WILMA ALBERSON

ESSEX -- Wilma J. Alberson, 64, of Essex died Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996, at Doctors' Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

She was born April 23, 1932, in Gray Ridge, daughter of Elmer and Bessie Purcell Sanders. She married Buddy Alberson.

Alberson had lived at Gray Ridge and Essex all her life.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Malissa Wolpers of Dexter; four brothers, Elmer, Doyle, Roy and Donald Sanders, all of Essex; four sisters, Mildred Williams and Geraldine Duncan of Essex, Anna Duley of Idalia, Martha DeSmyther of Algoma, Mich.; a grandson she raised, Michael Abernathy of Dexter; two stepgrandchildren, and two great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Doyle Corlew officiating. Burial will be in Essex Cemetery.