Marie Sides, daughter of the late Albert and Emma Berry Pixley, was born in Advance on Feb. 23, 1924, and died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on Jan. 21, 2014, at the age of 89.
She had lived in Dexter until 1966, when she moved to Ellington. She moved to Poplar Bluff in 1986. She was a member of the First Church of God in Poplar Bluff.
On June 3, 1945, she was married to John W. Sides in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her in death on Oct. 18, 1998.
Surviving is one son, John Dale Sides of Conway, Ark.; two daughters, Rose Chitwood of Harviell and Barbara Cowin of East Prairie; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; two great-great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Jerry Pixley of Sikeston; six sisters, Mary Pixley Clark of Dexter, Mildred Parks, Lillian Dewitt, JoAnn Melton, Glida Eisenouser and Pat Sanders all of Sikeston; and her beloved cat, Baby. Other relatives and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by one son, Dennis Thomason; one daughter, Thelma Gibson; one granddaughter, Tammy Jo Gibson and one brother, Louis Pixley.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter, with the Rev. Richard Triplett of Poplar Bluff officiating.
Interment with be in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter with Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.