The Twenty-Third Psalm 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of my life
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.

   Josephine Morman, 97, of Mexico, died at 11:30 p.m. Monday, May 12, 2003 at Gamma Road Lodge in Wellsville where she had been a resident since May 2001. 

   Graveside services will be held Friday, May 16, 2003 at 1:45 p.m. at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis with the Rev. Dale Stone officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4 until 5:30 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home, there will be a prayer service at 5:30 p.m.  

   Mrs. Morman was born on December 16, 1905, in Newburg, Missouri, the daughter of Charles Antone and Mary Jane Beckett Yager.  On December 18, 1925, she married Carl Julius Morman in St. Louis, Missouri.  He preceded her in death on December 30, 1945. 

   Mrs. Morman was Tax Collector at Center, Missouri from 1946 to 1952.  She was employed at Levering Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri from 1952 to 1962 when she moved to Mexico, Missouri and was employed at Kings Daughter's Home until she retired in 1973.  She was an avid quilter, giving most of the quilts away to family and friends. 

   Mrs. Morman was a member of the Mexico United Methodist Church, a former member of the Add a Member Sunday School Class.  She was a long time former member of the Ralls County American Legion Auxiliary.

   Mrs. Morman is survived by one son and daughter-in-law Charles and Virginia Morman of Roswell, Georgia, one daughter and son-in-law Jean and Robert Deason of Mexico; three grandchildren, Debbie Carey and husband Dan of Perry, Leslie C. Deason and wife Donna of Moberly and Rob Deason and wife Peggy of Chesapeake, Virginia; five great grandchildren, Julie and Bryan Carey and Jeff, Carol Jean and Rachel Deason.

   In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters, three brothers and a number of nieces and nephews.

   The family suggests memorial contributions to the Mexico United Methodist Church. Memorials may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.

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