She was a homemaker and a member of the Bright Hill Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnnie R. and Potter Taylor Cripps; three brothers, James Curly Cripps, Jerry Worm Cripps, and Gene Cripps; sister, Jeanette Dodson; and three sisters-in-law, Chola Cripps, Brenda Cripps, and Shirley Cripps. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, M.B. Silcox of Smithville; children, Tracy “Burt” and Jennifer Silcox of Sparta, Stacy “Moto” Silcox of Smithville and Ashby and Alex Woodward of Smithville; three grandchildren, Thomas Dalton and Cheyenne Silcox of Smithville, Harlli Whyte Silcox and Lance Ball of Smithville and Ainsley Layne Woodward of Smithville; great-granddaughter, Addison Kate Silcox of Smithville; brother, Johnnie Roscoe Cripps, Jr. of Smithville; sister, Brenda Paulette Cripps of Smithville; brother-in-law, David Glenn Dodson of Smithville and several nieces and nephews.