Funeral service 2:00PM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Paul Hudspeth,Community of Christ Church, Paris, TN and Bro. Jeff Tyler, Community of Christ Church, Independence, MO officiating, burial will follow at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens. Serving as pallbearers will be Will Stephens, Jack Brown, Steve Tyler, Jeff Tyler, Danny Freeman and Amanda Futral Visitation 3:00 - 7:00PM Thursday and after 11:00AM Friday. He was born in Henry County,TN to the late William Jefferson and Lora Mae Miller Stephens. On August 27, 1955 he married Sue Neal Burnette Stephens, she survives, Florissant, MO. Survived by sons: David Michael (Kathleen Kastelic) Stephens, Tulsa, OK, Barry Neal (Becky) Stephens, Dallas, TX; sisters-in-law: Imogene Stephens, Paris, TN, Geraldine Stephens, Paris, TN, Sue Stephens, Detroit, MI, Pat Stephens, Kansas City, MO; grandchildren: Will Stephens, Kelsey Stephens, Hayley Stephens, Shannon Wilcox, Callie Stephens; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Preceded by sisters: Loetta Tyler, Violet Tyler, Virginia Stephens, preceded in infancy; six brothers: Lloyd, James, Harvey, Frederick, Johnson and Eual Stephens. Mr. Stephens was a member of the Community of Christ Church. He graduated from Puryear High School in 1948 and from Finlay Engineering College in Kansas City, MO with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, he retired as Vice President of Engineering at Crane Company after 25 years. He served 4 years in US Navy Air.