Ricky Pearson
Sep 6, 2014
Carl Richard "Ricky" Pearson, 48, a life-long resident of the Sikeston area, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 23, 1966 in Sikeston to the Lorene A. (McCann) Pearson and Carl D. Pearson, who survives of Sikeston. Ricky had been a truck driver and had been a member of Sikeston...
Charles W. Perry
Sep 2, 2014
CHARLES WILLIAM PERRY II, age 89, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at his residence in Bertrand. Born May 20, 1925 in Senath to the late Charles William and Flora Parlimon Perry, he had lived in Southeast Missouri his entire life. He owned and operated Perry Farm Equipment in Bertrand for over 40 years and was a member of the Fellowship...
Charles "Buck" Farmer
Aug 31, 2014
CHARLES FRANKLIN FARMER JR., age 94, a resident of Charleston died Sunday, August 31, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 15, 1919 in Mississippi County to the late Charles Franklin and Cordia Sutherland Farmer Sr. Commissioned with the US Army during WW II, he was discharged as a 1st Lieutenant in December 1952....
Hazel Hurley
Aug 29, 2014
HAZEL HUNT HURLEY, Age 96, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, August 29, 2014, at the Charleston Manor. Born July 14, 1918, in Gideon, MO, to the late Charley Bennett and Nellie Mae Brackney Hunt, her mother died when she was three months old, and she and her sister were raised by their maternal grandparents in the Morehouse area. The...
Ronald Clyde Hurley
Aug 25, 2014
Ronald Clyde Hurley, 67, of Germantown, TN passed away on August 25, 2014. He grew up in Sikeston, MO and attended Sikeston High School and graduated from Southeast Missouri University in Cape Girardeau, MO. He served in the National Guard during the Vietnam War. Ron was employed by First Tennessee Bank for 40 years as Senior Vice President of Operations....
Frankie Jo Skelton
Aug 23, 2014
FRANKIE JO SKELTON, Age 70, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born January 27, 1944, at East Prairie, MO, to the late James Orville and Frances Jeanette Tyler Britt, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she was employed with the Charleston R-1 School District...
Mildred Brown Nicholson
Aug 22, 2014
MILDRED BROWN NICHOLSON, Age 93, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Charleston Manor. Born January 15, 1921, at Charleston, MO, to the late John W. and Ida Forsythe Brown, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the United Methodist Church and had been employed with the Bucker-Ragsdale...
Sueffie Elizabeth Pemberton
Aug 7, 2014
SUEFFIE ELIZBETH PEMBERTON, age 80, a resident of Monroe, MI and formerly of Bertrand, MO, died Thursday, August 7, 2014, at the Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe. Born December 19, 1933, at Success, AR, to the late David Leroy and Nola Cordelia Belcher Hill, she had lived in Bertrand a number of years, moving to Michigan four years ago. On...
Doris McClellan
Aug 3, 2014
Doris Marie McClellan, 89, a resident of Sikeston for most of her life, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 17, 1925 at Grider, Arkansas to the late Arthur Dresden Johnson and Opal Dale (Jones) Johnson Tarbert. She was married to Ralph Edward McClellan Jan. 5, 1942 at Benton and he preceded her...
Beck Smith
Aug 3, 2014
William "Beck" Smith, 72, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died at his home Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. He was born Jan. 11, 1942 in New Madrid County, Missouri to the late Roland Webster and Motel (Beck) Smith. Beck had been a route driver for White Rose Laundry and was a member of Sikeston Community Church. On May 26, 1961 he...
Billy "Red" Lee Chambers
Aug 2, 2014
BILLY LEE "RED" CHAMBERS, age 87, died Saturday, August 2, 2014, at his residence in Charleston. He was born October 9, 1926 in Anniston to the late Benjamin Franklin and Emma Pollock Chambers and had lived in Mississippi County his entire life. Employed as a bookkeeper for Clay County Cotton Company for a number of years, in 1966 he accepted...
Carol Ann Butler
Jul 31, 2014
CAROL ANN BUTLER, age 68, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at her residence in Charleston. She was born April 30, 1946 in Highland, IL to the late W.R. and Doris Campbell Nally. She moved to Tucson, AZ in 1979 where she worked at the University Of Arizona Hospital. She moved back to Mississippi County in 1999 and was a member...
John Hart
Jul 30, 2014
John J. Hart, 68, son of the late Clem and Lucille Hart, passed away July 30, 2014. Mr. Hart was a Marine having served in the Vietnam War was a member of the American Legion, attended St. William Catholic Church in Millington, and retired from Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Diane W. Hart; daughters,...
Betty C. Jobe
Jul 25, 2014
Betty C. Jobe, 77, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died at Clearview Nursing Center, Friday, July 25, 2014. She was born September 4, 1936 at McMullin to the late Ed and Susie (Barnes) Cline. She retired from Missouri Delta Medical Center and was a member of First United Methodist Church. She is survived by one son, Mark Jobe, 1 nephew,,...
Lucille Sullivan
Jul 21, 2014
Ellnora "Lucille" Sullivan, 92, died Monday, July 21, 2014 at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born July 6, 1922 at Clarksville, Arkansas to the late James & Anna (Price) Box. A resident of this area most of her life, she was a member of Trinity Gospel Church and had worked for many years as a cook and waitress at Kirby's...
Alfred H. Martin
Jul 21, 2014
ALFRED HERBERT MARTIN, Age 94, a resident of rural Charleston, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born December 13, 1919, in the Lusk Chapel Community of Scott County, Missouri, to the late Charles Dunning "C.D." Martin and Clara Belle Brauner Martin, he had lived in Scott County his entire life where he was...
Don W. Stracener
Jul 15, 2014
DON W. STRACENER, age 68, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at his residence in rural Charleston, MO. He was born February 5, 1946 in Tyronza, AR to the late Charles and Pauline O'Dell Stracener. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #511 in Pleasant Plains, AR, had worked as Deputy Sheriff of Independence County, Arkansas prior to accepting a...
Robert J. Dugan
Jul 14, 2014
ROBERT J. DUGAN, Age 92, a resident of Wyatt, died Monday, July 14, 2014, at the Charleston Manor. Born October 4, 1921, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late R. L. and Beulah Faughn Dugan, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life where he had been engaged in farming and was a member of the Wyatt United...
Janet Hudspeth
Jul 12, 2014
Janet Eileen Hudspeth, 67, died at her home in Sikeston, Saturday, July 12, 2014. She was born April 2, 1947 in Springfield, IL to the late Homer W. and Eileen (Griswold) Tice. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse and had worked at various Nursing Homes; they had moved back to Sikeston 4 months ago from Lake of the Ozarks; she...
Fay Finley
Jul 12, 2014
Fay Del Finley,73, formerly of St. Louis, died Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Puxico Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born March 4, 1941 in Kennett, MO to the late John and Mary (Graves) Ware. She was of the Nazarene faith and had lived most of her life in St. Louis. Survivors include 2 sons, David Finley of St. Louis...
