Boyd Raper
Jan 1, 2014
Boyd Henderson Raper, 87, died Jan. 1, 2014 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 15, 1926 at Memphis, Texas to the late Otis and Sarah (Hall) Raper. A resident of this area most of his life, he was a retired farmer and member of Shady Acres Church of Christ. He as a veteran of the U.S. Army...
James Ralph Butler
Dec 30, 2013
James (Jim) Ralph Butler of Trenton, Michigan, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, passed away Monday, December 30, 2013. Jim was born August 03, 1946 to the Late J.B. and Mea Carr Butler of Charleston. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Pat; his son Matt Butler and his wife, Jennifer of Gibraltar, Michigan; daughter, Laura Wright and her husband,...
Ed Green
Dec 27, 2013
JAMES EDDIE "ED" GREEN, age 88, formerly of East Prairie and Charleston, died December 27, 2013 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born October 29, 1925, in the Holloway Community in rural Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Claude and Alberta Williams Green. Following his graduation from East Prairie High School, he enlisted in the US...
Helen Faye Dickerson
Dec 24, 2013
Helen Faye Dickerson, 65, died Dec. 24, 2013 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born March 11, 1948 in Sikeston to the late Lester and Lorene (Turley) Williams. She had been employed as a nurse's aide at various nursing homes in the area and as a waitress at the Cream Castle. She moved to Sikeston last October having previously...
Magdalene Wilkerson Lindsey
Dec 23, 2013
MARY MAGDALENE "MAG" LINDSEY, age 91, died Monday, December 23, 2013, at her home in Charleston. Born August 6, 1922, at Bertrand, MO, to the late William Columbus "Boss" Wilkerson and Effie Hurley Wilkerson, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life where she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Charleston and the Rebekah Lodge of...
Ellen Neel "Honey" Owens
Dec 22, 2013
ELLEN NEEL "HONEY" OWENS, age 78, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 14, 1935, in Blodgett, to the late Robert and Freda Barnes Graham, she moved to Charleston in 1945. She attended Southeast Missouri Teachers College in Cape Girardeau and taught in several rural Mississippi County schools...
Marian Kirchner Beaty
Dec 21, 2013
Marian Virginia Kirchner Beaty, 92, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2013. She was born on February 4, 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri to her loving parents, Anthony Victor and Edna Belle Smithers Kirchner. On October 19, 1941 she married the love of her life, her husband of 72 years, William Robert Beaty who survives her. She was a loving...
Gaynell Hurley Baker
Dec 21, 2013
GAYNELL HURLEY BAKER, age 74, a resident of Bertrand died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on March 25, 1939 in Charleston to the late Ernest and Gladys Spicer Hurley. She moved to Grand Rapids, MI in 1952 and to Phoenix, AZ in 1987, returning to southeast Missouri in 1990. In...
Dennis Ray Mckinney
Dec 20, 2013
Dennis Ray McKinney entered this life as the third son of Emory and Neoma McKinney on November 14, 1952. He grew up in an Ideal setting in the state of Missouri with his three brothers and one sister. Dennis worked and traveled around the eastern states before following a brother to Texas and settling in Garland. He worked as a...
Bernice Patterson
Dec 20, 2013
Treva Bernice "B" Patterson, 87, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center at Cape Girardeau. She was born July 1, 1926 at Clarksville, Ark. to the late Reece C. Reeder, Sr. and Stella Elta (Vangilder) Reeder. She had been a house painter, a seamstress at Falkoff's and a machine operator at Anchor Toy and the Oran Hat...
Robert Flanagan
Dec 17, 2013
ROBERT DEAN FLANAGAN, age 44, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2013, in Morehouse, Missouri, after an extended illness. He was born February 16, 1969, in Charleston, Illinois to Katherine Robinson Patton and Jack Flanagan both of Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Also surviving are two brothers and sister-in-laws, Dr. Michael and Janice Patton of Ocala, Florida; Steven and Marlana Patton of Dawson...
Carol Diane Kindred
Dec 16, 2013
Carol Diane (Reeves) Kindred, 65, died at her home in Blodgett, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. She was born Dec. 18, 1947 in Sikeston to Wayne Reeves who survives of Blodgett and the late Polly (Morrison) Reeves. A resident of this area all of her life, she had worked at A & B Cleaners, King Cleaners, and had managed Super 8...
Lillian "Lill" Cox
Dec 15, 2013
LILLIAN "LILL" ESTELLE GREER COX, age 92, went to be with her Savior on Sunday, December 15, 2013, in Cape Girardeau, MO. Born on December 23, 1920 in Poplar Bluff, MO, she was the daughter of De Witt and Estelle Pool Greer. Following her graduation from Poplar Bluff High School, she married L. Raleigh Cox on February 1, 1941 and...
Ronald Beasley
Dec 13, 2013
RONALD DEAN BEASLEY, age 52, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013, at his residence in Bertrand. He was born July 5, 1961, in Sikeston to the late Jerry C. and Joyce Jobe Beasley. He had lived in Bertrand most of his life, where he was a member of the Cornerstone Church. At a young age, he developed a love of...
Doyle E. Denbow
Dec 9, 2013
DOYLE E. DENBOW, age 78, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at his home in Dexter, Mo., after a strong battle with cancer. Doyle was born on June 29, 1935, in Matthews, Missouri, to the late Leroy and Stella (Yount) Denbow. Doyle wed Margaret Bone of Charleston, Missouri on June 11, 1955. They were married for 43 years until her passing...
J.E. Sisk
Dec 7, 2013
JAMES EDWARD "J.E." SISK, Age 88, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the Charleston Manor. Born July 17, 1925, at East Prairie, MO, to the late Jesse James and Martha Jane Cooper Sisk, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he had been a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church where he...
Raymond Lee Graham
Dec 7, 2013
Raymond Lee Graham, 78, died at his home in Sikeston Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. He was born March 9, 1935 near Parma to the late Harvey Delbert and Mary Ellen (Sanders) Graham. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1973 after 20 years of service and attained the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. He later worked as a mechanic at...
Ila Faye "Toot" Mcdaniel
Dec 5, 2013
Ila Faye "Toot" McDaniel, 73, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 21, 1940 at Birdtown, Arkansas to the late Rome Eugene and Lavada Opal (Kirtley) Scroggins. A resident of this area for the past 30 years she was of the Assembly of God Faith. On Oct. 14, 1963 she was married to...
Leona Laster
Dec 4, 2013
LURA LEONA LASTER, Age 87, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born April 26, 1926, at Maynard, Arkansas, to the late William Gray and Sally Boyer Cockrum, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was employed at the Brown Shoe Company a number of years and...
Joseph William Myers, Iii
Dec 3, 2013
Joseph William Myers, III, infant son of Joseph William Myers, Jr. and Alyssa Jo (Courtney) Myers, died shortly after birth Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. other survivors include his maternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Denise Chadd and Dean Vollmer of Richwood; maternal grandfather, Gilbert Courtney of Valley Park; paternal grandmother, Lisa Mitchell of Sikeston; maternal great-grandmother, Betty...
