ObituariesMarch 11, 2003
Wilma L. Gregory, 67, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, March 10, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 19, 1935, at Clarks-ville, Ark., to Delmar B. Russell and Floy Pearson Russell. She was married to Glen E. Gregory on Feb. 2, 1955, at Hernando, Miss...

Wilma L. Gregory, 67, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, March 10, 2003, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born May 19, 1935, at Clarks-ville, Ark., to Delmar B. Russell and Floy Pearson Russell. She was married to Glen E. Gregory on Feb. 2, 1955, at Hernando, Miss.

She was a member at Bethany Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau and a former member of the Morley Baptist Church. Gregory was the owner and operator of Roberts Express Truck Line for 12 years.

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Survivors include her husband of Cape Girardeau; a son, Russell Gregory of Perryville, Mo.; two daughters, Margaret Carey of Cape Girardeau and Lisa Pobst of Sikeston, Mo.; three brothers, George Russell of Hot Springs, Ark., Fred Russell of Ripley, W. Va., and Ken Russell of Tucson, Ariz.; four sisters, Ilene Kennedy of Arlington, Texas, Ressa Shelton of Lebanon, Mo., Ellen Mills of Sikeston, and Margaret Mallett of Smithton, Ill.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was prededed in death by her parents, two brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Burial will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

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