Roma Cato

ADVANCE -- Roma Lee Cato, 79, died Oct. 3, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born April 23, 1923, at Swinton, daughter of the late Presley and Anna Warren Delay, she was a 1940 graduate of Advance High School and attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. A member of Bethel General Baptist Church near Advance, she was a school teacher with the Zalma School District for over 20 years.

On March 1, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, she married Truman Cato who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one son, Eddie Cato of Dexter; one daughter, Debbie Dove of Highlandville; and four grandchildren.

Two brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.

Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Ray Placher will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Bollinger County Memorial Park in Marble Hill.