November 6, 1996

MAPLE MASTERS

Maple D. Masters, 91, 601 S. Minnesota, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center. He was born Sept. 7, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, son of John and Sadie Newell Masters. He and Alma Corse were married June 30, 1934, in Cape Girardeau...

Maple D. Masters, 91, 601 S. Minnesota, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996, at Beverly Health and Rehab Center.

He was born Sept. 7, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, son of John and Sadie Newell Masters. He and Alma Corse were married June 30, 1934, in Cape Girardeau.

Masters had been a teacher, farmer, and retired from Ralph Edwards Sportswear in 1969. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.

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Survivors include his wife; three sons, Lowell Masters of Fruitland, Larry Masters of Egypt Mills, Newell Masters of Morgan, Ark.; two daughters, Wanda Brown of Cape Girardeau, Judy Dunn of Patton; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a grandson and three sisters.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Dr. Neil L. Stein officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson.

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