DAISY GLADYS FORSHEE OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI WAS BORN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1918 IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HATTIE (BUXTON) AND HERBERT BECK. DAISY DIED DECEMBER 22, 1999 AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-ONE YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
DAISY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE MACKDANIEL FORSHEE ON JULY 17, 1955 IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI.
DAISY IS SURVIVED BY SIX DAUGHTERS, DOROTHY STEVENSON AND HUSBAND JAMES OF LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA; CAROLE HAWTHORNE AND HUSBAND LEE ROY OF HOUSE SPRINGS, MISSOURI; SHERRY DE ROUSSE OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI; JUDY HAZARD AND HUSBAND JOE OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI; ANDREA PIERCE AND HUSBAND JOE OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI; PAMELA SMITH OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI; TWO SISTERS, LEVA PROVINCE OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI; MAGGIE PROVINCE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, CHARLES LEE PROVINCE, FOUR SISTERS, CLARA PROVINCE, MAZZIE BRILEY, ODA HEDGECORTH AND RUTH BLOUNT. TWO BROTHERS, EVERETT BECK AND MAHLON BECK AND BY HER FIRST HUSBAND CLARENCE ORVILLE PROVINCE.
DAISY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN TO HIS TEACHINGS. SHE FOLLOWED THE BILLY GRAHAM CRUSADES ON THE TELEVISION AND ENJOYED LISTENING TO CHURCH TAPES.
DAISY WAS A KIND AND LOVING WOMAN WITH THE CARES OF OTHERS ALWAYS ON HER MIND. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1999, FROM 3:30 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE IRONDALE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MARY FLING OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALEDONIA METHODIST CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TOM ANSELMAN, JOE HAZARD, RAYMOND REED, LEE ROY HAWTHORNE, DONALD DEROUSSE AND MARK RAY.