Thelma McGill

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Thelma Zelene McGill, 98, of Sikeston died Friday, April 13, 2007, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Sept. 26, 1908, in Bell City, Mo., daughter of Robert and Mattie Strainey Overbey. She and Harlie McGill were married April 14, 1928, at Benton, Mo. He died Feb. 3, 1991.

McGill was a 1927 graduate of Bell City High School. She had taught at Rock Point and Little Rock schools near Bell City and Advance, Mo. She was a member of North Acres General Baptist Church.

Survivors include a son, Charles McGill of Sikeston; two daughters, Romona Masters of Sikeston, Frona Sturgeon of Menifee, Calif.; three sisters, Maude Cossou of Bell City, Hazel Bright and Lillian Thompson of Advance; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the chapel, with the Rev. Norman Elledge officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Advance.