Patrick Thomas Craig
Jun 16, 2015
PATRICK THOMAS CRAIG, Age 57, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at his home in Charleston. Born February 17, 1958, at Tacoma, WA, to the late Arthur Leslie and Tomii Otsuki Craig, he had lived in Charleston a number of years and was employed with Alan Wire Company in Sikeston. Surviving is his companion of many years, Martha Emma Thurman-Humphrey of...
Millie Burnes
Jun 15, 2015
Mildred J. "Millie" Burnes, 88, a long time resident of Sikeston, died Monday, June 15 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 14, 1927 at Marmaduke, Arkansas to the late Arthur and Zettie (Coleman) Qualls. She previously had lived in Michigan before moving back to the Sikeston area some 40 years ago; she was a member of Temple...
Karen Wright Ditto
Jun 11, 2015
KAREN LEE DITTO, age 54, died Thursday, June 11, 2015, at her residence in rural East Prairie. She was born June 30, 1960 in Sikeston to the late Harley Leo and Wanda Louise Northern Wright. She had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she was a stay at home mom and nana. She had completed Culinary Art...
Kenneth Lynn Jeffords
Jun 10, 2015
KENNETH LYNN JEFFORDS, Age 53, a resident of Fenton, MO, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at his home in Fenton. Born July 12, 1961, at Sikeston, MO, to Beverly Howell Jeffords who survives of Republic, MO, and the late Gerald S. "Jerry" Jeffords, he had lived in Wyatt a number of years before moving to Fenton. He was employed with...
Cuma M. Chism Hale
May 31, 2015
Cuma Martha (Walls) Chism Hale, 87, formerly of Matthews, died Sunday, May 31, 2015 at the Miner Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 19, 1927 at Cleveland, Arkansas to the late Orville "O.C." and Esther (Rhoades) Walls. She had been a member of the Big Ridge Baptist Church at Canalou, but more recently had attended the First Christian Church of...
Billy Gene Hall
May 28, 2015
Billy "Gene" Hall, 81, died Thursday May 28, 2015 at Miner Nursing Home. He was born May 19, 1934 near Sikeston to the late Adlee and Beulah (Powers) Hall. A long-time resident of Sikeston, he moved back here about twelve years ago from Buffalo, MO; he had been an automobile mechanic at Otasco for years when he lived here before....
Opal M. Merriman
May 17, 2015
Opal Marie Merriman, 91, died Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born June 27, 1923 at Doniphan to the late Jess and Minnie L. (Hall) Robinson. A resident of Sikeston since 1946, she was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ and had been employed at King's Laundry and the Daily Standard. On Dec. 23,...
Mary Beth Nall
May 14, 2015
MARY ELIZABETH GRISSO NALL, age 68, a resident of Jackson, formerly of Charleston, left her earthly home and entered heaven with Jesus by her side on Thursday, May 14, 2015, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Mary Beth was born November 13, 1946 in rural Charleston, to the late Lester "Jack" and Elizabeth Hart Grisso. A member of St....
Joann Terrell
May 14, 2015
JoAnn Terrell, 83, a long-time resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Oct. 5, 1931 in Blandville, Kentucky to the late Paul H. and Emily (Carman) Brumley. She was a member of Trinity Gospel Church in Sikeston. On April 4, 1946 she was married to Charles W. Terrell at Hernando, Mississippi and...
Dorothy Pattengill
May 13, 2015
Dorothy A. Pattengill, age 93, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015. She was born on Dec. 30, 1921, in Campbell, MO, to the late Andrew J. Harris and Minnie Pearl Williams Harris. She was raised in Campbell, Mo, graduating from Campbell High School in 1939 as an honor student. After graduation, she worked in Malden, MO until...
Alvin Crawford
May 5, 2015
ALVIN CRAWFORD, Age 85, a resident of Charleston, MO, formerly of Cunningham, KY, died Tuesday, May 05, 2015 at the Charleston Manor. Born November 8, 1929, in Hickman County, KY, to the late William and Margaret Riley Crawford, he had lived near Cunningham, KY most of his life moving to Charleston in 1996. He was a retired farmer. Besides his...
Sharon Dugan
May 4, 2015
SHARON DUGAN, age 71, a resident of Mississippi County, died Monday, May 4. 2015, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born January 27, 1944 in Mississippi County to the late Robert James and Johnnie Jo Potter Dugan. In 1964 she left Mississippi County and lived in Oklahoma City and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, then Huntsville and Prattville,...
Thelma Sue Schade
Apr 20, 2015
THELMA SUE SCHADE, age 71, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, April 20, 2015, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born February 1, 1944, in Covington, TN, to the late Robert Lester and Ruby Mae Delashmit Allbritton. She moved to Missouri in 1954 and had lived in Cape Girardeau since 1992. She had been employed as...
William "Bill" E. Neal
Apr 17, 2015
WILLIAM E. 'BILL' NEAL, Age 84, a resident of East Prairie, died Friday, April 17, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born December 30, 1930, at Morehouse, MO, to the late John Henry and Amanda Bohannon Neal, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life where he was employed in farming and had also worked...
Oscar Mainord
Apr 17, 2015
William "Oscar" Mainord, 90, a resident of Matthews, died Friday,, April 17, 2015 at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 4, 1924 in Matthews to the late Oscar K. and Ella Frances (Singleton) Mainord. A lifelong resident of Matthews, he had been a car salesman for over 42 years and was a member of Shady Acres Church...
Janis Graham
Apr 10, 2015
Janis Sue Graham, 63, died Friday, April 10, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 23, 1952 in Sikeston to the late Jack & Charlene (Smith) Baker. A life-long resident of this area, she had been employed as a nurse's aide at Missouri Delta Medical Center and was a member of Crossroads of Hope...
Alice Lorraine Hayden
Apr 9, 2015
ALICE LORRAINE HAYDEN, Age 81, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, April 9, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born February 9, 1934, at Rural Retreat, VA, to the late Robert and Alice Holback Thompson; she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life, having lived in East Prairie a number of years. She was...
Arvin Neil Napier
Apr 3, 2015
ARVIN NEIL NAPIER, age 74, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, April 3, 2015, at the Charleston Manor. He was born October 6, 1940, in Obion County, TN, to the late John and Annie Ruth Sizemore Napier Jr. In 1963 he graduated from University of TN at Martin with a Bachelor of Science in Education and moved to Cape Girardeau...
Daniel Bradley
Mar 29, 2015
DANIEL BRADLEY, Age 67, of Charleston, died Sunday, March 29, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home.
Peggy Presson
Mar 27, 2015
PEGGY CROSNO PRESSON, age 77, a resident of Diehlstadt, died Friday, March 27, 2015, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born September 18, 1937 in Diehlstadt to the late Albert and Grace McClanahan Crosno. She had lived in Diehlstadt her entire life, was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Diehlstadt and had been employed...
