June 20, 1991

E.D. GANNON

E.D. "Red" Gannon, 70, 2423 S. Sprigg, died Wednesday, June 19, 1991, at his home. He was born July 26, 1920, in Rector, Ark., son of Onie and Lora Beardon Gannon. He and Virginia Davis were married May 4, 1957, in Holly Springs, Miss. Gannon was a pipefitter. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1968 from Modesto, Calif., and had worked at Lone Star Cement here, retiring in 1978. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...

E.D. "Red" Gannon, 70, 2423 S. Sprigg, died Wednesday, June 19, 1991, at his home.

He was born July 26, 1920, in Rector, Ark., son of Onie and Lora Beardon Gannon. He and Virginia Davis were married May 4, 1957, in Holly Springs, Miss.

Gannon was a pipefitter. He moved to Cape Girardeau in 1968 from Modesto, Calif., and had worked at Lone Star Cement here, retiring in 1978. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.

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Survivors include his wife; a brother, O.D. Gannon of Oakland, Calif., and a sister, Fern Brock of Batesville, Miss.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Don Ford will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-6 p.m. today.

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