PATRICK EMERSON

ORAN -- Patrick Maloy Emerson, 44, of Oran died Wednesday, April 15, 1998, in the Emergency Room of Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born Jan. 2, 1954, in Sikeston, son of John Mac and Ossie Mae Pratt Emerson.

Emerson was a 1972 graduate of Scott County Central High School, attended Southeast Missouri State University, and received a bachelor of science degree in paralegal studies from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1997.

Survivors include his mother of Oran; three brothers, Jerry Emerson of Sikeston, Edward Emerson of Chaffee, Mason Emerson of Independence; four sisters, Shirley Stidham, Roxie Stone and Lane Emerson, all of Sikeston, and Melba Hicks of Morley.

He was preceded in death by his father, a brother, and a sister.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Morley Baptist Church, with the Rev. Dennis Cebulak officiating. Burial will be in Old Morley Cemetery at Morley.