Linda Stallings Ellis

Linda Darlene Stallings Ellis, age 77, died Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at her home in East Prairie, surrounded by her family.

She was born August 16, 1949, at Cairo, Illinois, to the late William Colmore “W.C.” Stallings and Helen Beatrice Thompson Stallings. A 1967 graduate of East Prairie High School, Linda had lived in East Prairie her entire life where she had attended the First Church of God and was now an active member of the Assembly of God Church in East Prairie.

On August 19, 1967, she married Harold Ronald “Ronnie” Ellis, who survives of the home.

Also surviving is her daughter, Cynthia Ellis Haney; her grandson, Bradley (Sarah) Haney; her great grandchildren, Tucker Wescoat and Toby Haney; her brother Billy Stallings; sister, Sandy Stallings; as well as nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, Wayne Stallings.

Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2026, until the funeral hour at 1:00 p.m., at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, MO. Rev. Larry Tilman, pastor of the Assembly of God Church in East Prairie, will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston.

Pallbearers will be Cynthia Ellis Haney, Bradley Haney, Casey Shipman, Zach Shipman, Billy Stallings, Louis Patton, Tyler Merryman and Trey Stallings.

Honorary pallbearers will be Sid Patrick and Darren Haney.  

Online condolences may be shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.