This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SPALDING, WILCUT, BREEDING, TEDDER, GILLAM, ADDIS, BOESCH, HAMPTON, SKAGGS, ARRISSI, SMITH, TALLEY, SUTTON, MCCLEARY, TRASK, HART, MAXWELL, ELDERS, FLIEG, BLANKENSHIP, VANCE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4105 Message Board Post: Zelda Maureen Tedder Gillam of Farmington, formerly of Belgrade, departed this life Sunday, October 9, 2005 at her residence, after reaching the age of 80 years, 11 months and 26 days. She was born October 14, 1924 in Lewisburg, Kentucky, a daughter of the late John Edgar and Lilliam M. (Spalding) Wilcut. Maureen, as she was known to family and friends, was a member of the Belgrade Church of God. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. In addition to her parents, Maureen was preceded in death by her husbands, Hobert Breeding, Lester Tedder, and Theodore DeVaughn Gillam; three brothers, Joe, John and Karon Pete Wilcut and a sister, Wilma Addis. Those who remain to mourn her passing include three daughters; Joanne Boesch and husband Bill of Farmington, Priscilla Elaine Hampton and husband Fred of Doe Run and Eyvonne Skaggs and husband Dean of Bonne Terre; three sons, Leon Breeding of Farmington, Mitchell Tedder and wife Sandy of Belgrade and Michael Tedder and wife Margie of Farmington; two sisters, Georgia Arrissi of California and June Smith of Illinois; nineteen grandchildren, Clifton Talley, Steven Sutton, Angela McCleary, John Trask, Shane Trask, Pam Hart, Deanna Maxwell, Ella Elders, April Flieg, Joe Blankenship, Jim, Tony, Chad and Nick Skaggs, Jessica and Travis Tedder, Jalayne Lucas, Laci Vance and John and Lesie Teddeer; twenty-three great grandchildren; nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends who will sadly miss her. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at the Britton Chapel with Rev. Myron Laramore officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Travis Tedder, John Tedder, Joe Blankenship, John Trask, Clifton Talley and Steven Sutton. Interment and final prayers were held at Sunlight Cemetery, Belgrade. All arrangements were entrusted to the care and direction of the Britton Funeral Home of Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, October 20, 2005