SUE BOURISAW OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ON JULY 9, 1954. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WALTER AND DOROTHY (POOLE) MELTON. SUE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE IN MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI ON JULY 28, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY-EIGHT YEARS AND TWENTY DAYS.
SUE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO RICKEY BOURISAW ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1978 IN HILLSBORO, MISSOURI.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FATHER, WALTER MELTON OF OKLAHOMA AND MOTHER, DOROTHY MELTON OF BRAINBRIDGE, INDIANA, HER HUSBAND, RICKEY BOURISAW OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, THREE DAUGHTERS, TABITHA BLOUNT AND HUSBAND DENNIS OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, SERINA COUCH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, BOBBIE CASNER AND HUSBAND CLINT OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI, ONE SON, JOHN COOK AND WIFE AMANDA OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, TWO SISTERS, THELMA SULLIVAN AND JOYCE REZZER, NINE BROTHERS, RICHARD MELTON, HERSCHEL MELTON, WALTER MELTON, JR., MICHAEL MELTON, JOSEPH MELTON, DONALD MELTON, DAVID MELTON, WAYNE MELTON AND SCOTT MELTON, NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE STEP CHILDREN, LINDA FAY BOYD, TRACY MOSES AND DAVID BOURISAW, AND DEAR FRIEND JANET MARTIN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, CINDY KAY.
SUE ENJOYED MANY THINGS IN LIFE. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE BINGO PLAYER AND LIKED TO PLAY LOTTERY AND GAMBLE ON THE BOAT. SUE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DESLOGE EAGLES AUXILIARY AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUXILIARY. SUE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD AT 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JEFF RICHARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW DIGGINS CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE DENNIS BLOUNT, TEDDY WETHINGTON, SCOTT MELTON, MIKE COURTWAY, FLOYD PARSONS AND CLINT CASNER.