JACKSON -- Migonette Woolsey, 90, of Jackson died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
She was born Jan. 11, 1909, in Canfield, Ark., daughter of James David and Bertha Lou Gamblin Bratcher. She and Le Roy Woolsey were married Jan. 3, 1926, in New Madrid. He died July 15, 1989.
Woolsey moved to this area 54 years ago from New Madrid County.
Survivors include a son, Daryl Woolsey of O'Fallon; a daughter, Scyrethna Wilkinson of Jackson; 13 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, five brothers, and two sisters.
Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau from 4-8 p.m. today.
Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. Bradford Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.
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