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Rebecca M. Sisk
Mar 17, 2016
REBECCA M. SISK, Age 85, a resident of Bertrand, died Thursday, March 17, 2016, at her the home of her daughter, Melissa Pickett, in Charleston, MO. Born July 31, 1930, at Lowndes, MO, to the late Virgil H. and Beulah Ellen Houseman Earnheart, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she was retired from the Brown...
Broce C. Doyle
Mar 16, 2016
BROCE C. DOYLE, Age 63, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at his home in Charleston, surrounded by his family and friends. Born January 3, 1953, in St. Louis, MO, to Margaret A. Golightly Vinson who survives of Charleston and the late William Amethyst Doyle, he had lived in St. Louis a number of years and had been employed as a...
Roy Lee Chandler
Mar 14, 2016
Roy Lee Chandler, age 69, of Jackson, MS, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Jackson. He was born on December 9, 1946 in St. Louis, Mo., the son of the late Jim Chandler and Hazel Thurman Chandler Bouler. He was a member of Grandview Baptist Church in Pearl, MS. He was a...
Ruth L. Terrell
Mar 12, 2016
Ruth Lavern Terrell, 75, a life long resident of Sikeston, died Saturday March 12, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born December 2, 1940 in Sikeston to the late Charles and Ora (Raines) Hazel. She was a graduate of Sikeston High School, a member of Illinois Avenue General Baptist Church and had been employed for many...
Dora Shelby Bomar
Mar 10, 2016
DORA SHELBY BOMAR, age 87, a resident of Marion, OH, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died March 10, 2016, at the Presidential Center Home Health Care in Marion, OH. On February 27, 1929 Dora was born in Sikeston, Missouri, one of 12 children, to the late Robert and Hallie (Watson) Shelby. She graduated from Diehlstadt High School and worked at the...
Opal Parham
Mar 9, 2016
Opal Louise Parham, 86, died at her home in Sikeston Wednesday, March 9, 2016. She was born Nov. 23, 1929 in Hickman, Kentucky to the late Wilton Edward and Ovella Mae (Stokes) Scott. She moved to Sikeston in 1969 from East Prairie and was a member of Trinity Gospel Church. She was well known for her talented skills as a...
Dorothy Jean Lee
Mar 7, 2016
Dorothy Jean Lee, 80, died Monday, March 7 at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born December 12, 1935 at Litchfield, Illinois to Lucille (Westhoff) Griffith Uthoff who survives of Sikeston and the late Walt Griffith. A resident of this area most of her life, she was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church and had been a clerk at the Scott...
Ted Leonard
Mar 4, 2016
Ted Dewayne Leonard, 67, died at his home in Sikeston, Friday, March 4, 2016. He was born April 25, 1948 in Poplar Bluff to the late George and Cora (McMullin) Leonard. A resident of this area for over 40 years, he was of the Lutheran faith and had been a brick layer and masonry worker. He was a veteran of...
Hester Lee Pehm
Mar 1, 2016
HESTER LEE PEHM, age 86, a resident of Charleston, MO, died Tuesday, March 01, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. Born May 16, 1929, at Blytheville, AR, to the late John Obie and Lula Bell Mann Hall, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the First Assembly of God Church and had worked...
David Lee Ketchum
Mar 1, 2016
DAVID LEE KETCHUM, Age 61, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 28, 1954, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Jack Stonewall and Gladys Josephine Perry Ketchum, he had lived in Charleston most of his life. A 1975 graduate of Kelly High School, he had been employed...
Bill Edwards
Feb 24, 2016
WILLIAM ELMER EDWARDS, JR. (Bill Edwards), age 86, of Cairo, IL, was born April 12, 1929 and passed from this life, February 24, 2016. Devoted Christian, father, husband and teacher, Bill is survived by his daughter, Dr. Jackie Edwards-Henry of Starkville, Mississippi, his brother, Robert Edwards of Harrisburg, Illinois, and four nephews and two nieces. Preceding him in death are...
C. D. Walker
Feb 21, 2016
Charles Denver "C.D." Walker, 86, formerly of Sikeston, died Sunday Feb. 21 at Woodland Manor of Arnold. He was born Dec.22, 1929 in East Prairie to the late Edward Brown Walker and Charity (McClain) Walker. He had been an Intermediate Computer Draftsman and later with the Survey crew for Missouri Department of Transportation. He had also worked at J. C....
Gladys Helen Taylor
Feb 19, 2016
Gladys Helen "Granny" Taylor, 88, died Friday Feb. 19 at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born June 22, 1927 at Micola, MO to the late General Lee and Mary Pearl (Heathcoat) Smith. She was married to Columbus Roscoe "Ross" Taylor April 7, 1949 in Oran and he preceded her in death April 14, 1998. She had worked at...
Ann Elaine Fulbright
Feb 18, 2016
Ann Elaine Fulbright, 77, formerly of Sikeston, died at 10:30 pm Thursday, Feb 18, at the Monticello House in Jackson. She was born at Kennett April 3, 1938 to the late Marshall and Helen (Slinkard) Fulbright. A resident of Sikeston since 1990 she was a retired school counselor, a member of First United Methodist Church and of Beta Sigma Phi....
Donald Cantrell
Feb 13, 2016
Donald Aubrey Cantrell, 86, a resident of this area most of his life, died Saturday, Feb. 13 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 29, 1929 at Sandywoods to the late William Jennings Bryant Cantrell and Audrey (Lawson) Cantrell. He was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ and was a retired machine operator at...
Jerry Vann
Feb 12, 2016
Jarrell Mitchell "Jerry" Vann, 76, a resident of Matthews most of his life, died Friday, Feb. 12 at Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston. He was born March 31, 1939 in Lilbourn to the late Robert M. and Ollie I. (Ragsdale) Vann. An active farmer for many years, Jerry was a member of First Christian Church of Matthews, Big Prairie...
Terry Jean Britt
Feb 6, 2016
Terry Jean Britt, 56, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at her home in Sikeston. She was born May 22, 1959 in Sikeston to Harold Eugene Britt and the late Ida Aliean (Bone) Hall. She had been employed in the Deli at Food Giant and was a member of Potter House Ministries in Sikeston. In addition...
Richard A. Forbey
Feb 6, 2016
RICHARD A. FORBEY, age 68, a resident of Charleston died Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 9, 1947 in Cairo, IL to the late Richard F. "Dick" and Ella Elizabeth Lane Forbey. Following his graduation from Charleston High School, he enlisted in the US Army and served until 1970, then enrolled...
Avis L. Muench
Feb 3, 2016
Avis L. Bartlett Muench, 100, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at her home surrounded by family. She was born September 15, 1915, in Bethany, Missouri, daughter of Orley W. and Eva M. Bolar Bartlett. Avis taught music and private voice in Texas and then in Northwest Missouri and Southeast Missouri. Many of her...
Norbert Rolwing
Jan 31, 2016
Norbert Samuel Rolwing, 98, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, January 31, 2016, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Missouri, after a long and healthy life enjoying his farming career, his wife and family, tons of friends, traveling, and always learning. Born October 28, 1917 at Possum Island north of Charleston, he was the son of the late Otto Joseph and...

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