Dallas Niswonger

Dallas E. Niswonger, 77, of Jackson passed away Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Oct. 4, 1928, in Jackson, son of Harlan W. and Marie Turner Niswonger. He and Juanita Criddle were married July 2, 1951, in Oak Ridge. She survives.

Dallas worked at the former International Shoe Co. in Jackson from 1945 to 1965, was a car salesman many years in Jackson and Cape Girardeau, and retired from Procter & Gamble Paper Products in 1991.

He enjoyed collecting antiques, and was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church in Jackson.

Loving survivors include his wife of 55 years; three sons, Lynn (Janie) Niswonger of Ocala, Fla., Don (Judy) Niswonger of Jackson, Robert (Julie) Niswonger of Bristow, Va.; seven grandchildren, Laura (Brian) Arthur, Amy (Rich) Lucy, Nicole Parker, Michelle Downey, and David, Geoffrey, and Jared Niswonger; four great-grandchildren, Dayna Arthur, Devyn, Railyn and Madisyn Lucy; and a sister, Doris McMillan of Jackson.

Friends may call today from 4 to 8 p.m. at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson, and after 1 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Jackson.

The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the church, with the Rev. Carter Frey officiating. Interment will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Southeast Hospice, or Niswonger Church Cemetery Fund.

Sympathy messages may be sent to the family online at www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.