Benjamin Welborn

SIKESTON - Benjamin Welborn, 83, died June 5, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Born March 12, 1920, in Double Springs, Ala., son of the late William Jackson and Flora Jane Curtis Welborn, he was a farmer for many years and a mill worker for the Scott County Milling Company before retiring. He had a large vegetable garden on North Street for many years.

On Oct. 30, 1947, he married Martha Sue Spraggs who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Terry Ottinger of Sikeston; one sister, Murl Francis of Sikeston; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were three brothers, Blake Welborn, Fois Welborn and Curtis Welborn; and two sisters, Essie Johnson and Lois Welborn.

Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Ponder Funeral Home where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Marvin Butrum will officiate.

Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston.