Ga., she was of the Baptist belief.

Survivors in addition to her parents include: two brothers, Steve Alsup of Covington, Ga., and Mike Farmer of Oxford, Ga.; two sisters, Christy Harper of Conyers and Christie James of Chelsea, Okla.; her stepmother, Rhonda Essary of Southside; her stepfather, Perry Stoveall of Conyers; paternal grandparents, Edward and Frieda Woodruff of Southside; and maternal grandmother, Judy Denny of Conyers, Ga.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. today until service time at 2 p.m. at the Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home in Clarksville.

Burial will follow in the Southside Cemetery.