Odetta L. Fulton Niswonger, 80, of Cape Girardeau died on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, at her residence.
She was born on July 16, 1925, in Scopus, Mo., daughter of Will L. and Ivy F. Brown Lincoln. She and Linzel E. Fulton were married on March 18, 1943. He died on July 22, 1976. She and Lester D. Niswonger were married on June 6, 1972, in Memphis, Tenn. He died on Sept. 14, 1987.
Niswonger was a member of Southside Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Nancy Doza and husband Paul of Cape Girardeau and Martha Killen and husband Bill of Memphis; five sons, Linzel Fulton of Memphis, Ronald Fulton and wife Nancy of Cape Girardeau, Richard Fulton and wife Christine of Jackson, Kenneth Fulton and wife Debbie of Cape Girardeau and David Fulton of Memphis; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, brother, sister and two grandchildren.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Short officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery in Scopus.
Memorials may be made to Southeast Hospice at 1701 Lacey St.
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