Verna Prim, 96, of Mounds died Monday, July 22, 2002, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill.

She was born July 2, 1906, in Pulaski County, daughter of Sylvester and Dora Washington Clanton. She married Von Prim, who died Nov. 27, 1984.

Survivors include a sister-in-law, Maxine Crippen of Gilbert, Ariz., and a brother-in-law, Harold Prim of Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill., after 10 a.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Verlee Eaker officiating. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery.