Robert E. Hafford, 66, of Cairo died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Aug. 12, 1935, in Cairo, son of Lloyd C. and Minnie Fair Hafford. He married Judy Watkins.

He was retired from the Southern Clay-Lowe Plant in Olmsted, Ill.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Paula Hafford of Cairo; three sisters, Patsy Stiff and Eunice Calvin of Cairo, and Dorothy Crews of Pocahontas, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, and three brothers.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Richard Pigg officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds, Ill.