Mrs. Katie Bell Settle, 81, of Dover, died Tuesday, January 17, 1978 at her daughter's home in Hermitage, Tenn. after an extended illness.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Anglin Funeral Home in Dover. Rev. Thomas DeRamus officiated. Burial was in the Wofford Cemetery.

Mrs. Settle was born in Stewart County on Sept. 24, 1896, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William and Lizzie Hart McGee.

She was a member of the Taylor's Chapel United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Edgar Settle, Dover; one son, Charles Settle, Nashville; three daughters, Mrs. Lela Morrow, Hermitage; Mrs. Amy Harris, Detroit, Mich.; and Mrs. Iris Sykes, Granite City, Ill.; two brothers, Roy McGee, Tennessee Ridge; and Wilton McGee, Ravenna, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Mattie Chandler, Quartz Hill, Calif.; and Mrs. Marcie Mathis, Melber, Ky.; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.