Erna Sullivan

SIKESTON -- Erna Mary Sullivan, 90, died at 6:56 a.m. Feb. 5, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born Oct. 14, 1914, in Commerce, daughter of the late Monroe and Carrie Sheetz Wills, she was a homemaker and had worked at H&H Auto Supply in Charleston. She was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Sikeston.

On June 26, 1949, in Osceola, Ark., she married Ben Sullivan who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one sister, Hilda Hailey of Sikeston; two stepdaughters, Evelyn Ayers of MacArthur, W.Va., and Patsy Wells of Knoxville, Tenn.; and six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

One stepdaughter, Marie Reeves, preceded her in death. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston where services will be conducted at 1 pm. Tuesday with A.J. Wollenburg, pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in Sikeston, officiating.

Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston.

Pallbearers will be: Harvey Shirkey, Tony Reeves, Gerald Nelson, Mike Hailey and H.A. Wollenburg.