Wilma Cullins

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Wilma S. Cullins, 97, of Sikeston died Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, at Clearview Nursing Center.

She was born March 29, 1907, in Winters, Texas, daughter of Allison Espi and Selena Jane Stewart Stone. She and Allison M. Cullins were married May 10, 1936. He died April 25, 1951.

Cullins was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She had been a nurse's aide at Missouri Delta Community Hospital before retiring.

Survivors include three sons, Allison Cullins of San Diego, Calif., Marvin Cullins of Portland, Ore., Marshall Cullins of Potosi, Mo.; a daughter, Clara Jane Blackwell of Sullivan, Mo.; a stepdaughter, Beulah Mae Newman of Sikeston; a brother, A.E. Stone of Claremont, Calif.; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, two sisters and two stepsons.

Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the Dempster Chapel of First United Methodist Church.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Harold Norton officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.

Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.