Carolyn Rose (Woodard) Neese

Carolyn Rose Neese, 81, of Sikeston, Missouri, formerly of Jackson, Missouri, and Alton, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at the Convalescent Center in Sikeston.

She was born January 14, 1942, in Pemiscot County, Missouri, to Louis Tucker and Frances LaNell Griggs Woodard.   Carolyn and Gary Neese were married June 12, 2004, at the city park in Jackson.   She and her former husband, Herman Lucey, had three children, Penny, Kenny, and Carol.

Carolyn attended Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, Missouri.  She earned an associate degree in nursing and was employed by hospitals in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and St. Louis, retiring in 2011.

Carolyn is a member of the Church of Christ in Jackson.  She was a former member of the First General Baptist Church in Jackson and the Church of Christ in Godfrey, Illinois.

Loving survivors include her husband of 19 years, Gary Neese of Sikeston; two children, Penny (George) Bruhl of Clarksville, Tennessee and Kenny (Denise) Lucey of Sikeston; Gary’s children, Gary Jr. (Tammy) Neese of Godfrey, Illinois and Carol (Mitch) Vernatti of Indiana; five siblings, Alice (Lloyd) DeCeourley of Corpus Christi, Texas; Jean (Darrell) White of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Ronald (Glenda) Woodard and June (Charles) Kohler of Jackson; Renea (Chuck) Holt of St. Louis; and Gary’s sister, Beatrice (the late Howard) Weaver of Jerseyville, Illinois.

Also surviving are three grandchildren, Andrew Freeman, Justin (Madeline) Freeman, and Kenny Lucey, Jr.; Gary’s grandchildren, Taylor Neese and Emarey (Jaylen) Washington; and six great-grandchildren:  Ellie, Easton, Jayce, Noah, Alexander, and Zachary Freeman, Jacob and Kendra Lucey.

She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Carol Lynn Lucey; a grandson, Christopher Freeman; her parents; and her former husband, Herman Lucey.

Visitation is from 12:30 p.m., to service time, Monday, October 2, 2023, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The Rev. Brian Mitchell will conduct the funeral service at 2 p.m., Monday, October 2, at the funeral home.  Inurnment will be private at a later date.

If considering a memorial contribution, the family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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