Elwanda Rae Pullum, daughter of the late Ray Edward Metcalf and Maida Ruth Lewis Metcalf, was born on March 31,1944, in Bell City, Missouri, and departed this life on March 16, 2025, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 80 years.

Mrs. Pullum formerly worked for Hudson Foods in Dexter, Missouri. She attended Emanual Baptist Church in Dexter and was a resident of Dexter. She enjoyed fishing and taking drives sightseeing.

On November 6, 1971, in Dexter, Missouri, she was united in marriage to David Pullum. Mr. Pullum survives of their home in Dexter.

Along with her husband, she is survived by her son, Jamie Ray McCoy of Dexter; by three brothers, Perry Metcalf and wife Betty of Advance, Missouri, Earl Metcalf and wife Marcia of Puxico, Missouri, and David Metcalf of Bloomfield, Missouri; and by three sisters, Loretta Green of Dexter, Missouri, Judy Sommers and husband Francis of Puxico, Missouri, and Becky Stephens of Dexter, Missouri.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by one son in infancy; and by two brothers, Richard Dale Metcalf and Eddie C. Metcalf.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, March 21, 2025, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, March 21, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Hagy Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.