SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lola M. Adcock, 79, of Sikeston died Friday, July 14, 2006, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
She was born June 30, 1927, in Sikeston, daughter of Otto and Bertha Wagoner Rettig. She and William Adcock were married Sept. 4, 1944.
Adcock had been supervisor of the alterations department for Famous-Barr in Collinsville, Ill., and Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Illinois Avenue General Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Gary Adcock of Cape Girardeau, John Adcock of Jacksonville, Ill.; two brothers, Laverne and Harold Rettig of Sikeston; three sisters, Willine Miller of Sikeston, Sadie James of Whitehall, Ill., Cleo Davis of Keokuk, Iowa; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.
Friends may call Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gaylord Grindstaff officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.
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