Eagleville, MO: Cora Lu Blessing, 80, Eagleville, MO passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018 at a Kansas City, MO hospital.
She was born June 28, 1938 in Lafayette, Kentucky the daughter of Bud Thomas and Eleanor Louise (Stack) Sowell and oldest of five children.
Cora graduated from Murray High School in Murray, Kentucky in 1957 and attended Murray State College for two years, where she studied accounting. She married her first husband, Arthur Lee James in 1962. They had two daughters before divorcing in 1976.
She married her second husband, Donald Blessing, on November 24, 1979. They lived in the Kansas City Area until moving to Eagleville in 1994. She passed away after a two month hospitalization for septic shock. She passed away peacefully in her sleep.
Cora is preceded in death by her parents; brother, John Sowell; and sister, Dorothy Sowell.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Don Blessing; daughters, Linda James and Monica James both of Fort Bragg, CA; sisters, Mattie Calvert and Mary Lou Sullivan, and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside Services and Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 27 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Blythedale, MO under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Eagleville, MO. The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Monday at Roberson Funeral Home, Eagleville, MO. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Cora to a charity of your choice in care of Roberson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 46, Eagleville, MO 64442. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com