Janie Lea Southers of Clinton, Missouri passed away Friday, May 25,2007 at North Kansas City Hospital, N. Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington, Missouri. Family will receive friends from 7:00 P.M.-8:30 P.M. Monday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Allen Stret Baptist Church.

Janie worked for Sprint/United Telephone Comany as an operator for 23 years. She was a member of the Allen Street Baptist Church, the Order of Eastern Star and the Eagles Auxiliary, all in Clinton.

Survivors include her husband, A. J. Southers of the home; two daughters, Lora Jane Hathcock and husband, David of Clinton and Karla Lea Foster and husband, Kevin of Deepwater, Missouri; her father, Clifford Periman of Harlingen, Texas; her sister, Virginia (Ginger) Bailey and husband, Shandy of Clinton; two step-sons, Chris Southers of Sedalia, Missouri and Doug Southers and wife, Nina of Clinton; six grandchidren, Dustin Foster, Kyle Foster, Ashlee Green, Anthony Hathcock, Kendal Hathcock and Johnathan Foster; three great grandchildren, Gavin Foster, Bailey Foster and Kylie Foster and a teenager who she was raising, Sheri McCartney of the home.