Wilma Cullins

SIKESTON - Wilma S. Cullins, 97, died Nov. 12, 2004, at the Clearview Nursing Center.

Born March 29, 1907, in Winters, Texas, daughter of the late Allison Espi and Selena Jane Stewart Stone, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was a nurse aide for Missouri Delta Medical Center before retiring.

On May 10, 1936, she married Allison M. Cullins who preceded her in death on April 25, 1951.

Survivors include: three sons, Allison M. Cullins of San Diego, Marvin E. Cullins of Portland, Ore., and Marshall G. Cullins of Potosi; one daughter, Clara Jane Blackwell of Sullivan; one stepdaughter, Beulah Mae Newman of Sikeston; one brother, A.E. Stone of Claremont, Calif.; and 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Also preceding her in death were two stepsons, W.D. Cullins and Bethel Jo Cullins; and four brothers and two sisters.

Visitation is from noon Monday until service time at 2 p.m. in the Dempster Chapel of the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Harold Norton, senior pastor of adult ministries, will officiate.

Burial will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Ponder Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.