DEXTER -- Joyce Eskew, 77, died Jan. 6, 2008, at the Gideon Care Center.
Born Aug. 2, 1930, in Stoddard County, to the late Cecil and Edith Perry Waggoner, she was a former employee of Purolator Products in Dexter and a member of the Essex Church of Christ.
On Nov. 21, 1947, in Piggott, Ark., she married Waymond Gerald Eskew who died on Oct. 24, 1998.
Two brothers, Hiland Waggoner and Merlin Waggoner, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include: two daughters, Jane Stearns of Dexter and Katherine Jones of Biggers, Ark.; two brothers, Gordon Waggoner of Bloomfield and Eldon Waggoner of Dexter; four sisters, Dorthy McClard, Arlene Eubanks and Reva Raymo of Dexter and Marjorie Waggoner of Poplar Bluff; and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Graveside services were held this morning at the Sycamore Cemetery. Herman Morse officiated.