Wilford Gean

SIKESTON, MO. --Wilford Gean, 74, of Sikeston died Sunday, July 15, 2007, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born Jan. 20, 1933, in Peach Orchard, Ark., son of Samuel and Hazel Tyler Gean. He married Glida Rucker in September 1951.

Gean was a sheet metal worker for Pyramid Roofing in Sikeston and was a member of sheet metal workers union local number 36. He was of the Baptist faith.

He is survived by his wife; three sons, Dalton Gean of Essex, Mo., Clifford Gean of Cullman, Ala., Wilford Dewey Gean Jr. of Benton, Mo.; four daughters Kathern Acord of Bloomfield, Mo., Belenda Schumer of Biehle, Mo., Glenda Atwill of Portageville, Mo., and Barbara Bost of Matthews, Mo.; two sisters, Sue King of Portageville and Ruth Hatley of Vanduser, Mo.; 20 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, two brothers and a grandson.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Lucas Polk officiating. Burial will be in Bloomfield Cemetery at Bloomfield.