ROBERT WEEMS

WILSON CITY -- Robert "Sam" Weems, 78, of Wilson City died Friday, Aug. 21, 1998, at the Charleston Manor nursing facility.

He was born April 29, 1920, in Arkansas, son of Arthur and Parlee Foster Weems.

He had lived in Missouri for more than 75 years. He was a retired employee of Burkhart Manufacturing in Cairo, Ill., and a member of the Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Wyatt.

He is survived by his wife, Louise Lane Weems, of the home; five daughters, Robby Weems of Caruthersville, Beverly Farris of Bellwood, Ill., Gladys Weems of Detroit, Mich., Zola Lochart of Toledo, Ohio, and Bessie Hatter of Cleo, Mich.; a son, Larry Winters of Chicago; a sister, Averylee Mallery of Malden, Mich.; 18 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Sparks Funeral Home in Charleston. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. T.R. Tyus officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery at Charleston.