Margie Martin
Jul 13, 2016
SIKESTON — Margie Lee Martin, 78, died at her home in Sikeston, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. She was born Nov. 9, 1937, in Choctaw, Ark., to the late Lonnie and Leota (Williams) Dempsey, she had been employed in production at Grove Manufacturing in Sikeston and later as a production supervisor at Tri-Con Industries in Cape Girardeau. She was also an...
Elliott Simmons
Jul 12, 2016
GEORGE "ELLIOTT" SIMMONS, Age 48, died Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at his home in Marietta, GA. Born December 15, 1967 in Sikeston, MO to the late George E. Simmons and Julie Lutz Simmons who survives in Scottsdale, AZ. He grew up in Charleston, MO and later attended High School in Vicksburg, MS at All Saints Episcopal Academy, graduating in 1987....
Ed Pratt
Jul 4, 2016
William Edgar "Ed" Pratt, 86, died Monday, July 4, 2016, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 12, 1930 in Anadarko, Oklahoma to the late J. M. and Maude (Patton) Pratt. A veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he was a retired truck driver and carpenter and was member of the Bird's...
Sherry Myrick
Jul 2, 2016
SHERRY MYRICK, age 66, a resident of El Paso, TX, died Saturday, July 2, 2016, at the Center for Compassionate Care in El Paso. She was married to John R. Myrick, formerly of Charleston, who survives of the home. Graveside Services will be conducted on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the Anniston Cemetery. Martin Lucas of East...
J.l. Groves
Jun 29, 2016
J.L. GROVES, age 81, a resident of Benton, formerly of Wyatt, died Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born September 8, 1934 in Bertrand to the late John Wallace and Mattie Virginia Brashears Groves, he moved to Wyatt in 1944 where he lived until moving to Benton in 1998. He was employed with the...
Richard P. Pike Sr.
Jun 25, 2016
RICHARD P. PIKE SR., age 86, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, June 25, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. Born in the Big Lake Community of Mississippi County on April 21, 1930 to the late Noel F. and Alice S. Merrick Pike, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life. A graduate of St. Henry Catholic High School, he...
Steven Lynn Bell
Jun 23, 2016
Steven Lynn Bell, 54, a resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, June 23, 2016 at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital at Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He was born in Sikeston August 18, 1961 to the late Jerry Lynn and Martha Elizabeth (Oswalt) Bell. A life-long resident of Sikeston, he graduated from Sikeston High School, was a member of Hunter Memorial First Presbyterian...
Jason B. McCollom
Jun 11, 2016
JASON BURKE McCOLLOM, Age 42, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, June 11, 2016, near Dexter, MO. Born October 1, 1973, at Freeport, IL, to the Catherine Irene Burke McCollom who survives of Sikeston, at the late Frederick Cletus McCollom, he had lived in Sikeston most of his life. Surviving besides his mother are, his stepfather, Charles Allen McCollom of...
Larry Samuel Loflin
Jun 11, 2016
Larry Samuel Loflin, 72, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Bertrand, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center with his family by his side from long term cardiac problems. He was born September 14, 1943, at his home in Charleston, Missouri, the son of the late Charles and Lillian Linebaugh Loflin. He and Florene Pemberton were married...
Bobby Gene Northern
Jun 9, 2016
BOBBY GENE NORTHERN, Age 58, died Thursday, June 9, 2016, at his home in Bertrand. Born March 31, 1958, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Robert Eugene Northern and Wanda Della Ann Howton Northern, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he had been employed as a River Boat Pilot. He...
Michael Shannon Gray
Jun 8, 2016
Michael Shannon "Mike" Gray, 44, of Benton died Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 14, 1971 in Poplar Bluff to Michael David Gray, who survives of East Prairie and the late Pansy Marie (Ward) Gray. A resident of this area most of his life, he was a driver for LaPlant Trucking of East Prairie and...
Fred Showmaker
Jun 8, 2016
HENRY FRED SHOWMAKER, age 62, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday June 8, 2016, at the Baptist Health Hospital in Paducah, KY. Fred was born January 20, 1954, in Cairo, IL to late E.J. and Catherine Duenne Showmaker. He was a native of Charleston, a lifelong farmer, land owner, and co-owner/operator of Showmaker Brothers Farms in Brookport, IL, with his...
Mary Lorene Powell
Jun 7, 2016
MARY LORENE POWELL, Age 90, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. Born January 26, 1926, at in the Dublin Community of Graves County, KY, to the late Lawrence Marshall Manker and Alice Virvle Hayden Manker, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the St. Henry...
John A. Worley Sr.
Jun 6, 2016
John Alfred Worley, Sr. , 67, a resident of Benton died Monday, June 6, 2016 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born in Sikeston June 18, 1948 to the late George V. and Virginia Lea (Gurnow) Worley. He retired in 1987 after a 20 year career in the United States Army. He was a Sgt. 1st Class...
Edward C. Hartlein
Jun 6, 2016
Edward Carol Hartlein, 76, a resident of the Matthews & Canalou area most of his life, died Monday, June 6, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born January 27, 1940 in Cape Girardeau to the late Nolan and Grace (Stone) Hartlein. He had been an Ag mechanic and retired from Nelson Tractor in 2005 and was...
Scotty L. Hicks
Jun 4, 2016
Scotty Leroy Hicks, 46, a life long resident of this area, died at his home Saturday, June 4, 2016. He was born May 16, 1970 in Sikeston to Frankie M. (Jones) Hicks and the late Jerry L. Hicks. He was a member of Canalou Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother, Frankie Hicks of the home; 2 brothers, Danny...
Pansy Jones Terrell
Jun 1, 2016
PANSY ELAINE TERRELL, Age 81, a resident of Bertrand, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born May 14, 1935, at Dorena, MO, to the late James Andrew "Doc" Jones and Eva Jewell Denning Jones, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life where she was a member of the Church of...
Donald Ray Evans
May 30, 2016
DONALD RAY EVANS, Age 69, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, May 30, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center at Cape Girardeau. Born April 30, 1947, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Leroy and Lillian Crawford Evans, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he had attended the St. Henry Catholic Church and later the Wyatt...
Bates Smoot
May 30, 2016
STEPHEN BATES SMOOT, Age 36, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, May 30, 2016, in Charleston. Born July 7, 1979, at Sikeston, MO, to Walter Raymond "Butch" Smoot who survives of Charleston, and Sandra Lynn Barborek Morrow who survives of Bertrand, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and was a 1997 graduate of Charleston High School. He...
Lauren Rae Griggs
May 30, 2016
LAUREN RAE GRIGGS, Age 28, died Monday, May 30, 2016, at her home in Charleston. Born March 27, 1988, at Sikeston, MO to Steven Arnold Griggs and Brenda Eliane Ritchey Griggs, who survive of Charleston, she had lived in Charleston her entire life and was of Baptist Faith professing her life in Christ early in life. She was a gifted...
