Betty Brock

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Betty Gayle Brock, 65, of Sikeston died Monday, May 12, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Oct. 21, 1937, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of E. Ralph and Nola Wade Williams. She and James M. Brock were married Nov. 6, 1959, in Sikeston.

Brock was a 1954 graduate of Charleston High School in Charleston, Mo., and attended Murray State University in Murray, Ky. She had been a bookkeeper at Collins Music Co., and retired as bookkeeper at Plaza Tire Co. She attended Wesley United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Ed Taylor of Kirkland, Wash; two daughters, Cindy Tureaud of Clermont, Fla., Judy Fick of Springfield, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

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

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the chapel, with Dr. Clayton L. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.