Imogene Holmes

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Imogene Constance Holmes, 83, of Sikeston died Sunday, April 25, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Feb. 15, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Fred Clarence and Josephine Victoria Young Dudley. She and Paul Philip Holmes were married Dec. 23, 1938, in New Madrid, Mo. He died Sept. 2, 1993.

Holmes had been a service assistant at Southwestern Bell Telephone. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Nickell of Sikeston, Connie Purcell of West Monroe, La.; two half brothers, Jerry Dudley of Indianapolis, Ind., Paul Dudley of Troy, Mo.; four grandsons; a stepgranddaughter; and eight great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Harold Norton officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.