Frances "Tippy" Hughes
Sep 3, 2015
FRANCES TIPPY HUGHES, Age 81, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, September 3, 2015, at the Charleston Manor. The daughter of the late Francis "Frank" Hughes and Frances Marie Burns Hughes, she was born July 14, 1934. Tippy as she was locally known, was a 1952 graduate of St. Henry High School in Charleston. After high school, Tippy attended Mount...
Patricia Nall Garth
Sep 1, 2015
PATRICIA L. NALL GARTH, Age 68, a resident of Southaven, MS and formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at the Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN. Obituary information is pending. Memorial services will be conducted at a later date. Online condolences may be shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com
Kenneth Dean Freeman
Aug 31, 2015
Kenneth Dean Freeman, 62, a lifelong resident of Sikeston, died at his home Aug. 31, 2015. He was born Nov. 6, 1952 in Sikeston to Geneva (Farmer) Freeman who survives of Sikeston and the late Charles Omer Freeman. He had been a concrete construction worker. On Dec. 12, 2008 he was married to Jo Anne Payne in Benton and she...
Sue Bogle
Aug 30, 2015
Martha "Sue" Bogle, 76, died at her home, Sunday August 30, 2015. She was born Jan. 9, 1939 at Parma to the late Lester and Ruby (Gill) Early. She was of the Baptist Faith, a 1957 graduate of Gray Ridge High School and had been a housewife and worked at the Sikeston Nutrition Center. She was married May 16, 1964...
Rita Louise Bentley
Aug 23, 2015
RITA LOUISE BENTLEY, Age 61, a resident of Anniston, died Sunday, August 23, 2015, at the SSM St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, MO. Born September 9, 1953, at Anniston, MO, to the Mary Frances McAfee Bentley who survives of Anniston and the late Herbert Elmo Bentley, she had lived in Anniston area her entire life and was a graduate...
Sharron Friend Black
Aug 22, 2015
SHARRON V. FRIEND BLACK, Age 75, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, August 22, 2015, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born December 15, 1939, at St. Louis, MO, to the late Sherman W. and Evelyn Nielsen Black, she had lived in Charleston since 1969 and had served on the board of the Charleston Nutrition Center. Everyone knew her...
Randy Hale
Aug 18, 2015
Randy Lee Hale, 52, a resident of Essex and formerly of Sikeston, died at his residence Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. He was born October 29, 1962 in Vienna, Illinois to the late John Franklin and Margaret Ellen (Gross) Hale. Randy had worked at the Community Sheltered Workshop and at VIP Industries. He is survived by 1 sister Virginia Blaylock of...
Olga Mae Watson Perry
Aug 15, 2015
OLGA MAE WATSON PERRY, age 87, died Saturday, August 15, 2015, at 7:40 a.m. at her residence in Charleston. She was born November 22, 1927 in the Lusk Chapel Community in Scott County, to the late William Albert and Ophelia Franklin Watson and had lived in the Charleston area her entire life. She was a charter member of the Southside...
H.W. Duke
Aug 11, 2015
HARDY WILSON "H" DUKE, JR., Age 88, left this world and went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Born April 23, 1927, in Mitchellville, IL, son of the late Hardy Wilson Duke, Sr. and Daisy Cummins Duke, Mr. Duke was a long time resident of the Dogwood Community where he managed the Dogwood Store for 34 years...
Nadine Salyers
Aug 11, 2015
Nadine Salyers, 89, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 at the Good Shepherd Nursing Center in Ashland, Ohio. She was born May 7, 1926 at Swift, Missouri to the late Sam and Nellie (Collins) Thaxtion. She had moved from Sikeston to Ohio 20 years ago and had been a nurse's aide at the Kingston Nursing Home. She was a member of...
Jo Ann Lyons
Aug 11, 2015
JO ANN BONE LYONS, Age 71, a resident of Vernon, TX, died on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, in Dallas, TX. Jo Ann was born February 18, 1944, in Charleston, Missouri, to the late Jack Bone and the late Helen Brown Bone. Jo Ann was a beloved member of the Vernon community. She belonged to the Wilbarger Street Church of Christ...
Doris L. Wylie
Aug 10, 2015
Doris Louise Wylie, 86, a longtime resident of Sikeston, died at her home Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. She was born January 16, 1929 in Blytheville, Arkansas to the late Frank and Agnes Gaines Kesler. Mrs. Wylie was an active member of Shady Acres Church of Christ; she also loved her family, friends and quilting. She was united in marriage to...
Kevin Brown
Aug 9, 2015
KEVIN WAYNE BROWN, SR., Age 61, formerly of Wyatt, died Sunday, August 9, 2015, at his home in Wappapello. Born January 27, 1954, at Wyatt, Mo. , to the late Wallace and Vera Jeff Houston Brown, he had lived in Wyatt growning up and was a 1972 graduate of Charleston High School. He then lived in Benton, MO a number...
James Lowell Stewart
Aug 8, 2015
JAMES LOWELL STEWART, age 88, died Saturday, August 8, 2015, at his home near East Prairie. He was born December 24, 1926, in East Prairie, to the late Joel "Chisel" and Thelma Wallace Stewart. He lived in East Prairie most of his life, enlisting in the US Navy to serve in WW II. Following his first tour of duty he...
Mari Shoffner
Jul 22, 2015
STEPHANIE MARI BROOKLYNN SHOFFNER, Age 26, a resident of East Prairie, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born September 4, 1988, at Sikeston, MO, to David Shoffner who survives of St. Louis, and Robin Larue Culp who survives of East Prairie, she had lived in East Prairie all of her life. Besides her...
Wendell Hoyt Choate
Jul 15, 2015
WENDELL HOYT CHOATE, age 96, a resident of Charleston, formerly of Dorena, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 29, 1919 in Hickman, KY, to the late Paul Washington and Elizabeth Pickett Choate, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life. He attended the Hickman Public Schools and graduated from...
Roy Glen Estes
Jul 11, 2015
ROY GLEN ESTES, Age 69, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born July 6, 1946, in Charleston, to the late Lyman Estes and Dellphia Raines Estes Ford, having lived in Charleston most of his life, he had lived in Sikeston the past few years. Surviving is one brother, Jerry...
Ron Williams
Jul 10, 2015
Ronald Ross "Ron" Williams, 72, died Friday, July 10, 2015 at Miner Nursing Center. He was born Feb. 14, 1943 in Manila, Arkansas to the late Bill & Macie (Davis) Williams. Ron was a graduate of Arkansas State University at Jonesboro and a very active member of Miner Baptist Church. He especially loved music having been involved with the Children's...
Benjamin Bird Moore
Jul 7, 2015
CHARLESTON – Benjamin Bird Moore died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at the Charleston Manor. He was 93 years old. Born October 19, 1921 in Charleston, Mo, he was the son of Benjamin Bird Moore Sr. and Faye Smith Moore. After graduating from Charleston High School, Benjamin attended the University of Missouri, where he earned a BS in Agriculture. After graduation,...
Spencer Presson
Jul 3, 2015
ROBERT SPENCER PRESSON, age 98, a resident of Charleston died Friday, July 3, 2015 at the Charleston Manor. He was born January 27, 1917 in Dogwood to the late William Luter and Mary Ellen McClendon Presson. He had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he was a 67 year member of the First Church of God in East...
