Joe Marvin Stotts, 82, of Lepanto, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at Crittenden Memorial Hospital in West Memphis.

Born on May 21, 1920, in Lepanto, Stotts was a farmer, Veteran of WWII, member of the Church of Christ and the American Legion.

Survivors include two sisters, Marguerite Hattle of West Memphis and Virginia Stotts of Lepanto.

Funeral services were held today, May 15, 2003 at 2 p.m. at the Murphy Funeral Home Chapel in Lepanto. Interment followed at Potter Memorial Cemetery with Stan Hattle, Dean Hattle, Darrell Strayhorn, Gerald Newman and Edward Allred serving as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to the Church of Christ in Lepanto. Murphy Funeral Home of Lepanto had charge of the arrangements.