March 17, 2003

Charles Cureton

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Charles "Melvin" Cureton, 69, of Bell City, Mo., died Saturday, March 15, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Dec. 12, 1933, in Bessville, Mo., son of Charlie and Dessie Skaggs Cureton. He and Wanda Hamm were married June 22, 1968, in Holcomb, Mo...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Charles "Melvin" Cureton, 69, of Bell City, Mo., died Saturday, March 15, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo.

He was born Dec. 12, 1933, in Bessville, Mo., son of Charlie and Dessie Skaggs Cureton. He and Wanda Hamm were married June 22, 1968, in Holcomb, Mo.

He had been a farmer.

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Survivors include his wife; a son, Charlie Cureton of Bell City; a daughter, Regina Cureton of Bell City; four brothers, Ernest Cureton of Dexter, Mo., Buck Cureton of Sikeston, Curtis and Milford Cureton, both of Vanduser, Mo.; three sisters, Berdean Wilkerson, Katherine Hamilton, both of Blodgett, Mo., Paulette Bell of Bell City; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with Don Jolliff officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery in Bell City.

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