MARQUETTE HEIGHTS - Elizabeth Eileen Cox Pryor, 67, of 103 Illinois Court, mother of a Normal resident, passed away at 1:30 p.m. Sunday (July 27, 2008) at her home.

Her funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at her church, the Greater Pekin 1st United Pentecostal Church in North Pekin. Pastor Huey Long will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield. Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to her church at 215 State St., North Pekin, IL 61554.

She was born Aug. 29, 1940, in Kampsville to John D. and Ileen Lucille Whisman Cox. She married Harry Lee Pryor on Dec. 1, 1956, in Wrights. He survives.

Also surviving are four daughters, Belinda L. (Stan) Marion, East Peoria; Susan L. (Troy) Short, Normal; Tonya L. (Bob Marion) Reiling, East Peoria; and Jodi D. (Tim) Gordon, Pekin; one son, Steven D. Pryor, Marquette Heights; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lyle D. (Irene) Cox, McMinneville, Tenn.; and Lloyd A. (Debbie) Cox, Carriere, Miss.; and two sisters, Beulah A. (Richard) Harp, Hardin and Ellen L. Cox, Indianapolis.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters.

In addition to being a homemaker, Elizabeth also worked as a certified nurse's aid, a floral designer and was the customer service manager at Michael's Arts & Crafts Store.

She enjoyed knitting, sewing, crocheting and floral design. She also loved traveling and loved her grandchildren.

Elizabeth was a member of the Greater Pekin 1st United Pentecostal Church in North Pekin.

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