January 21, 2003

Alice Decker

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Alice Marie Figley Decker, 75, of Sikeston, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Shade Switch, Mo., daughter of Finch and Zelma Pelham Frankum. She and James E. Figley were married Sept. 1, 1944, in Blytheville, Ark. He died Nov. 4, 1972. She then married Homer Decker April 3, 1976, in Sikeston. He died Nov. 29, 1992...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Alice Marie Figley Decker, 75, of Sikeston, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Shade Switch, Mo., daughter of Finch and Zelma Pelham Frankum. She and James E. Figley were married Sept. 1, 1944, in Blytheville, Ark. He died Nov. 4, 1972. She then married Homer Decker April 3, 1976, in Sikeston. He died Nov. 29, 1992.

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Survivors include two sons, James Figley Jr. of Sikeston and Allen Figley of Searcy, Ark.; a daughter, Reba Meyer of Cape Girardeau; a stepbrother, Odis Fisher of Union, Mo.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral chapel in Sikeston. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Richard Whitman officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

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