February 5, 2001

CHESTER FURGERSON

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Chester D. Furgerson, 80, of East Prairie, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001, at his home. He was born March 29, 1920, in Dorena, Mo., son of James and Effie J. Crow Furgerson. He was a retired truck driver and lived in East Prairie the past 10 years, having moved there from Quincy, Ill...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Chester D. Furgerson, 80, of East Prairie, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001, at his home.

He was born March 29, 1920, in Dorena, Mo., son of James and Effie J. Crow Furgerson.

He was a retired truck driver and lived in East Prairie the past 10 years, having moved there from Quincy, Ill.

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Survivors include two sons, Chester Eugene Furgerson of Sunrise Beach, Mo., and Bobby Furgerson of Independence, Mo.; a daughter, Carolyn Shockey of Butler, Mo.; a brother, Richard Furgerson of St. Louis; a sister, Martha Davis of East Prairie; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a grandson and a brother.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Mike Johnson will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.

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