Eva Murrell McCarthy, 85, of Steelville, MO passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born October 17, 1924 in Owensboro, KY to Harmon Leslie Hines and Addie Lee Burdette Hines. On January 19, 1946 in Owensboro, KY, she was united in marriage to J.C. McCarthy who survives of the home. During WWII, she worked in the shipyard at Evansville, IN and was known as "Wendy the Welder." Later Eva worked thirty-five years at Woolworths in St. Louis and retired to Steelville in 1984. She had been a member of the Ferguson First Baptist Church and later Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Steelville. Eva is survived by her husband, J.C. McCarthy of Steelville, MO; one son, J.C. McCarthy Jr. of Broken Arrow, OK; one daughter, Pat Booker and husband Vernon of Cook Station, MO; one brother, Harmon Lee Hines and wife Lou of Mt. View, MO; two sisters, Betty Wilson of Mt. View, MO and Opal Greer and husband Jim of Brandenburg, KY; seven grandchildren, Timmy, Danny, Tony, Kathy, Mindy, Brian and Greg; nine great-grandchildren, Emily, Amy, Kaitlyn, Jared, Abigail, Sydney, Sarah, Ryan and Joshua; many nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harmon and Addie Hines; son, Richard Lee McCarthy; one grandson, Paul McCarthy; four brothers, James Temple Hines, Leslie Burton Hines, Earl Thomas Hines and Harold Gordon Hines; three sisters, Pauline Hamilton, Virginia Wilyard and Martine Claffy. Visitation was held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville, MO. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 5, 2010 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home with Rev. Kevin Farr officiating. Special music of "Amazing Grace", "I'll Fly Away" and "Sweet By and By" was played. Committal prayer and burial were in the Steelville Cemetery. Honored to be casket bearers were Vernon Booker, Harmon Hines, Brian Booker, Mike Booker, Greg Booker and Denver Mahurin. The Family was served by the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home of Steelville, MO.