Roberta Harvey

SIKESTON - Roberta Helen Harvey, 86, died Sept. 10, 2003, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Born Sept. 8, 1917, in Arkansas, daughter daughter of the late Tom and Ada Parham Becton, she lived in Sikeston and East Prairie most of her life. She was a long-time resident of the Shuffit Nursing Center and lived in the Clearview Nursing Center for the past eight years.

Survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Sam and Brenda Duvall of East Prairie and Greg Becton of Sikeston; one daughter, Donna Purdom of Belleview; two brothers, Herbert Parham of Kentucky and Glen Parham of Palmyra, Pa.; one sister, Betty Jean Litchford of Green Castle, Ind.; and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

One son, two brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.

Visitation is from 5 p.m. today until service time at 7 p.m. at Blanchard Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Mark Odle, pastor of Diehlstadt General Baptist Church, will officiate.