Nellie Faye Crum
Nov 6, 2015
Nellie "Faye" Crum, 88, went home to be with the Lord on November 6, 2015. Born near Trezvant, TN on July 2, 1927, she grew up in East Prairie, MO. She married Cletus Crum on May 23, 1942 . They moved to Indiana and settled in Merrillville for many years. Faye was always a wife, homemaker, and mother who dearly...
Alice Marie Whittington
Oct 30, 2015
ALICE MARIE WHITTINGTON, Age 83, a resident of Charleston and formerly of Steele, MO, went to meet her Savior, Jesus Christ, Friday, October 30, 2015, at 4:45 p.m. Alice was the first of five children born to Alphus Boone and Viola Marie Faris Guest, on May 14, 1932, in Ridgely, TN. She married Oscar Whittington, Jr. in May of 1949,...
Pauline Slaten Pinelle
Oct 27, 2015
COURTESY OBITUARY PAULINE B. SLATEN PINELLE, age 91, a resident of Pueblo, CO formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015, in Pueblo. She was born October 18, 1924 in Hot Springs, AR to the late E. Roy and Myrtle Kemp Slaten. At a young age, her family moved to Charleston where she attended school and graduated from high school...
Harold Richard Cox
Oct 25, 2015
HAROLD RICHARD COX, age 86, a resident of rural Charleston, died Sunday, October 25, 2015 at the Charleston Manor. Born September 8, 1929 to the late Roy Richard and Jessie Organ Cox, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life. He worked at Brown Shoe for 43 years until his retirement. Following his retirement he established a lawn mowing...
Chris Helms
Oct 20, 2015
Christopher Logan "Chris" Helms, 50, died suddenly & unexpectedly, Tuesday, Oct 20, 2015. He was born Oct 24, 1964 at Dexter to the late Delores (Glueck) Helms and Don Helms who survives of Dixon, TN. A resident of this area all of his life, he was the owner and operator of Total Lawn Care and was a member of Miner...
James "Jim" Earl Chappell
Oct 20, 2015
James Earl "Jim" Chappell, 81, died at his home in Sikeston Oct. 20, 2015. He was born Jan.7, 1934 in Parma to the late Coy and Della Mae (Wilkins) Chappell. He had been a truck driver and was a member of Smith Avenue Church of God. He was married to Mary Ann (McEntire) June 28, 1982 in Sikeston and she...
Jean Belk Bartlett
Oct 15, 2015
Wilma Jean Bartlett, Age 70, passed away October 15, 2015, at her home near Scott City, MO. She was born in Oak Ridge, TN on February 3, 1945 to the late Bly V. and Penny Boitnott Belk. She graduated from Charleston High School in 1963 and the Office Training School in Cape Girardeau in 1964. She worked at Southeast Missouri...
Dr. Albert G. Smith
Oct 13, 2015
Dr. Albert G. Smith passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, in Shreveport, LA after a brief illness. Dr. Smith, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. David English Smith, was a native of Charleston, Missouri where he graduated from high school with many honors. He received his M.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was...
Harvie Lee Jackson
Oct 11, 2015
HARVIE LEE JACKSON, Age 98, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, October 11, 2015, at the Charleston Manor. Born February 11, 1917, in Casey County, KY, to the late Rev. W.E. Jackson and Mary Etta Bell Jackson, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was a retired farmer and carpenter. He was a member of...
Martha Jane Jackson Evans
Oct 7, 2015
MARTHA JANE JACKSON EVANS, age 52, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Daughter of Robert "Bob" and Jane Russell Jackson who survive of Charleston, she was born on December 20, 1962 in Cape Girardeau. Martha Jane grew up in Charleston where she was a member of the United Methodist...
Frankie Nell Turner
Oct 5, 2015
FRANKIE NELL TESNEY TURNER, age 74, died Monday, October 5, 2015, at her residence in Charleston. Born October 16, 1940 in Haleyville, AL to the late William Wes and Ethel Lee Howell Tesney, she moved to Missouri in 1943. Following her graduation from Kelly High School she moved to Washington, DC in 1959. In 1975 she moved to the Austin,...
Clara Pearl Freeman
Oct 3, 2015
Clara Pearl Freeman, 92, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 15, 1923 in East Sylamore, Arkansas to the late John and Margaret (Jones) Wrinkle. She was a longtime resident of Sikeston and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. On Oct. 25, 1941 she married Charles Lee Freeman at Portageville and...
Lloyd A. Pratt
Oct 3, 2015
Lloyd Alvie Pratt, 78, died Oct. 3, 2015 in Sikeston. He was born September 27, 1937 in New Madrid County to the late Bill and Jessie B. (Gray) Pratt. He lived in Missouri until joining the Navy in 1955 and then lived in California before moving back to Missouri in 1969. After serving in the U.S. Navy he was a...
Frances Sue Moran
Sep 27, 2015
FRANCES SUE MORAN, age 65, a resident of Medford, OR, formerly of Charleston, passed away on Sunday, September 27th, 2015. She was born February 3rd, 1950 to the late James B and Louise Atteberry Moran. Fran was a 1968 graduate of Charleston High School and of the University of Missouri in 1972. Prior to her illness, she was a classroom...
Louise McIntyre
Sep 26, 2015
LOUISE THURMAN McINTYRE, age 94, formerly of Anniston, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the home of her daughter and son- in- law, Wanda and Johney Shoffner, on State Highway 105, Charleston. She was born in Anniston, MO on March 9, 1921 to the late Pryor and Bertha Maude Cawthorne Thurman and had lived in Mississippi County her entire life....
Wiley Snider
Sep 25, 2015
WILEY SNIDER, age 70, a resident of Wyatt, died Friday, September 25th, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born on August 4th, 1945 in Cape Girardeau where he was raised by his mother, the late Coleen Wiley Sides, and his step father, the late Dennis Sides. Following his graduation from Cape Central High School he went...
Joseph "Joe" Layton Pickard
Sep 24, 2015
JOSEPH LAYTON PICKARD, age 66, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at his home in East Prairie. Joe and his twin sister were born in Kennett, MO on February 28, 1949 to the late Layton and Mancy Pickard. The family moved to Charleston in 1963. Joe was the first handicapped worker to be employed by the new Community Sheltered Workshop in...
Joseph Handy Moore
Sep 19, 2015
CHARLESTON - Joseph Handy Moore died Saturday, September 19th, 2015 at the Charleston Manor. He was 86 years old. A great lover of music, Joe could often be caught singing, whistling, or dancing. All who encountered Joe remember him as the kindest, most genteel of men, who always had a ready smile. He was never heard to complain about anything,...
Catherine Renaud
Sep 19, 2015
CATHERINE PATRICIA DIEBOLD RENAUD, age 94, a resident of the Texas Bend Community in rural Charleston, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2015. She was born March 17, 1921 in Benton to the late Lawrence and Suzanna Essner Diebold. A graduate of Benton High School, she was named Salutatorian of her...
Helen Louella Chandler Ezzell
Sep 16, 2015
HELEN LOUELLA CHANDLER EZZELL, age 79, a resident of Bertrand died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born October 16, 1935 in Caraway, AR to Joel C. and Martha Ernestine House Chandler. A graduate of Charleston High School, where she participated in girls basketball and softball, she lived in Mississippi County most of her...
