January 23, 1999

HELEN SIDES

Helen Sides, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 8, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Wilson and Bessie Lane Prince. She married Kenneth Sides Nov. 29, 1953. He survives. She lived in Cape Girardeau all her life. She was a member of St. James AME Church, serving as president of the Usher Board...

Helen Sides, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born Oct. 8, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Wilson and Bessie Lane Prince. She married Kenneth Sides Nov. 29, 1953. He survives.

She lived in Cape Girardeau all her life. She was a member of St. James AME Church, serving as president of the Usher Board.

Also surviving are a son, Bobby Sides of Tulsa, Okla.; six sisters, Mary Cato of Fort Wayne, Ind., Shirley Slaughter, Melissa Prince and Cora Bell Sides, all of Cape Girardeau, Beverly Prince of Indianapolis, Ind., and Vickie Whitehead of Joliet, Ill.; three brothers, Clarence Prince of Fort Wayne, Aldoon Prince and Cornell Sides, both of Cape Girardeau; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

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In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, daughter and brother.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the funeral at 1 p.m. Monday at St. James AME Church. The Rev. David R. Allen Sr. will officiate.

Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery.

The Sparks Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

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