NORMA PRATT

SIKESTON -- Norma W. Pratt, 78, of Sikeston died Monday, Oct. 27, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Jan. 7, 1919, near Sikeston, daughter of William Lee and Iva Mae Gray Bohannon Sr.

Pratt was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School, and received an associate degree in elementary education from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau.

She had taught at Hunter School in Scott County, and was a salesclerk 30 years at Graber's Department Store in Sikeston.

Survivors include a son, Tony Pratt of Johannesburg, South Africa; a daughter, Patty Vinson of Sikeston; eight brothers, William and Clayton Bohannon of Sikeston, Gerald and J.L. Bohannon of St. Louis, Roy Bohannon of Decatur, Ill., Don Bohannon of New Orleans, La., the Rev. Glen Bohannon of Richmond, Va., Larry Bohannon of Lebanon, Ohio; three sisters, Mable Merrick of Sikeston, Dorothy Moore of Hartford, Ill., Eva Laub of Benton; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. Glen Bohannon officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.