SHARRON M. MIDDLETON

LAMAR- A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at Cornerstone Baptist Church, for Sharron M. Middleton, Lamar, who died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at her home, after an eight year battle with cancer. Brother Jack Slade will officiate. A visitation will be held at the church prior to the service, beginning at 2:30 p.m. A reception will also follow the memorial service. Private family burial will follow at a later date.

Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the family, in care of the funeral home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include three sons, Elmer, Joplin, Matthew, Lamar and Harry, Springfield; a daughter, Candace Dill, Lamar; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; three brothers, Robert, Farmington, Billy, Ste. Genevieve and Marvin, Momence, Ill.; six sisters, Evelyn, Farmington, Brenda, Ste. Genevieve, Charlene, Poplar Bluff, Vickie, Ste. Genevieve, Susan, Burlington, Conn. and Linda, Liberty and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Middleton, Sr.; a son, James A. Middleton, Jr.; a daughter, Peggy L. Middleton; her parents, Harry Austin Stamm and Jewell Mae (Williams) Stamm and a brother, Kevin Dwayne Stamm.

Mrs. Middleton was a homemaker and a devoted wife and mother that loved her family and was committed to providing a warm and caring home. She had lived and traveled to many different states, but decided to make Lamar her home.

She will be remembered for how much she loved life, enjoyed her family, live music, loved to dance, joke around and just have fun. In keeping with her wishes, she was cremated.