"A" OBITUARIES

Scott County Missouri Genealogy Trails


Moreno Valley, CA-Services for F. OPAL ANDERSON, 83, will be at noon Wednesday at Moreno Valley Congregational Church. She died Sept. 30 at Riverside Community Hospital. The cause of death is undetermined pending a doctor's report.
Friends may call Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Akes Family Funeral Home in Riverside.
Burial will be in Riverside National Cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson, who was born in Scott County, Mo., lived in Moreno Valley 22 years. She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Moreno Valley Congregational Church.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her husband, Donald; two sons, Arthur and Eric, both of Seal Beach; and two grandchildren.
--Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) - October 4, 1998


Sikeston, MO.--WILMA D. AUSTIN, 86, of Sikeston died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Pacific Care in Pacific, MO.  She was born July 12, 1920 in Knoble, AR, daughter of William E. and Nellie Wiseman Brown.  She and Freeman Austin were married April 20, 1940 in Corning, AR.  He died Feb. 12, 1988.  Austin had been a cook at Sheehy's IGA in Sikeston and Running Horse Cafe in Morehouse, MO.  She was a member of Calvary Temple.  Survivors include a son, David Austin of St. Charles, MO; two daughters, Joan Faulkner of Pacific and Pattie Agee of Benton, MO; a sister, Jean Austin of Brier, Wash.; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by a son, a brother and four sisters.  Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Garden of Memories Cemetery.  The Rev. Larry Davis will officiate.  Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.