July 18, 1991

JOHN R. DODGE

EAST PRAIRIE -- John Ray Dodge, 76, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, July 17, 1991, at Puxico Nursing Center, following an extended illness. He was born April 26, 1915, in Kentucky, son of George and Laura Roach Dodge. He married Beula Smith Dec. 14, 1935. She died July 21, 1979...

EAST PRAIRIE -- John Ray Dodge, 76, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, July 17, 1991, at Puxico Nursing Center, following an extended illness.

He was born April 26, 1915, in Kentucky, son of George and Laura Roach Dodge. He married Beula Smith Dec. 14, 1935. She died July 21, 1979.

Dodge was a retired farmer.

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Survivors include a son, Larry Dodge of Wappapello; a daughter, Edna Parker of Florissant; a stepdaughter, Ophelia Dodge of St. Charles; two sisters, Pearl Combs of East Prairie, Areba Hamline of Mississippi; nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Amos Johnson will officiate, with burial in Anniston Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

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