Theora Richardson

BELL CITY, Mo. -- Theora Sue Richardson, 85, of Bell City died Monday, March 14, 2005, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis.

She was born Aug. 21, 1919, in Obion, Tenn., daughter of Fulton and Annie Lee Gambill Huffstutter. She and Max A. Richardson were married Dec. 3, 1939, in Fulton, Tenn.

Richardson was an office clerk 19 years at Homestead. She was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Maxwell Richardson Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., David Richardson of St. Louis; three daughters, Patricia Gregg of St. Louis, Nancy Strobel of Denison, Texas, and Daphne Richardson of DeRidder, La.; a brother, George Huffstutter of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters, Johnnie Coffey of St. Peters, Mo., Olivia Lee of Morley, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers.

Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Pat Hogan officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery near Morley.