A funeral service for Mrs. Sarah Pearl Godwin Stephens, 87, of the Logan Community in Panola County, TX, will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Billy Windham and Pastor Matt Comer officiating. Interment will follow in Deadwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Stephens passed away on Friday morning, Feb. 21, 2014, in Carthage.

Sarah Pearl Godwin Stephens was born on Apr. 29, 1926, in Hope, Arkansas to the late Melvin Hartwell and Eugenia Turnage Godwin. Mrs. Stephens married James Fred Stephens on Dec. 4, 1945, in Houston, TX and he preceded her in death on March 27, 1982. She loved hunting and fishing. Mrs. Stephens was a former member of the Order of the Easter Star #1058 in Houston. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Stephens was also preceded in death by four brothers, Lynn Elvin Godwin, Ben Ervin Godwin, Alvin Franklin Godwin, and Clyde Farley Godwin and three sisters, Mattie Belle Shires, Thelma Pauline Bice, and Exa Doris Eason.

Mrs. Stephens is survived by one son, James Riley Stephens and wife Brenda of Shelbyville; one daughter, Mary Louise Kelly and husband Henry of Fair Play; one brother, Melvin Harold Godwin and wife Becky of Clayton; one sister, Emma Louise Donald Corley of Carthage; 5 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be James Dean Stephens, Jeff Stephens, Jimmy Stephens, Cody McFadden, Tim Kelly, and Chad Kelly.

Serving as honorary pallbearers are Jesse Stephens, J. J. Stephens, Dakota Stephens, and Dusty Stephens.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.