Apr 6, 2014

Clyde Francis Nickell, 88, formerly of Sikeston, died Sunday, April 6, 2014 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.  He was born January 3, 1926 in Sikeston to the late Jim and Emma (Martin) Nickell.  A member of Murray Lane Baptist Church, he had been employed at International Shoe and later by Sikeston Pubic Schools.  He is survived by...

Apr 5, 2014

JULIA CARTER DAVIS, age 97, a resident of St. Peters, formerly of Charleston and Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Barnes Hospital in St. Peters. She was born March 9, 1917 in the Birds Point Community of Mississippi County to the late John and Burnette Raffety Swank. She lived in Charleston until moving...

Apr 3, 2014

DAVID WILLIAM STEPHENSON, Age 76, a resident of Bertrand, died Thursday, April 03, 2014, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born July 11, 1937, at East Prairie, MO, to the late John Benjamin and Gladys Crawford Stephenson, he had lived in Bertrand most of his life where he...

Apr 2, 2014

CHARLES LEONARD PARR, JR., age 60, a resident of Olive Branch, MS,  died Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at Baptist Hospital - Desoto, in Southhaven, MS.

He was born August 12, 1953, in Wyatt Mo., to Charles L. "Buddy" Parr who survives of Bertrand and the...

Mar 28, 2014

Cleta Arlene Blanchard, 92, formerly of Doniphan, died Friday, March 28, 2014 at the Westwood Nursing Center in Augusta, Georgia.  She was born Oct. 19, 1921 near Bennett (Ripley County), Missouri to the late John Jackson and Laura (Bratton) Ollar.  On Jan. 22, 1944 she was married to James Polk Blanchard in St. Louis, MO and he preceded her in...

Mar 26, 2014

Lennie C. Halbig, 92, died March 26, 2014 at the Clearview Nursing Center.  She was born Jan. 25, 1922 in Vanduser to the late James T. and Pearl (Hamilton) Carter.  On July 4, 1951 she was married to Ralph Halbig in Nashville, Illinois and he preceded her in death in 1959.  She was a homemaker and a member of the...

Mar 25, 2014

Shirley Anne Cannon, 67, a resident of Sikeston, died at her home Tuesday, March 25, 2014.  She was born Oct. 1, 1946 at Cape Girardeau to the late Thomas, Jr. and Kate (Garner) Cannon.  She had worked at Sikeston Public School System, and was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and the YMCA.  She is survived by one brother...

Mar 24, 2014

CHARLES EDWARD 'EDDIE' McCAMERON, Age 74, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born August 29, 1939, at Gideon, MO, to the late Samuel Arthur and Zelma Madine Hodges McCameron, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was employed with Duenne Farms for over 43 years and...

Mar 16, 2014

EULA FAY STROUD BROTHERS, Age 92, a resident of Morehouse, MO, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born December 28, 1921, at Tyler, Missouri, to the late Elmos D. and Hallie C. Wilson Baty, she had lived in Morehouse most of her life where she was employed with Rauch Drug Store for over 30 years. She...

Mar 14, 2014

Funeral services for Charles Lee Fox, 80, of Monroe, LA, formerly of Charleston, MO will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 17, 2014 in the chapel at Mulhearn Funeral Home  in Monroe, LA, with Rev. Craig West and Rev. Allen Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Fox was born in Charleston, MO, and...

Mar 10, 2014

John Russell Nolen, formerly of Charleston, MO, passed away Monday, March 10, 2014,  in Amite City, LA,  at the age of 64. He is survived by one son, Christopher (Tina) Nolen of Kenner, LA; Brothers: Frank Nolen of West Monroe, LA, Thomas Nolen of Charleston, MO and Robert Nolen (Jackie) of Wyatt, MO; Sisters: Mary Marascalco (John)...

Mar 9, 2014

CHARLES WILLIAM 'BILL' WHITE, Age 76, a resident of Bertrand, MO, died Sunday, March 09, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born December 15, 1937, in the Little Prairie Township of Pemiscot County, Missouri, to the late William Lafayette and Jessie Wilborn Worman White, he had lived in Bertrand a number of years. He had been...

Mar 5, 2014

VICTOR LOUIS PAZDERA, age 74, died Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at his residence in rural Charleston. He was born June 3, 1939 in Darnell, AR to the late Martin A. and Josephine Prochazka Pazdera. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life where he had been co-owner of Pazdera Construction, had farmed and worked with Mid Valley Irrigation...

Mar 4, 2014

OPAL HESS WILLIAMS, Age 92, a resident of Wyatt, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at the Charleston Manor. Born October 9, 1921, at Caddo Gap, Arkansas, to the late A.C. "Cleve" and Lydia Williams Hess, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she was a member of the Wyatt Baptist Church. A member of the Charleston...

Mar 4, 2014

Jimmy Eugene Payne, 84, died in Hickman County, Kentucky, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. He was born Sept. 11, 1929 in Corning, Arkansas to the late John Wesley and Lola Madeline (Flannigan) Payne. A resident of this area since 1961, he had previously lived in Ypsilanti, Mich. He was a retired self-employed carpenter and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...