POPLAR BLUFF -- Ruth Louise Chaney, 84, formerly of Sikeston, died Dec. 2, 2008, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff.
Born March 31, 1924, in Pyletown, to the late Ellis and Wrista Fulkerson Alcorn, she was a member of First Baptist Church in Sikeston. A homemaker and member of the Red Hat Society, she had worked for Brown Shoe Co. in the business office.
On July 4, 1942, at Morley, she married Charles V. Chaney who survives.
Other survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law, Connie L. and Paul Taylor of Poplar Bluff; one son and daughter-in-law, Van and Marjorie Chaney of Annandale, Va.; one brother, C.D. Alcorn of Morley; one sister, Blanche McDonald of Anna, Ill.; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. today at the Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff where services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Ken Mathes officiating.
Burial will follow at noon Friday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.