Eloise Richardson

SIKESTON - Eloise Richardson, 49, died Oct. 20, 2002, at the Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

Born Jan. 16, 1953, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Cenia and Glen Richardson, she was a graduate of Matthews High School. She owned and operated Richardson's Daycare Center in Sikeston. A member of Greer Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, she was also a member of Princess Oziel Chapter 101 Order of the Eastern Star in Cape Girardeau.

Survivors include: one son, Michael Lee Richardson of Sikeston; one sister, Lucille Richardson Cassell of Charleston; and two brothers, Glen Ray Richardson of Chicago, Ill., and Andrew Lee Richardson of Charleston.

Visitation begins at noon Saturday at Greer Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where Eastern Star rites will be conducted at 12:30 p.m.

Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Roy Bonner, pastor, officiating.

Burial will follow in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Williams-Farr and Purnell Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.