Carmen Dockins

Carmen Dockins, 46, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 30, 1961, in El Paso, Texas, daughter of Earl E. and Malinda A. Tubbs Foster.

Dockins was a 1981 graduate of Sikeston High School and had been a medical secretary at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo., and Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Survivors include a son, Matthew Dockins of Hill Air Force Base, Utah; her father of Scott City; her mother and stepfather, Malinda and Sonny Johnson of Sikeston; a sister, Michelle Fayette of Sikeston; a stepbrother, Bruce Johnson of Sikeston; a stepsister, Tammy Baker of Sikeston; and a granddaughter.

A private service will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Old Morley Cemetery at Morley, Mo.

Blanchard Funeral Home in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.