SONNY HOUSEHOLDER

SIKESTON -- Royce P. "Sonny" Householder, 65, of Sikeston Route 2, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born July 19, 1930, in New Madrid, son of Robert Vance and Anna Lue Rice Householder.

He was a farmer and a member of the First Baptist Church of Blodgett where he was a Sunday School teacher for 47 years and a church deacon since 1958.

On Sept. 9, 1948, at Morley, he married Melba Turner, who survives of Sikeston.

He is also survived by two sons, Robert "Jeff" Householder of Benton and Kenneth "Roy" Householder of Sikeston; a brother, Lois Householder of Big Springs, Texas; five sisters, Louise Schrader of Wappapello, Dorothy Fowler of Marston, Altheie Edmunds of Palmira and Judy Cook of Oran; 10 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by three grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

The body will be moved to the First Baptist Church of Blodgett at noon on Wednesday. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at the church, with the Rev. Lee Fansler officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Morley.