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Leatha Elizabeth Hitt Rister

Birth
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
Death
10 Sep 2003 (aged 83)
Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Commerce, Scott County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Leatha Elizabeth Rister, 83, of Southaven, MS, formerly of Sikeston, died Sept. 10, 2003, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. She was born Sept. 4, 1920, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Grover and Esther Snider Hitt.
She and Ebert Rister were married Aug. 28, 1940 at Benton, MO. He died July 22, 1995.
Mrs. Rister was a member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston and its United Methodist Women.
Survivors include a son, Gerald "Jerry" Rister of Olive Branch, MS; a daughter, Joan McCrory of Round Lake, IL; two brothers, Roby Hitt of Cape Girardeau, MO; Paul Hitt of Sikeston, MO; two sisters, Marie Stalon of Cape Girardeau, MO; Myrtle Reed of Wood River, IL; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers.
The funeral will be Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Koch officiating. Burial in Oakdale Cemetery near Commerce, MO.
CAPE GIRARDEAU (MO) SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN, 12/Sep/2003
Leatha Elizabeth Rister, 83, of Southaven, MS, formerly of Sikeston, died Sept. 10, 2003, at Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven. She was born Sept. 4, 1920, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Grover and Esther Snider Hitt.
She and Ebert Rister were married Aug. 28, 1940 at Benton, MO. He died July 22, 1995.
Mrs. Rister was a member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston and its United Methodist Women.
Survivors include a son, Gerald "Jerry" Rister of Olive Branch, MS; a daughter, Joan McCrory of Round Lake, IL; two brothers, Roby Hitt of Cape Girardeau, MO; Paul Hitt of Sikeston, MO; two sisters, Marie Stalon of Cape Girardeau, MO; Myrtle Reed of Wood River, IL; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by five brothers.
The funeral will be Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Koch officiating. Burial in Oakdale Cemetery near Commerce, MO.
CAPE GIRARDEAU (MO) SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN, 12/Sep/2003

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