Rita Sue Tally

Rita Sue Tally, 75, of Cape Girardeau, and formerly of Mounds, died at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

Mrs. Tally was born on May 24, 1933, in Cairo, the daughter of Robert Parker and Jeno Etheridge Parker.

Mrs. Tally was a 23 year professional investor with the Illinois Department of Regulations, retiring in 1991.

She was very active in the Republican Party, serving in several past offices, and as an election judge, and precinct chair woman in Pulaski County for several years. She served as a den mother, and as a Sunday School teacher at First United Methodist Church in Mounds.

She was valedictorian of the Cairo High School class of 1951.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and by her husband, Jerry D. Tally, on May 31, 1985.

Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, David Tally of St. Louis, and Dicky and Rhonda Tally of Jonesboro; a daughter and son-in-law, Mona and Craig Wells of Cape Girardeau; a brother, John Richard Parker of Kerrville, Texas; four grandchildren, Nicki (Justin) Graham, Ryan Tally, Kurt Wells and Kyle Wells; two great-grandchildren, Jacob Parker Graham and Logan Patrick Graham; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives.

Funeral services were at noon Saturday, May 2, at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge with the Rev. Kelly Cox officiating.

Interment was in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge.

Memorials can be made to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, National Processing Center, Attn., Honor & Memorial Gifts, P.O. Box 1245, Albert Lea, Minn. 56007-9976, in memory of Rita Sue Tally.

Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge was in charge of arrangements.