July 10, 2002

Daisy Light

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Daisy Fern Light, 88, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 4, 1913, in Franklin County, Ill., daughter of Charles Monroe and Minnie B. Quillman Coursey. She married George Washington Light Jr., who died March 18, 1991...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Daisy Fern Light, 88, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Nov. 4, 1913, in Franklin County, Ill., daughter of Charles Monroe and Minnie B. Quillman Coursey. She married George Washington Light Jr., who died March 18, 1991.

Survivors include a daughter, Novella Quiggle of Canyon, Texas; a brother, Taylor Coursey of Olive Branch; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

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She was preceded in death by a daughter, two sons, a brother, and four sisters.

Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., after 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ernest Brown officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery near Olive Branch.

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