June 13, 2023

SIKESTON — Bobbie Jean Collom, age 87, passed away on June 12, 2023, at Delta South Nursing Care Center in Sikeston. She was born on Dec. 28, 1935, in Tyronza, Arkansas, daughter of the late Burnice and Anne (Bowling) Sims. On Oct. 4, 1953, she married Charles Floyd Collom who preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 2010...

Bobbie Collom
Bobbie Collom

SIKESTON — Bobbie Jean Collom, age 87, passed away on June 12, 2023, at Delta South Nursing Care Center in Sikeston.

She was born on Dec. 28, 1935, in Tyronza, Arkansas, daughter of the late Burnice and Anne (Bowling) Sims.

On Oct. 4, 1953, she married Charles Floyd Collom who preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 2010.

Other survivors include three sons and three daughters-in-law, Gil (Christina) Collom of Yuma, Arizona, Chuck (Vicki) Collom, of Mill Spring, Missouri, and Glenn (Ellie) Collom of Benton, Missouri; one daughter and son-in-law, Cindy (Paul) St. Onge of South Fulton, Tennessee; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Anne (Rick) Robinson, Patsy (Jimmy) Bevill and Dale Monnard; six grandchildren, Kristie (Dusty) Freeman of Herculaneum, Missouri, Amber Anyanwu (David) of Waldorf, Maryland, Chase Collom-United States Air Force Tech Sargeant stationed at Duke Field, Florida, Benjamin St. Onge of South Fulton, Victoria Collom of Columbia, Missouri, and River Collom of Benton; and six great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by one grandson, Levi Collom.

Visitation will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023, from noon until time of funeral service at 2 p.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston with David Orr, Pastor of First Baptist Church in Sikeston, officiating.

Private family interment will follow in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Morley, Missouri.

Pallbearers will be: Ben St. Onge, Nole Freeman, Jeff Kelly, Dustin Kelly, Lydia Hodgkiss and Victoria Collom.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.nunneleefuneralchapel.com for the Collom family.

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Memorials donations may be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Levi’s Adventure Trail, Viney Mosley, 309 S. Spanish St., Cape Girardeau, MO 63703.

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