Audrey Brock

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Audrey D. Sweet Brock, 87, of Sikeston, formerly of Bertrand, Mo., and Charleston, died Monday, April 12, 2004, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.

She was born Jan. 6, 1917, in Henson, Mo., to William Kelly and Clara Marton Hedge. She was first married to William Donald Resler, then to Hardy Sweet, who both preceded her in death. In 1979 she married James L. Brock of Sikeston.

She lived in Mississippi County most of her life and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bertrand.

Survivors include are her husband; four daughters, Bettye Cooper of Canton, Texas, Brenda Patton of San Antonio, Wanda Hughes of Joplin, Mo., and Sharon Kuykendall of Warsaw, Mo.; two stepsons, James M. Brock of Sikeston and Terry Brock of Kansas City, Mo.; three grandchildren, and numerous stepgrandchildren, great-grandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sons, a stepson, two brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Rick Lasley officiating.

Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston.