Blanche Brock

Blanche Brock, the daughter of the late Eula Bailey, was born in Blodgett on Sept. 28, 1932, and passed away at the DePaul Hospital in St. Louis on Sept. 15, 2008, at the age of 75.

Mrs. Brock had lived in Essex and Lawrence, Kan. before moving to St. Louis in 2000.

On July 30, 1949, she was married to Eldgria Brock in Parma. He preceded her in death on Jan. 5, 1987.

Surviving are four sons, Junior Lee Brock of Tampa, Fla., Eldgria David Brock of Orlando, Fla., Albert Brock of Roanoke, Va. and Glen Richard Brock of Roanoke, Va.; three daughters, Mary Brock of St. Louis, Laura Jean Woodson of Sikeston and Janice Marie Brock of Lawrence, Kan.; eight grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; four brothers, Ernest Bailey, Leroy Bailey and James Bailey of St. Louis, Sam Bailey of Cape Girardeau; one sister, Alma Jean Turner of St. Louis. Other relatives and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by one brother, Eugene Bailey, and two sisters, Bessie Lee and Virginia Bailey.

Friends may call after 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at 1 p.m. at the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden.

Interment will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.