St. Clair County Obits

WILMA LEA (ALLEN) McCULLICK

Osceola Library Files
Wilma Lea (Allen) McCullick, 84, of El Dorado Springs, passed away December 2 at the Community Nursing Home where she had resided for several months. She was born September 17, 1899, in Roscoe, to George and Melissa (Norris) Allen. Wilma was the last surviving child of this union.
At an early age she became a member of the Riverview Christian Church.
On September 30, 1913, Wilma was united in marriage to James Matison McCullick, in St. Clair County. To this union four children were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, George, Avery and Ned Allen; one sister, Beulah Gentry; an infant daughter; and her husband of 54 years, Mat.
Survivors include one daughter, Jewell Fern Wood; two sons, Allen Ray and Roy Dee, all of El Dorado Springs; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; three sisters-in-law, Rose and Golda Allen of Fresno, Calif., and Nancy Allen of Osceola.
Wilma was an avid reader. She also studied and helped compile her family history dating back to the American Revolutionary War. As long as her health permitted, she had a great interest in her garden and flowers.
Services were held Monday, December 5, at the Hackleman-Peterman Chapel, with Rev. Fidell Bridges officiating. Burial was in Love Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Kenneth Neely, Rusty McCowan, Roy Dee MCCullick, Lynn McCowan, Jim Ogle, Don Fugate and Kenneth Perrodin.