Sammy Pray Mudd, age 91, of Silex, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at the Elsberry Health Care Center in Elsberry. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Mudd-Veach Funeral Home in Silex with Edward Spies officiating. Burial will be at the St. Alphonsus Cemetery with Father Charles Tichacek officiating. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
She was born Nov. 8, 1917, in Eolia, the daughter of David Cowell and Margaret Belle Warner Oliver. She was married to John Willis Mudd on Sept. 2, 1944, in Millwood. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 2008.
Survivors include two daughters, Marie Wanzalee Mudd of Elsberry, and Mary Agnes (Noot) Logan of Silex; two granddaughters, Chris Tomschin and husband Steve, and Leslie Ann Bufford; two great granddaughters, Anne Marie Bufford and Erin R. Tomschin; cousins, Ruth Duff of Eolia and John Henry Warner of Bowling Green; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one son, John Oliver Mudd; and one daughter, Frances Dean Mudd.
Mrs. Mudd lived in the Millwood area most of her life. She attended St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. She had been an elementary school teacher for 43 years, including teaching at Clopton School for 21 years. Her hobbies were china painting, quilting, embroidering, knitting, crocheting and gardening.
Memorials may be made to St. Alphonsus Cemetery.
Sammy Pray Mudd, age 91, of Silex, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at the Elsberry Health Care Center in Elsberry. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Mudd-Veach Funeral Home in Silex with Edward Spies officiating. Burial will be at the St. Alphonsus Cemetery with Father Charles Tichacek officiating. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
She was born Nov. 8, 1917, in Eolia, the daughter of David Cowell and Margaret Belle Warner Oliver. She was married to John Willis Mudd on Sept. 2, 1944, in Millwood. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 2008.
Survivors include two daughters, Marie Wanzalee Mudd of Elsberry, and Mary Agnes (Noot) Logan of Silex; two granddaughters, Chris Tomschin and husband Steve, and Leslie Ann Bufford; two great granddaughters, Anne Marie Bufford and Erin R. Tomschin; cousins, Ruth Duff of Eolia and John Henry Warner of Bowling Green; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one son, John Oliver Mudd; and one daughter, Frances Dean Mudd.
Mrs. Mudd lived in the Millwood area most of her life. She attended St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. She had been an elementary school teacher for 43 years, including teaching at Clopton School for 21 years. Her hobbies were china painting, quilting, embroidering, knitting, crocheting and gardening.
Memorials may be made to St. Alphonsus Cemetery.