The Twenty-Third Psalm 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

      Velma A. Hueston Rivers, formerly of Mexico, died at 12:30 a.m. on January 5, 2004, in Stover.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at Pickering Funeral Home, with the Rev. Rick Smith officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the service time at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Rivers was born on Sept. 25, 1906, in Reform, a daughter of Claude and Lula Barnum Estes. On Dec. 6, 1923, in Mexico, she married Ralph L. Hueston, who preceded her in death.

Survivors include one son, Ralph L. Hueston Jr., Blue Springs; four grandchildren, Leann Hueston, Springfield, Mo., Dr. Allen and Janie Hueston, McKinney, Texas, Joyce and Terry Davis, Fort Dodge, Ia., and Christine and Don Dickey, Jefferson City; a step-sister, Frances Estes, Fulton; six great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

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