Elaina Carlisle

MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Elaina Nichole Grace Carlisle of Matthews died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born earlier that day in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John Carlisle and Julie Vanden Brook.

She is survived by her parents; grandparents, John and Marsha Vanden Brook of Goodlettsville, Tenn., Robert and Laura Carlisle of Matthews, Randal and Tashia Hargis of Horn Lake, Miss.; great-grandparents, Jerry and Brenda Vanden Brook of Cape Girardeau, Vernon Bledsoe of Matthews; several aunts and uncles.

She was preceded in death by a great-grandmother, Judy Bledsoe.

A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Crow Congregational Methodist Church in Matthews, with the Rev. D.R. Heitmen officiating. Interment will be in Matthews Cemetery.

Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.