Services for Essie Faye Kinley Steen, 80, of Crosbyton, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Crosbyton First Baptist Church with Rev. Lester Griffin officiating. Burial will follow in the Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Crosbyton. Faye passed away Tuesday night, September 21, 2010 at Grace Medical Center in Lubbock with her family by her side. She was born July 3, 1930 in Roanoke, Texas to the late James William and Essie Flora (Young) Kinley. On March 19, 1946 she married Austin Young Steen, Jr. in Crosbyton. She and Austin were married 64 years and 6 months. A lifelong resident of Crosbyton, Faye was an active member of the Crosbyton First Baptist Church since 1954 and a member of the Halleluiah Choir. She was the activities director at the Crosbyton Care Center for 28 years and wrote an article for the Crosbyton Review for a number of years. Faye was a member of the VFW Auxiliary and in 1988 was awarded a special award by the Crosbyton Chamber of Commerce.
She is preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters.
Survivors include her husband, Austin of Crosbyton; two daughters and their husbands, Vicki and Eddie Cole of Big Spring and Judy and Danny Cornelius of Flower Mound; five grandchildren and their spouses, Tabitha and Brad Madry, Kristi and Wes Beauchamp, Dusty and Heather Cornelius, Amanda and Adrian Calvio and Sandy and Rusty Wallace; and 11 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Adams Funeral Home in Crosbyton.
The family suggests memorials to the Crosbyton First Baptist Church Building Fund, 300 W Birch, Crosbyton, TX 79322
Published Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Tuesday, September 23, 2010
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