Bernie Seagraves

SIKESTON - Bernie Lee Seagraves, 78, died April 10, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born Feb. 8, 1926, in Senath, to the late Martin and Lela Allen Seagraves, he was a farmer and affiliated with the Baptist Church. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he service during World War II.

On Aug. 8, 1947, in Kokomo, Ind., he married Madeline Hutchason who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one son, Martin Seagraves of Lafayette, La.; one daughter, Karen Seagraves of Sikeston; one brother, L.D. Seagraves of Sikeston; two sisters, Edith Brown of San Diego, Calif., and Leotha Lee of Pensacola, Fla; and one granddaughter, Jessica Seagraves of Sikeston.

He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel where services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Jerry Adams, pastor of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.