Earnest Odell "Poppy" Lacy
May 10, 2013
Earnest Odell "Poppy" Lacy, 79, died at 8:30 am Friday, May 10, 2013 at his home in Morehouse. He was born Aug. 28, 1933 in Lyon County, Kentucky to the late Elwood and Earnestine (Rogers) Lacy. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Morehouse and had worked as a custodian at Fellowship Baptist Church in Sikeston. On June...
Marcelle Barnbrook Vowels
May 9, 2013
MARCELLE BARNBROOK VOWELS, age 93, a resident of Charleston died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Born January 27, 1920 at Alfalfa Center in Mississippi County to the late Altus Edgar and Lora Prosser Barnbrook, she had lived her entire life in Mississippi County where she graduated from Charleston High School and was a member...
Thomas Swayne Byrd
May 5, 2013
THOMAS SWAYNE BYRD, of Charleston, Missouri, passed away May 5, 2013. Swayne was born on December 14, 1933, at Cairo, Illinois, to the late Thomas Albert Byrd and Helen Swayne Byrd both of Charleston, Missouri. Swayne attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts and then went on to graduate from The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Swayne attended the...
Essie M. Wells
May 1, 2013
ESSIE MAE HUDSON WELLS, of Calico Rock, Arkansas and formerly of Charleston, Missouri. Essie Mae Hudson Wells, daughter of the late U.E. Hudson and Bessie Myrtle Carrico Hudson was born November 25, 1926 in Calico Rock, Arkansas. She departed this life May 1, 2013 in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 86 years, 5 months and 6 days. In...
Grace D. Peel
Apr 30, 2013
Grace D. Peel, 81, formerly of Nixa, MO, died at 11:05 pm Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 21, 1931 in Goffstown, New Hampshire to the late George L. and Elsie DeEtta (Shirky) Dawson. She had been a draftsman for the Corps of Engineers. On Nov. 10, 1956 she was married to Charles...
Denale Carver Hess
Apr 29, 2013
DENALE CARVER 'DINKY' HESS, Age 82, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born November 4, 1930, at Piggott, Arkansas, to the late Haskell and Estal Holifield Carver, she had lived in Charleston her entire life where she had been employed with the Charleston R-1 School District for 32...
Jimmy A. Jones
Apr 23, 2013
Jimmy A. Jones, 78, died at his home near Sikeston at 10:45 am Tuesday, April 23, 2013. He was born Sept. 16, 1934 at Cash, Arkansas to the late James Herschel and Vady May (Kelley) Jones. A resident of this area most of his life he was a member and Deacon of Old Bethel Baptist Church. He had been employed...
Cecil Wesley Francis
Apr 22, 2013
CECIL WESLEY FRANCIS, Age 71, died Monday, April 22, 2013, at his home in Diehlstadt. Born July 27, 1941, at St. Louis, MO to the late Cecil R. and Fern Link Francis, he had lived in Diehlstadt the past 18 years where he was a member of the Diehlstadt General Baptist Church. He was employed at the Pilot Knob Pellet...
Harvey David Edwards
Apr 17, 2013
Harvey David Edwards, 57, formerly of East Prairie, died at his daughter's home in Sikeston, Wednesday April 17, 2013. He was born Nov. 5, 1955 in Sikeston to the late Harvey David and Dessie L. (Hobbs) Edwards. He had been self-employed until he became disabled. Survivors include two dauthers and 1 son-in-law: Danielle Nicole "Nikki" and Jesus Urbano and Ashley...
Jere Lee Sides
Apr 13, 2013
JERE LEE SIDES, Age 61, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Born April 29, 1951, at Memphis, TN, to the late Neal A. and Betty L. Fisher Sides, he was a 1970 Graduate of Memphis Tech High School and had served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era obtaining...
L.V. "'Red" Brothers
Apr 11, 2013
L.V. "Red" BROTHERS, Age 87, a resident of Sikeston and formerly of Charleston, died, Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born February 14, 1926, in Fisk, MO, to the late Joseph and Edna Ethel Brothers, he was a member of the Rauch Spence Memorial United Methodist Church in Morehouse. He had served as the Municipal Judge of...
Captola Mcclain Raffety Rolwing
Apr 10, 2013
CAPTOLA McCLAIN RAFFETY ROLWING, age 93, a resident of Charleston formerly of Wyatt, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Charleston Manor. Born May 22, 1919 in Anniston to the late John and LaVerne Price McClain, she had lived in Wyatt for 66 years before moving to Charleston in 2003. She was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church....
Roy Douglas Fletcher
Apr 9, 2013
ROY DOUGLAS FLETCHER, Age 84, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at his home in Charleston. Born February 16, 1929, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Armer Templeton and Winifred Lane Fletcher, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and had been employed with the Missouri Highway Department (MoDot) for 37 years until his retirement. He was a...
Carl Cokenour
Apr 8, 2013
Carl Cokenour, 99, died Monday April 8, 2013 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Sept. 8, 1913 at Boynton, Arkansas to the late Joseph Henry and Ellen (Hutchcraft) Cokenour. On Oct. 23, 1932 he was united in marriage to Lou Vesta Teet and she preceded him in death July 22, 1984. He had worked as a...
Gayle W. Way
Apr 6, 2013
Gayle W. Way, 78, died Saturday, April 6, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 28, 1934 at Puxico to the late Lucetria (Buckley) Way Bennett and Dewey Way. He was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He had resided in...
Bonnie Sue Wilson
Apr 3, 2013
Bonnie Sue Wilson Bonnie Sue Wilson, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the Ratliff Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. Born in the Salcedo Community of Scott County, MO, to the late Harvey Christopher and Lena Geneva Riley Wilson, she had lived in rural Scott County a number of years moving to Cape Girardeau in 1975....
Neva I. Kennedy
Mar 27, 2013
Neva Inez Kennedy, 83, of Matthews, died Wednesday, March 27 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 11, 1929 at Lepanto, Ark. to the late William Dexter Harmon and Ludie Alison (McMinn) Harmon Thom. She had been employed as a machine punch operator at Atwood Vacuum Machine Co. in Rockford, Ill. and was a member...
Stella Mae Bryant
Mar 22, 2013
STELLA MAE BRYANT, age 96, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, March 22, 2013 at the Charleston Manor. She was born July 12, 1916 in Diehlstadt to the late Arthur and Lular Cowell Clayton and lived in Southeast Missouri her entire life. She graduated from Diehlstadt High School where she was a member of the Girls Basketball Team. A member...
Patrice Christian
Mar 21, 2013
PATRICE CHRISTIAN DAWN PATRICE WILLIAMS CHRISTIAN, Age 53, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born January 2, 1960, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Harrison and Geraldine Nunn Williams, she had lived in East Prairie most of her life and had worked as a waitress and a...
George Fulton Huffstutter
Mar 19, 2013
GEORGE ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER, age 84, a resident of Monroe, LA, formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at the Veterans Care Center in Monroe, LA. He was born in Obion, TN to the late Robert Fulton and Annie Gamble Huffstutter. He enlisted in the US Air Force and served during the Korean conflict. During the time of his military...
