Glen Proctor

BENTON - Glen Orville Proctor, 82, died at 5:50 p.m. Feb. 14, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born May 15, 1921, at Ancell, son of the late Roy Sterling and Maude Lula Nanny Proctor, he owned and operated Glen Proctor Trucking at Benton from 1946-96. He was a 5th grade technician with the U.S. Army during World War II, stationed in North Africa and Sicily, Italy, and fought in the Battle of Anzio. He attended the Benton United Methodist Church.

On Jan. 31, 1947, at Benton, he married Marguriete Elizabeth Burns who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one daughter, Linda Tamez of Benton; one sister, Mildred Cox of Flint, Mich.; and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

One brother and one sister preceded him in death.

Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Karen Taylor will officiate.

Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley.

Pallbearers will be: Gary Cox, Ryan LeGrand, Dwayne Proctor, Roy Proctor Jr., Michael Proctor and Sterling Proctor.