Bob F. Williams, Sr.
Mar 2, 2014
BOB F. WILLIAMS,SR. Age 83, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, March 2, 2014 at the Charleston Manor. Born February 12, 1931, at Charleston, MO, to the late Jasper Mac and Velma Katherine Mitchell Williams, he lived in the St. Louis area a number of years where he was employed as a pipefitter with General Motors Company for 30 years...
Terry Bruce Marshall
Feb 28, 2014
TERRY BRUCE MARSHALL, age 65, a resident of Fountain Inn, SC, formerly of Mississippi County, died on Friday, February 28, 2014, at the Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, SC. He was born April 12, 1948 in the Pinhook Community of Mississippi County to the late Joe Tom and Beatrice Newberry Marshall. In 1970 he was employed by the New Madrid...
Martha Bell
Feb 23, 2014
Martha Elizabeth (Oswalt) Bell, 78, died Feb. 23, 2014 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 16, 1935 in Joiner, Ark. to the late Bilbo and Ruvelle Oswalt. On June 30, 1957 she married Jerry Lynn Bell, son of the late Carter and Faye Bell. Jerry preceded her in death on March 20, 2004. Survivors include two...
David B. Brewer
Feb 17, 2014
DAVID BENJAMIN BREWER, age 75, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at the Charleston Manor. He was born April 21, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, MO, to the late Benjamin Grinstead and Frances Shelby Brewer. A 1956 graduate of Charleston High School, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Missouri where he was a...
Harold Thomas Winkler, Jr.
Feb 15, 2014
Harold Thomas Winkler, Jr. 51, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born in St. Louis June 9, 1962 to the late Harold Thomas Winkler, Sr. and Pearl (Freeland) Inman. A resident of this area most of his life, he had been employed for 13 years at the Sikeston Housing...
Gaither Daugherty
Feb 15, 2014
Benjamin Gaither Daugherty, Jr., 91, died at 7 am Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born to the late Benjamin G., Sr. and Bertie Mae Stoker Daugherty April 24, 1922 at Matthews, MO and he grew up on a farm in rural Matthews. He attended Crowe School and then transferred to the Matthews School...
Catherine Rose Showmaker
Feb 2, 2014
CATHERINE ROSE SHOWMAKER, Age 91, a resident of Cape Girardeau, MO, and formerly of Charleston, MO, died Sunday, February 2, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born October 4, 1922, in the Texas Bend Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Henry Bernard and Catherine Ann Bruenderman Duenne, she had lived in Charleston most of...
Philip Joseph Ponder
Feb 1, 2014
PHILIP JOSEPH PONDER, age 67, died Saturday, February 1, 2014, in Luling, Louisiana. He was born May 20, 1946 to Evelyn Ponder who survives of Cape Girardeau and the late Philip James Ponder, Jr. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life where he was employed with Ponder Chevrolet Buick Company in Charleston and then with Jarvis Motor...
Jack A. Farmer
Jan 31, 2014
JACK A. FARMER, age 82, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, January 31, 2014, at his residence in Washington, MO. Jack was born June 18, 1931, in Charleston, MO, to the late Dora Baker Farmer and Jesse Newton Farmer. He graduated from Charleston High School and then served in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1954. On November 30, 1956,...
Aloyce M. Barnhill
Jan 29, 2014
ALOYCE MAYBERRY BARNHILL, Age 81, a resident of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Born March 24, 1932, in the small community of Crane Roost near Qulin, MO, to the late Julius and Mable Gunnels Mayberry, she was always proud to say she was from "Crane Roost". She was reared...
Elgin Mcmikle
Jan 26, 2014
J. ELGIN MCMIKLE, age 88, a resident of Charleston, died at 9:30 p.m., Sunday, January 26, 2014, at the Charleston Manor. He was born December 11, 1925, in the Mississippi County community called Yellow Dog, to the late Joseph Bernie and Sally Katherine Black McMikle. He lived in Scott and Mississippi Counties his entire life. At age 14, he embarked...
Berniece George
Jan 24, 2014
Walsie "Berniece" George, 82, died at her residence in Sikeston, Friday Jan. 24, 2014. She was born Nov. 3, 1931 at Limestone, Arkansas to the late Tobe and Etta (Brown) Adams. A resident of this area most of her life, she was a member of The Sanctuary United Pentecostal Church , had volunteered at the Oaks Senior Center and was...
Anita L. "Skeeter" Forrester
Jan 20, 2014
Anita Lee "Skeeter" Forrester, 51, a resident of Sikeston, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 11, 1962 in St. Louis to Mildred J. (Garrison) Forrester Burnes, who survives of Sikeston and the late Carl William Forrester, Sr. She had previously lived in St. Louis, Michigan and Marble Hill and moved...
Richard T. Reed, Jr.
Jan 16, 2014
RICHARD THOMPSON REED, JR., age 64, died Thursday, January 16, 2014, at his residence in Charleston. He was born August 17, 1949 in Cairo, IL, to Dorothy Farmer Reed who survives of Charleston and the late Richard T. Reed Sr. Following his graduation from East Prairie High School, he served with the United States Air Force 1969 – 1971. In...
Howard Thomas Burns, Sr.
Jan 16, 2014
Howard Thomas Burns, Sr., 77, died at his home near Sikeston Thursday, Jan 16, 2014. He was born Jan. 24, 1936 in Sikeston to the late Rev. Thomas F. and Ethel (Hawkins) Burns. He was a machine operator at Proctor & Gamble and retired in 1991. They had resided in Jackson from 1975-1997 but had lived here most of his...
Gary Wayne Rodgers
Jan 10, 2014
Gary Wayne Rodgers, 62, died Friday, Jan 10, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center at Cape Girardeau. He was born March 4, 1951 in Sikeston to the late Earl R. Rodgers and Nellie Elizabeth "Betty" (Bizzell) Rodgers Grissom. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force during the Viet Nam Era, he later worked at a power plant in Florida. He...
Karla Jean Walker
Jan 10, 2014
KARLA JEAN WALKER, Age 54, died Friday, January 10, 2014, at her home in New Madrid. Born June 19, 1959, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Charles Walter and Mary Virginia Ledbetter Weakley, she had lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life and for a few years lived in Tupelo, Mississippi. On December 2, 1976, she married Russell L....
Lorene Barker Shepard
Jan 6, 2014
LORENE BARKER SHEPARD, Age 97, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at her home near Matthews, Missouri. She was born November 25, 1916, in Double Springs, AL, to the late Francis Newton and Essie Laura Barker Taylor. Shortly after she married Lorene moved to Matthews, where she farmed with her husband in Scott County and lived there until her death. She...
William Thomas Jackson
Jan 4, 2014
WILLIAM THOMAS 'BILL' JACKSON, SR., Age 68, a resident of Williamsville, MO, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at the home of his daughter in Diehlstadt. Born, December 18, 1945, at Red Bay, Alabama, to the late Roy Jackson and Myrtle Jackson White, he had lived in Mississippi County a number of years and had lived in Williamsville the past three...
James "Jimmy" Holman Jr.
Jan 2, 2014
JAMES A. HOLMAN JR., age 47, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, January 2, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 4, 1966 in Sikeston to Peggy Galemore Holman who survives of Anniston and the late James A. Holman Sr. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life where he had...
