Alice Figley Decker

SIKESTON - Alice Marie Figley Decker, 75, died at 9:22 a.m. Jan. 20, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Born Aug. 30, 1927, in Shade Switch, daughter of the late Finch and Zelma Pelham Frankum, she was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Sikeston.

On Sept. 1, 1944, in Blytheville, Ark., she married James E. Figley who preceded her in death on Nov. 4, 1972. She and Homer Decker were married April 3, 1976, in Sikeston, and he died on Nov. 29, 1992.

Survivors include: two sons, James E. Figley Jr. of Sikeston and Allen D. Figley of Searcy, Ark.; one daughter, Reba E. Meyer of Cape Girardeau; one stepbrother, Odis Fisher of Union; and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Three brothers and one sister also preceded her in death.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, where services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Richard Whitman, pastor of the First United Pentecostal Church, will officiate.

Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston.

Pallbearers will be: James Figley, Allen Figley, Dennis Meyer, Tracy Wyatt, Mark Wyatt and Clay Figley.