Sue Sturgess, daughter of the late Oliver White and Mary Edith Garner White was born on November 19, 1938 at Pyletown and departed this life in the SoutheastHealth of Cape Girardeau, Missouri on April 23, 2015 at the age of 76 years.

Mrs. Sturgess was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ. In her early years, she worked at Elder Manufacturing in Dexter, had worked as an Independent Sales Consultant and was a local business owner.

She was united in marriage to Sammy L. Sturgess on October 11, 1957 at Dexter.  Mr. Sturgess survives of the home in Dexter.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Doug and Kathy Sturgess of Sikeston; by three daughters, Deborah Sturgess of Dexter, Dana Sturgess Frazier and husband Mark of Stuarts Draft, Virginia and Dr. Susan Sturgess Lucktong and husband Dr. Ek Lucktong  of Mooresville, North Carolina; by one sister, Verla Jean White of Dexter; six grandchildren, Hannah and Haley Frazier, Sammy and Savannah Lucktong, Jennifer and Michael Scism; also by one great-grandson Connor Scism.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Danny Keith Sturgess.

Visitation will be held at the Dexter Church of Christ on Sunday April 26, 2015 from  1:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will then be conducted at 3:00 P.M. in the Dexter Church of Christ.  Interment will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation, Eastern Missouri Chapter, 9433 Olive Blvd Ste 100, Saint Louis, Missouri 63132-3132 OR Childrens Homes Incorporated, 5515 Walcott Rd., Paragould, Arkansas 72450.