December 30, 2001

Marcellia Shelby

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Vreda Marcellia Shelby, 74, of Sikeston died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 23, 1927, in Portageville, Mo., daughter of John and Versie Rogers Ling. She worked for the International Shoe Company in Sikeston...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Vreda Marcellia Shelby, 74, of Sikeston died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Feb. 23, 1927, in Portageville, Mo., daughter of John and Versie Rogers Ling.

She worked for the International Shoe Company in Sikeston.

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Survivors include a son, John Russell "Rusty" Scott of Sikeston; a sister, Phyllis Landers of Alton, Ill; and a grandson.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

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

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the chapel, with the Rev. Joe D. McCullough officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in New Madrid, Mo.

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