Donald Smith
May 28, 2014
DONALD RAY SMITH, age 68, died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at his residence in Wyatt. He was born October 9, 1945 in Cairo, IL to the late William Junior and Marjorie Louise "Trixie" Magee Smith. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life where he worked as a farm mechanic and owned his own small engine repair business...
Mary Emma Riley
May 28, 2014
Mary Emma Riley, 68, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, May 28 at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born July 16, 1945 at Marston to the late Rex Leon and Ivry Bell (Phoenix) Hutton. She was married to Wallace Riley in St. Louis Dec. 31, 1970, had worked as a laboratory technician for 32 years at Missouri Delta Medical Center,...
Betty Hedge Norman
May 24, 2014
BETTY LEONA NORMAN, Age 73, died Saturday, May 24, 2014, at her home in Elco, Illinois. Born October 5, 1940, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Martin George and Hattie L. Moore Hedge, she had lived in St. Louis a number of years where she was employed at Frisco until her retirement. She moved to Elco, IL eight years ago...
Walter J. Rogers
May 15, 2014
Walter J. Rogers, 85, died Thursday May 15, 2014 at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. He was born July 15, 1928 in the Sugar Tree Ridge Community of New Madrid County, Missouri to the late Arthur and Clara (Bischer) Rogers. He had worked as a lawn mower and gardener, was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War...
Jimmy Sparks
May 14, 2014
JIMMY SPARKS, Age 71, a resident of Wyatt, died Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born December 10, 1942, at Cairo, IL, to the late Arthur Ceburn and Thelma West Sparks, he had lived in Wyatt most of his life where he was a member of the New Covenant Pentecostal Holiness Church . He...
Pam Yant
May 12, 2014
Pam (Leonard) Yant, 56, died at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston Monday, May 12, 2014. She was born June 21, 1957 in Paducah, KY to the late William Richard "Bill" and Wanda Sue (Howard) Leonard. Pam had lived in Bakersfield, California for a while but had resided in Sikeston most of her life; she was a political activist with...
Barbara Peters Miller
May 12, 2014
BARBARA PETERS MILLER, Age 77, longtime educator in the Charleston R-1 School district, as well as other schools in rural Mississippi County, died Monday, May 12, 2014, at her home in Bertrand. Born February 18, 1937, at Bertrand, MO, to the late John Albert Peters, Sr. and Mabel Ann Woods Peters, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life....
James Louis Finley
May 10, 2014
James Louis Finley, 35, a life-long resident of St. Louis, died at his home May 10, 2014. He was born July 8, 1978 in St. Louis to Fay Dell (Ware) Finley who survives of Sikeston and the late James Allen. He was of the Baptist faith. Besides his mother, he is survived by one sister, Theresa Finley of Rockingham, North...
Alberta Criss
May 8, 2014
TERESA ALBERTA CRISS, age 89, a resident of Charleston died Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Charleston Manor. She was born June 26, 1924 in Commerce to the late August and Annie Leible. She had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church and the Daughters of Isabella. She had...
Herb and Nina Marshall
May 7, 2014
and  HERBERT MARSHALL ALFRED HERBERT MARSHALL, II, age 84, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near East Prairie. Born September 16, 1929 in Charleston to Jessie Elizabeth Moseley Marshall and John Harris Marshall. He lived in Charleston almost his whole life, with the exception of coaching for four...
Chad Allen Harden
May 4, 2014
Chad Allen Harden, 24, of Sikeston, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 of injuries incurred in an automobile accident in Mississippi County. He was born Oct. 10. 1989 in Sikeston to Carl Lynn Harden of Sikeston and Lisa Ann (Allen) Sweet who survives of Lebanon, Tennesee. A resident of Sikeston most of his life, he had also lived in Nashville and...
Nadine McEntire Brady
May 3, 2014
NADINE BRADY JOSEPHINE NADINE BRADY, Age 79, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, May 3, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born December 17, 1934, at Walnut Ridge, AR, to the late Jess and Jewell Irene Holder McEntire, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the Charleston Church of...
Lawrence Paul Giasson
May 1, 2014
LAWRENCE PAUL GIASSON, SR., age 74, died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at his residence in Sikeston. He was born June 29, 1939 in Momence, IL to the late Arthur Henry and Annebelle Morse Giasson. He lived most of his life in Momence, IL where he was employed by Glister Mary-Lee as a maintenance mechanic until his retirement and was a...
Junior Peters
Apr 29, 2014
John Albert Peters, Jr., 75, a resident of Bertrand, Mo, passed away April 29, 2014 at Southeast Missouri hospital in Cape Girardeau following a long, hard- fought battle against pancreatic cancer. The wife and family he loved so fiercely were by his side as he went to be with his Heavenly Father. He was born May 4, 1938, in Sikeston,...
Glenna L. Linebaugh
Apr 26, 2014
GLENNA L. HICKEY LINEBAUGH, Age 78, a resident of Valparaiso, IN, and formerly of Mississippi County, MO, died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Valparaiso.
Born May 20, 1935, at Dover, Arkansas, to the late David Clinton and Ethilda Harwell Hickey, she had lived in Valparaiso a number of years.
On March 3, 1956, at Charleston,...
Casen Michael Cameron
Apr 23, 2014
Casen Michael Cameron January 15, 2007 – April 23, 2014 Casen Michael Cameron went to heaven, Wednesday, April 23, 2014, after a long struggle with illness. He spent his final days surrounded by loving family and friends. Casen is preceded in death by his great grandparents Mary Ann McMillen Pazdera and Victor Louis Pazdera. He is survived by his loving...
Tootie Babb
Apr 21, 2014
TOOTIE BABB EMMA BLANCHE 'TOOTIE' BABB, Age 90, a resident of Charleston, entered into the arms of her Heavenly Father, Monday, April 21, 2014. Born July 28, 1923, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Benjamin Harrison and Emma Blanche Jones Hazel, she was raised on the family farm...
Barbara J. Moxley
Apr 16, 2014
BARBARA JEAN BETHUNE MOXLEY, age 83, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born September 24, 1930, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Charles R. and Hazel Weakley Bethune Sr. A graduate of Sikeston High School, she had lived in Mississippi County most...
Mary Ella Waggener
Apr 13, 2014
Mary Ella Waggener, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
She was born Sept. 12, 1928 in Bonne Terre, Mo. She married John "Jack" Waggener, Sr., a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, in July, 1948.
Mary Ella graduated from Charleston High...
Sharlotte Jolene Tidwell
Apr 12, 2014
Sharlotte Jolene Tidwell, 84, died at her residence in Matthews Saturday, April 12, 2014. She was born April 12, 1930 in Double Springs, Alabama to the late Arthur E. and Evis Savannah (Horton) Ergle. A resident of the Matthews community most of her life, she had attended the Baptist church and worked as a cook at various restaurants and Head...
