Betty McCall

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Betty June McCall, 78, of Sikeston died Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born March 20, 1927, at Matthews, Mo., daughter of English Albert and Nora Nance Stobaugh. She and Richard L. McCall were married Jan. 6, 1945, in Russellville, Ark. He died Aug. 22, 1987.

McCall was a licensed day-care provider 20 years. She was a member of Old Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include four sons, Edward, Richard, Billy and Jimmy McCall, all of Sikeston; two daughters, Elizabeth Andreason of Mayfield, Ky., Betty Holmes of Sikeston; a sister, Alene Tillery of Cape Girardeau; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by a brother and four sisters.

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 the Revs. Jimmy Madding and Steve Vester officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.