Joy Whitten

Friday, June 21, 2019
Joy Whitten

SIKESTON — Joy Sue Whitten, age 76, passed away on June 21, 2019, at her home in Sikeston.

Born Jan. 29, 1943, in Vanduser, she wasthe daughter of the late John and Olivia McDonald Engram Sr.

On March 6, 1965 in Vanduser, she married John Whitten, who survives of the home.

She was a member of Vanduser Church of Christ where she was a classroom teacher, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Scott County Central All Schools Foundation, the Scott County Central Booster Club, the Master Gardeners Organization and the Scott County Women in Agriculture.

Other survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Jason and Alexie Whitten of Sikeston and Johnny Whitten of Sikeston; one brother and sister-in-law, John and Mary Engram Jr. of Sikeston; two sisters and two brother-in-laws, Jan and Johnny Wilson Jr. of Sikeston and Joann and Darrell Nichols of Sikeston; and five grandchildren, Savannah, Eli, Olivia, Alex and Hannah Whitten of Sikeston.

Visitation will be Sunday, June 23, 2019, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, where the funeral service will be held on Monday, June 24, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston with Dan Richardson, pastor of Vanduser Church of Christ, officiating.

Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston.

Online condolences may be shared at www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com.

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Memorial contributions may be made to:

Mayo Clinic

200 First St. SW

Rochester, MN 55904

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