Ethel M. Boring, age 85, a resident of Cleveland, went home to be with her Lord Sunday, September 17, 2006 in a local healthcare facility. She was of the Christian faith. She was the daughter of the late William and Viva Viola Lee Watkins and was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Boring, grandson, Richard Boring, brothers: J. D. Watkins, Roy Watkins, and Ralph "Buck" Watkins, and one sister, Lorene Ingle.
She will be remembered as a loving mother by those surviving her including her sons: Wayne Boring of Cleveland, and Kenneth Boring of Maryville; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Fike Funeral Home with Reverend Fred Mercer officiating. Graveside services will be held at 12 noon Wednesday in Grandview Cemetery in Maryville.