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...
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 "Honey" Neel 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...
