Hester Elledge

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Hester A. Elledge, 81, of Marble Hill died Sunday, April 28, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

She was born March 18, 1921, in Marble Hill, the daughter of Burette and Barbara Bollinger Crader. She married Clinton Elledge on March 27, 1944, in Corning, Ark. He survives.

She was a homemaker and a Baptist.

She also is survived by a son, Roger Elledge of Sikeston, Mo.; a daughter, Sheila Teeters of Marble Hill; two sisters, Modine Filer of Marble Hill and Imogene Stroder of Jackson, Mo.; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and a grandchild.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gerald Huff officiating.

Burial will be at Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery.