Juanita Pierce Terrell

Juanita Terrell

Ruth Juanita Pierce Terrell, age 95, of Wyatt, MO, passed away early Sunday morning, October 25, 2026, at Annie’s Garden Skilled Nursing Center in Sikeston, MO.

Born May 27, 1931, in Arkansas, to the late Noah Lee Pierce and Florence Lillie Tadlock Pierce, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life, living in Wyatt the past 30 years. For many years she was employed with the Charleston R-1 School District as a cafeteria worker at Charleston High School and was a longtime member of the New Covenant Holiness Pentecostal Church in Wyatt.

On February 1, 1947, she married John Bernard Terrell, who preceded her in death April 17, 1990.

Surviving is her daughter, Penny Terrell O’Guin; sons in law, Kenneth Gibson and Jim Hester; her grandchildren, Faith Brown, Aaron Gibson, Melissa (Maxwell) Sweet, Larry (Sherry) Hart and Lance Hart; also, a number of great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two infant sons; her daughters, Shirley Hester and Bernita Gibson; her great granddaughter, Brittany Rachelle Faire; and her brothers and sisters, Everett Eugene Pierce, Dewey Wayne Pierce, Anna Sue Rowland; Wanda Faye Franklin, Pheba Gereline Terrell Marshall, Nina Rodgers and Janice L. Gibson.

Juanita will be laid to rest next to her husband in a private family graveside service at Oak Grove Cemetery in Charleston. Kenneth Gibson will officiate.

McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, MO is in charge of arrangements.

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