Cora (Prissy) Elizabethann McAlester, 67, of Denison, Texas passed away at Texoma Medical Center on Monday, July 29, 2019. Cora was born on Aug. 13, 1951 in Denison, Texas to Turner Sheffield and Lucille Richardson Sheffield.
Cora is survived by her four children: sons, James Richard Anderson and wife Misty of Kingston, Okla., John Seth McAlester of Denison, Texas, Ian Phillip and wife Amanda of Pottsboro, Texas and daughter Priscilla Nichols and husband Gary of Campbell, Texas; brothers: Bob Early Ritchie and wife Josey of San Diego, Calif., Donald Ray Ritchie and wife Karen of Oologah, Okla., Joe Mac Ritchie and wife Jan of San Antonio, Texas, Phillip Eugene Sheffield of Denison, Texas; sisters: Charlene Grunstad and husband Kurt of Durant, Okla., Sally Davis and Montie Jones of Mead, Okla., and Iris Maria Sheffield of Las Vegas, Nev. as well as 10 grandchildren and a host of friends and family.
Cora is preceded in death by her husband, John Stanley McAlester and her parents, Turner and Lucille Sheffield.
A memorial service is planned for Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, 4-6 p.m. at 1030 W. Morton Street in Denison, Texas.