Mrs. Lattus was born Sept. 8, 1910, in the Jordan, Ky., community, daughter of the late Dan and May McKelvey. She married Joe Lattus Sr. Dec. 29, 1937. He died Jan. 22, 1985. She was a homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Helen Lattus of Wilmington, N.C.; her daughter, Joye (Lattus) Miles of Union City; another daughter-in-law, Carole Lattus of Hickman; four grandchildren and their spouses, Deia and Chris Saunders and Ginger Dotson, all of Danville, Va., Tanya and John Long of Troy and Tommy Lattus of Hickman; seven great-grandchildren, Andrea Joy of Dyersburg, Alexandria Sawyer of Kenton, Brock Griffin, Trad Long and Ty Long, all of Troy, and Karagan Saunders and Remington Saunders, both of Danville; and two great-great-grandchildren, Mason Adkins of Dyersburg and Rylee Sawyer of Kenton.
She was also preceded in death by her son, Joe Lattus Jr., and six brothers and her sister.
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