Vesta C. Mears, 67

DOVER - Vesta C. Mears, of Dover, departed this life on Feb. 7, 2009, in Kent General Hospital. She was born Oct. 15, 1941. She was 67. She leaves to cherish her memory, two sisters Mildred Mears and Vivian Mears-Milbourne of Dover; a brother, Memphis Evans of Smyrna; sister-in-law Mary Evans of Smyrna; six nieces; three nephews; nine great nieces; eight great nephews; two great-great nieces; four great-great nephews; three uncles, Mahalon Mears of Smyrna, Henry Mears of Inkster Michigan and Homer Lecato of Jenkins Bridge, Va.; two aunts, Gertrude Taylor of Jenkins Bridge, Va., and Catherine Mears of Inkster Michigan. Services will be noon Friday at Bennie Smith Funeral Home in Dover where friends may view two hours prior. Burial will be in Massey Cemetery, Clayton.