Jessie Caldwell

CHARLESTON - Jessie B. Caldwell, 72, died April 3, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born April 16, 1931, in Savannah, Tenn., son of the late Johnnie and Audrey Lee Caldwell, he lived in Missouri for the past 13 years.

Survivors include: three daughters, Lola Caldwell of Paducah, Ky., Brenda Jackson of Mayfield, Ky., and Wanda Davis of Mound City, Ill.; one stepdaughter, Carolyn Fay Fennell of Charleston; one stepson, Bobby Bigham of Charleston; and 27 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, one brother and one sister.

Visitation is from noon Wednesday until service time at 1 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Charleston.

Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston.