ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ora Mae Hart, 96, of Advance died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born May 7, 1918, in Harold, Illinois, to the late Ed and Rosa Cooter Perrigan, she was a member of the First General Baptist Church of Advance. She was a homemaker and loved to play bingo.
On Dec. 24, 1935, in Dexter, she married Amos Hart, who died May 5, 1994.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Vivian Hart of Bell City, Missouri, Mitchell and Mary Hart of Advance and Butch and Sharon Hart of Advance; and one daughter-in-law, Sharon Kay Hart. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Tom Hart and Richard Hart; three brothers, Homer Perrigan, Harry Perrigan and Dan Parrigan; and one sister, Zora Dixon.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Missouri, with the Rev. Sue Welborn officiating.
Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at nunneleefuneralchapel.com.
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