FREDA JEAN WHITESIDE, Age 77, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 05, 2012 at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

Born January 24, 1935, near East Prairie, MO, to the late Raymond and Mildred Mayberry Dick, she was a 1954 graduate of Anniston High School. She was employed by the Production Credit in Charleston before moving to Cape Girardeau in 1964. She drove a school bus for Cape Schools for 12 years and for BART transportation for 15 years. She was a member of Red Star Baptist Church.

She married J.F. Whiteside on March 1, 1958, at Charleston, MO and he survives of the home in Cape Girardeau.

Also surviving are: one son, Daniel Jay Whiteside of Cape Girardeau; one grandson, Tyson Whiteside of Cape Girardeau; special family friend, Betsy Markhart and her children, Michael Markhart and Michaela Markhart of Cape Girardeau; one daughter in law, Toni Whiteside of Flowery Branch, GA; one brother in law and sister in law, Jackie and Barbara Whiteside of Charleston; one aunt, Velma Dick of East Prairie; two nieces, three nephews and their families, and also a number of cousins.

She was preceded in death by one son, James David Whiteside and her twin brother Shirley Dean Dick.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, June 7, 2012 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 8, 2012. Ray Duffey, of Cape Girardeau, will officiate.

Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Online condolences maybe shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com

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