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Alvin L. Cope
Nov 1, 2014
ALVIN LUBY COPE, Age 89, a resident of Bertrand, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2014 at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. He was born June 14, 1925 in Madrid Bend, KY, to the late Lubie A. Cope and Hazel Lee Laster. He grew up in Charleston and graduated from Charleston High School. A US Navy veteran of WW II, he served...
Bobbie Joe Barber
Nov 1, 2014
Bobbie Joe Barber, 74, a resident of Morehouse, died Saturday at his friend's home in Sikeston. He was born October 5, 1940 in Charter Oak to the late Charles Issac and Stella Mae (Stepp) Barber. He was a resident of the Charter Oak and Morehouse area most of his life and was a graduate of Gray Ridge High School; he...
Patricia Katherine Wilson
Oct 31, 2014
Patricia Katherine Wilson, 72, died Friday, Oct. 31 at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. She was born Aug. 30, 1942 in Morehouse to the late Harry C. and Novella (Grimes) Smith. On Jan. 17, 1958 she was married to Bobby Joe Wilson in Morehouse and he preceded her in death November 7, 2007. She is survived by 1...
Gary Sorensen
Oct 25, 2014
Gary George Sorensen, 73, died Saturday, Oct.. 25, 2014 at his residence in Sikeston. He was born Sept. 1, 1941 in Bruce, Wisconsin to the late Arthur and Allison (LaBlanc) Sorensen. A resident of Sikeston since 1991 he had previously resided in Ft. Myers, Florida with Sabrina (Douglas) Smith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Viet...
Judith Coffer
Oct 23, 2014
Judith Nan Coffer, 71, formerly of Scott City, died Thursday at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. She was born at Anniston Aug. 20, 1943 to the late Henry "Pete" and Justine (Williams) McClendon. She had worked as a machine operator at Brown Shoe Company. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Gary Wayne and Janie Coffer of Altus,...
Mark Alan Clardy
Oct 17, 2014
MARK ALAN CLARDY, Age 48, a resident of Sikeston, died Friday, October 17, 2014, at the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Born January 27, 1966, at Charleston, MO, to Rita Marshall Clardy who survives of Sikeston and the late Cleman Ray Clardy, he was a 1984 graduate of Charleston High School and had lived in Ballard County, KY a...
Debra Lynn Cohen
Oct 16, 2014
DEBRA LYNN GRAHAM COHEN, Age 56, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, October 16, 2014, at her home in Diehlstadt. Born July 28, 1958, at Cairo, Illinois, to Joseph C. "Toots" Graham and Veda Mae Peevyhouse Graham, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she had been employed with the Brown Shoe Company. She later moved to Diehlstadt...
Troy Smith
Oct 13, 2014
TROY SMITH, Age 79, a resident of Benton and formerly of Charleston, died Monday, October 13, 2014, near Benton. He was born October 13, 1935, at Decatur, TX, to the late Ruby Nell McMillen Finley and his stepfather who raised him, the late Tom Finley. He had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was employed with Waggener...
Nina Faye Reinbott
Oct 9, 2014
NINA FAYE COX REINBOTT, age 92, a resident of rural Bertrand, died Thursday, October 9, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born September 26, 1922 in Bethel Springs, TN to the late Herbert and Fronie Washum Cox. Moving to Missouri in 1940, she graduated from Essex High School and then took a position teaching 8th...
Kenneth T Mcdowell
Oct 6, 2014
KENNETH T. McDOWELL, age 71, a resident of Corning, AR formerly of Charleston, died Monday October 6, 2014 at Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, AR. He was born September 16, 1943 in Cape Girardeau to the late Wilson Clarence and Mildred Tant McDowell. A graduate of Anniston High School, he enlisted in the US Air Force in September 1962 serving...
Pam Nichols Whittington
Oct 5, 2014
PAMELA DENICE (NICHOLS) WHITTINGTON, died at 1:17 a.m., Sunday, October 05, 2014, on her 60th birthday at her home in rural Charleston. Born October 5, 1954, at Blytheville, AR, to the late Albert Leroy and Beatrice Geraldine Jennings Nichols, she grew up in Steele, MO and was a 1972 graduate of South Pemiscot High School. She had worked as an...
Debra Kay Mccann
Sep 26, 2014
Debra Kay McCann, 51, died at her home in Oran Friday September 26, 2014. She was born Sept. 19, 1963 in Sikeston to William A "Bill" and Gracie M. (Tolbert) McCann who survive of the home. She was a 1981 graduate of Sikeston High School and attended 2 years of college; she was a member of the Assembly of God...
Herb Culbertson
Sep 25, 2014
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Culbertson, 52, passed away September 25, 2014 at his home in Conroe, Texas. Herb was born January 7, 1962 in Sikeston to Donald and Pauline Culbertson, Sr. Herb is survived by his wife Debbie, daughter Tammi, son John, two granddaughters soon to be three, mother Pauline and brother Don, Jr. Step daughters Shannon England and Dawn Ingle...
Anna Mae Gentry O'Neal
Sep 23, 2014
ANNA MAE GENTRY O'NEAL, age 98, formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014, in Gilbert, AZ. Born February 19, 1916 in Delta to the late J.R. and Bertha Shell Gentry, she lived most of her life in Charleston where she had worked for her husband at Brown Shoe Company and later they opened O'Neal Portrait Studio. A member of...
Mac R. Mcclanahan
Sep 23, 2014
MAC R. McCLANAHAN, Age 93 years, 11 months and 1 day, went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. He had been a resident of the Bertrand Nursing Facility, now known as York Place at Bertrand, for nearly 10 years. Though it may take him a bit longer than it used to, Mac McClanahan, at 93 years old,...
Robert Mathews Nolen
Sep 21, 2014
ROBERT MATHEWS NOLEN, Age 61, died Sunday, September 21, 2014, at his home in Wyatt, MO. Born July 21, 1953, in the Crosno Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late William Henry and Anna Pauline Dyer Nolen, he had lived in Wyatt most of his life and had attended Charleston High School where he was a ribbon winning member...
Bill Willoughby
Sep 21, 2014
William C. "Bill" Willoughby, III, 64, died at his home in Sikeston, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. He was born January 17, 1950 in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Alice (Owens) Willoughby who survives of Temple, Texas and the late William C. Willoughby, II. He had a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering and was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the...
Harvey Eldon Washer
Sep 18, 2014
HARVEY ELDON WASHER, Age 74, died Thursday, September 18, 2014, at his home in Benton. Born February 27, 1940, at Charleston, MO, to the late Charles Pope Washer and Mattie Barber Washer, he had lived in Southeast Missouri most of his life having grown up at Alfalfa Center in Mississippi County. He had been employed as a mechanic for farm...
Van Noisworthy
Sep 18, 2014
Van Noisworthy, of Charleston, beloved husband, father and grandfather, joined his fellow brothers from WWII and his family in heaven after a long and beautiful life, Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at the age of 92. He was born on March 7, 1922 in Charleston. MO. He served his country with honor in the U.S. Army in World War II, storming...
Debra Kay Arms
Sep 14, 2014
Debra Kay Arms, 60, a resident of Sikeston, died at her home, Sunday, Sept. 14. She was born in New York, New York February 14, 1954 to the late Earl R. Rodgers and Nellie Elizabeth "Betty" (Bizzell) Rodgers Grissom. She graduated Sikeston High School in 1972, was a member of the Nazarene Church and had taught art in the Oklahoma...

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