Marcella Sissom

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Marcella Sissom, 78, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Sept. 8, 1927, in St. Mary, Mo., daughter of Robert and Ethel Mansfield Pearman. She and John D. Sissom Jr. were married Nov. 28, 1945. He died Feb. 5, 2001.

Sissom was a member of Alexander Free Will Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Mickey Sissom of Olive Branch, Johnny Sissom of St. Louis; five daughters, Joyce, Phyllis and Shirley Rodgers, Judy Sissom and Tina Stone, all of Olive Branch; a brother, Lloyd Pearman of Rockview, Mo.; a sister, Thelma Smiley of Olive Branch; 17 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, a grandson, three brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., from 5 to 8 p.m. today, and after 10 a.m. Thursday at Alexander Free Will Baptist Church.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Revs. Earnest Brown and Gene Hart officiating. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery.