Born Sept. 8, 1917, in Arkansas, daughter daughter of the late Tom and Ada Parham Becton, she lived in Sikeston and East Prairie most of her life. She was a long-time resident of the Shuffit Nursing Center and lived in the Clearview Nursing Center for the past eight years.
Survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Sam and Brenda Duvall of East Prairie and Greg Becton of Sikeston; one daughter, Donna Purdom of Belleview; two brothers, Herbert Parham of Kentucky and Glen Parham of Palmyra, Pa.; one sister, Betty Jean Litchford of Green Castle, Ind.; and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
One son, two brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
Visitation is from 5 p.m. today until service time at 7 p.m. at Blanchard Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Mark Odle, pastor of Diehlstadt General Baptist Church, will officiate.
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