Irene Issacks

NEW MADRID - Cora Irene White Issacks, 86, died Sept. 25, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born Jan. 22, 1916, in New Madrid County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Clara Gardner Sweet.

She was first married to Claude Heath who preceded her in death. Following the death of her second husband, Allen White, she married Monroe Issacks who also preceded her in death.

Survivors include: one son, Harold Heath of Douglasville, Pa.; one sister, Ruby Pearl Pattinson of New Madrid; two brothers, Lois Allen Sweet of Farrenburg and George Edward Sweet of New Madrid; and three grandchildren.

One brother also preceded her in death.

Visitation is from 11 a.m. Friday until service time at 1 p.m. at Richards Funeral Home. The Rev. Gary Henson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of New Madrid, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie.