Jeffery Womack

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jeffery Glenn Womack, 53, of Chaffee died Monday, July 31, 2006, at his home.

He was born Dec. 24, 1952, in Sikeston, Mo., son of Tom Ford and Elizabeth McKibben Womack. He and Marva Morgan were married Dec. 30, 1973, at Parma, Mo.

Womack was employed with Missouri State Highway Patrol 25 years, retiring in 2003. He served with Jackson Police Department two years, and he and his wife moved to Chaffee two years ago, where he served as chief of police.

He served four years in the U.S. Air Force.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Jeffery Womack of Goldsboro, N.C.; two daughters, Dottie Franklin of Perryville, Mo., Christina Griffin of Columbia, S.C.; his parents of Lilbourn, Mo.; two brothers, Thomas Womack of Sisters, Ore., and Kenneth Womack of Carlisle, Pa.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Parma, Mo.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with Dr. Bill Reed and the Rev. Robert Blakely officiating. Full military honors will be conducted.