TULA WADDLE

DELTA -- Tula Waddle, 87, of Delta, died Monday, May 24, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Jan. 1, 1906, near Delta, daughter of Thomas Lee Roy and Sophia Elizabeth Pool Ashby. She and Harlen E. "Pete" Waddle were married Jan. 26, 1926. He died April 12, 1982.

Waddle was a retired sewing machine operator from Sports Specialty Shoe Co. in Chaffee. She was a member of Whitewater United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Whitewater Order of Eastern Star 174, and Past Matrons Club.

Survivors include a son, Rodney L. Waddle of Delta; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Virgil Bunch will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Bill Dickey. Burial will be in Kenyon Cemetery at Delta.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. An Eastern Star service will be held at 7.