MARBLE HILL -- Ora Lee Dockins, 79, of Marble Hill, died Saturday Dec. 24, 1994 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born near Marble Hill on Nov. 27, 1915, the son of Sikeston and Rilla Bollinger Dockins.
On Aug. 6, 1938 he married Nancy Nanney, who survives. Other survivors: one son, Ora Lee Dockins, Jr., of Marble Hill; two daughters, Shirley Plante of Jackson, and Peggy Greer of Cape Girardeau; one sister, Lucille Frederick of St. Louis; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was a retired carpenter, a member of the Locust Grove General Baptist Church, and a member of the Carpenter's Union Local 1739.
Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Monday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill.
Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. C.E. Henson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery near Marble Hill.
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