Carolyn Sue Staggs, daughter of the late Elbert Patterson and Wilma Pullum Patterson, was born on July 12, 1946, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on March 10, 2023, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 76 years.

Mrs. Staggs retired from AmerenUE and she was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri.

She is survived by her son, Scott Staggs and wife Jenny of Dexter, Missouri; by her daughter, McKenna Bell and husband Justin of Bloomfield, Missouri; by six grandchildren, Madison Pearce and husband Josh, Brooklyn Staggs, Foster Staggs, Reese Staggs, Gaige Bell, and Maebree Bell; and by her great-granddaughter, Lillian Pearce.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Freda Lentz.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Steve Koerner officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Essex Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.