Robert Paul Stubblefield, 94, of 327 N. Frederick died Saturday, July 11, 1992, at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born April 3, 1898, at Sikeston, the son of W. Tom and Bird Anna Lennox Stubblefield. On Dec. 23, 1941, he married Malita Alvarene Provart in Goldsboro, N.C. She survives of the home.
He was a general construction contractor his entire life and a member of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. He also was a veteran of World War II.
Other survivors include a daughter, Virginia Gail Lewis of Cape Girardeau; three sisters, Kathleen Cavirno, Blanche Stubblefield and Bertie Smith, all of Sikeston; two grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A brother and three sisters preceded him in death.
Graveside memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, Ill. The Rev. John Owen will officiate. Ford and Sons Funeral Home of Cape Girardeau is in charge of the arrangements.
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