IDALIA -- Delma Obards, 85, died Jan. 9, 2005, at Poplar Bluff.
Born June 20, 1919, in Idalia, she spent all her life in the Idalia and Bloomfield communities. She was a member of St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia.
On Oct. 10, 1945, she married Cecil Obards who preceded her in death on Feb. 10, 1991.
One brother, Edsel Edwards, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include: two sons, Louis Obards of Bloomfield and Lynn Obards of Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, where services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Don Cooper will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Elliot Cemetery near Bloomfield.