EDITH ALLENE WAGGONER

JOPLIN-Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Paradise Cemetery for Edith Allene Waggoner, 91, Joplin, who died Thursday, May 28, 2015.

Arrangements are under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.ulmerfh.com.

Survivors include a son, Larry Waggoner, Joplin; two grandchildren, Anne Shipman, Joplin and Paul Waggoner, Webb City; three great-granddaughters, Anovia, Brianna and Jade, all of Joplin and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Freda Stamate of Sacramento, Calif. and Virginia Clements, Lamar; a brother, Guy V. Pettit Jr. of Martinez, Calif. and a grandson, Bryan Waggoner.

Mrs. Waggoner was born Feb. 22, 1924, in Miller, to Guy V. Pettit Sr. and Ada P (Jones) Pettit. She was born and reared in Miller, spending time in Carthage and the Lamar area, residing in Joplin for the last five years. She was a seamstress and worked at Big Smith Manufacturing for 20 years. She attended the Masters Touch Ministries in Joplin. She enjoyed fishing and family get togethers.

She married James Preston Waggoner on July 19, 1942, in Lamar. He died July 11, 1992.