Barbara Shaw

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Barbara Anita Shaw, 73, of Sikeston died Monday, July 4, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 30, 1931, in Caruthersville, Mo., daughter of Elmer Clinton and Ida Estelle Curtis Hensley. She and Gene T. Shaw were married Nov. 23, 1963, in St. Louis.

Shaw retired from Ferguson Medical Group. She was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church and was a Sunday school teacher several years.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Bobby Shaw of Poplar Bluff, Mo., William Shaw of St. Louis; two daughters, Sue Hill of Wappapello, Mo., Anita Wade of Advance, Mo.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the chapel, with the Rev. Kelley Grubbs officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.