April 1, 2004

Landon Sterling

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Landon Garvin Sterling, 88, of Sikeston died Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 4, 1915, in Camden, Tenn., son of Matthew Thomas and Leona Smith Sterling. Sterling lived in Mississippi County most of his life, moving to Sikeston in 1995...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Landon Garvin Sterling, 88, of Sikeston died Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

He was born Sept. 4, 1915, in Camden, Tenn., son of Matthew Thomas and Leona Smith Sterling.

Sterling lived in Mississippi County most of his life, moving to Sikeston in 1995.

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Survivors include two sons, William Sterling of Sikeston, Eugene Sterling of Caruthersville, Mo.; five daughters, Opal Brooks of Gideon, Mo., Wilma Ortega of Las Vegas, Nev., Phyllis Marks of Sikeston, LaDonna Brooks of Kennett, Mo., and Dorothy Patrick of Charleston, Mo.; 35 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, a son, five brothers and two sisters.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, Mo., with John Stepp officiating. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery.

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