Merle Worley Josey, 86, of Red Level, died Wed., Feb. 22, 2012, in the Andalusia Manor nursing facility.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., today, Fri., Feb. 24, from Foreman Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Knowles officiating and interment following in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Visitation will be at Foreman Funeral Home one hour prior to the service.

Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Howard and Sue Owens, Paul Owens of Red Level, and Eric and Kaye Josey of Opp; her grandchildren, Jeff Owens, Kenny (Melissa) Owens, Rachel Josey, Rebecca Josey and Reid Josey; great-grandchildren, Zack Owens, Kelley Owens and Sarah Owens; and three sisters, Louise Henby and Katherine Wyatt, both of Andalusia, and Margie Alice Murphy of San Antonio, Texas.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Eric Josey, and brother, Roscoe Worley.