Ruth Crosno Greenwell
Oct 9, 2013
RUTH CROSNO GREENWELL, (known to her students as Ms. Adkins), a resident of Henderson, KY, and formerly of Metropolis, IL and Mississippi County, MO, departed this earthly life Wednesday, October 9, 2013, in the care of the Charlier Hospice Center at Evansville, IN at the age of 88. She was born September 9, 1925, in the Crosno Community of Mississippi...
Barbara Jane Brown
Oct 8, 2013
BARBARA JANE BROWN, Age 85, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born August 5, 1928, at Essex, Missouri, to the late Arthur Bryant "Archie" Parker and Charlotte Steger Parker, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she had been employed as a bookkeeper and was...
Harry "Joker" Warren Jr.
Oct 2, 2013
HARRY "JOKER" WARREN, JR., age 90, died on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at his residence in Charleston, MO. He was born October 29,1922, at Brock Ranch in Oregon County, MO to the late Harry Warren and Eva Risner Warren. In 1928 his family moved to Blodgett, MO, where they farmed and raised cattle. Joker's entrepreneurship started at an early age...
Cathy Ann Powell
Oct 2, 2013
CATHY ANN MARSHALL POWELL, Age 55, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, October 02, 2013, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born February 10, 1958, at Wyatt, Missouri, to the late Harrison and Audrey Mae Allen Marshall, she was a 1976 graduate of Charleston High School and had lived in Charleston most of her life. She had been employed...
Lawanda L. Fowler
Sep 25, 2013
LAWANDA L. FOWLER, age 89, a resident of East Prairie died Wednesday, September 25, 2013, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born September 12, 1924 in East Prairie to the late Frederick Lee and Mamie Riley Weeks. She had lived in East Prairie most of her life where she had been employed with the East Prairie Eagle, attended...
Kenneth Davis Garrett
Sep 17, 2013
KENNETH DAVIS "KENNY" GARRETT SR., Age 62, died Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at his home in Charleston. Born May 27, 1951, at Charleston, MO, to the late Paul and Ailene Allen Garrett, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was employed as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of the Heavy Equipment Operators Union...
Carmen Hinton Hicks
Sep 16, 2013
CARMEN CATHERINE HINTON HICKS, Age 95, of Joliet, Ill., and formerly of Mississippi County, MO, died Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Fairview Care Center in Joliet. Born September 15, 1918, in New Madrid County, MO, to the late William Marian and Ella May Givens Hinton, she had lived in the Dogwood Community a number of years until moving to...
Dorothy Laredith Mims
Sep 9, 2013
DOROTHY LAREDITH MIMS, Age 63, a resident of Poplar Bluff and formerly of Wyatt, died Monday, September 9, 2013, at the Doctors Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born May 7, 1950, at Cairo, IL, to the late Carl Virgil Taylor and Dorothy Lee Hutchison Taylor Fisher, she had lived in Wyatt a number of years where she was a...
Jim Anderson
Sep 7, 2013
James Gottfred (Jim) Anderson, 80, a resident of East Prairie, died Saturday, September 7, 2013 at his home. He was the former editor and co-owner with his wife of The Enterprise-Courier in Charleston and the East Prairie Eagle newspapers. He was born in Glendale, CA on October 16, 1932, son of the late Gottfred Helmer Anderson and the late Pearl...
George E. Simmons
Aug 25, 2013
GEORGE ELLIOTT SIMMONS SR., age 85, a resident of Sikeston and formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, August 25, 2013 at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. Born December 8, 1927 in Charleston to the late Elza Minor and Ethel Hurley Simmons, he had lived in Southeast Missouri his entire life. Following his graduation from the University of Missouri with...
Anna Mae Bixler
Aug 24, 2013
Anna Mae Bixler, 95, died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013 at Miner Nursing Center. She was born April 10, 1918 at Lamar, Ark. to the late Albert Sidney and Myrtle Iva (Harmon) Johnson. She was married to Milton B. Bixler March 12, 1937 in Johnson County, Arkansas and he preceded her in death April 10, 1988. She was a member of...
Glenda M. Manche
Aug 20, 2013
GLENDA LaFERN MANCHE, age 73, a resident of Charleston died Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born December 14, 1939 in Winfield, AL to the late Willie H. "Bill" and Lucille E. Jones McDonald. She had lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life where she was employed with the US Postal System...
Donald Frederick Williams
Aug 18, 2013
DONALD FREDRICK WILLIAMS, Age 88, died Sunday, August 18, 2013 at his home in Wyatt. Born October 21, 1924, at Birds Point, MO, to the late Fred and Lula Hutcheson Williams, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School. A farmer and land owner, he was engaged in farming since he...
Sally J. Crisel
Aug 14, 2013
SYLVIA J. 'SALLY' CRISEL, Age 75, formerly of Wyatt, MO, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at the Miner Nursing Center at Miner, MO. Born September 11, 1938, at Bradford, PA, to the late Judd Owen Henry Wurster and Myrtle Edna Halladay Wurster, she had lived in Wyatt a number of years and was a member of the Smith Avenue Church...
Ovaline "Mimi" O'Rourke
Aug 14, 2013
BRENDA OVALINE "MIMI" O'ROURKE, age 88, a resident of Charleston died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, in Cape Girardeau at The Arbors of Auburn Creek. She was born at Alfalfa Center in Mississippi County to the late Everett Wright and Alma Wright Dockler. With her mother, she moved to Wyatt, MO and was cared for by her mother and NB "PI"...
June Ann Hart
Aug 11, 2013
June Ann Hart, 77, of rural Sikeston, died Sunday Aug. 11, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 29, 1936 at Vanduser to the late Finus and Dorothy (Adkins) Beggs. She was a secretary at International Shoe in Sikeston and later worked as a cook at Kelley Schools. On Dec. 2, 1955 she was...
Nadine Barnhill Showmaker
Aug 11, 2013
NADINE BARNHILL SHOWMAKER, age 87, a resident of Charleston died Sunday, August 11, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born July 31st, 1926, to Lee and Pairlee Coffer Browning, she lived in Mississippi County all of her life. She attended Southeast Missouri Teachers College in Cape Girardeau and taught in several rural schools including, Medley, Sassafrass Ridge and...
Claude Wheatley
Aug 11, 2013
CLAUDE EDWARD WHEATLEY, Age 69, died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at his home in East Prairie. Born March 8, 1944, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Robert (Bob) Wheatley and Annie Beatrice Redfering Hopper, he was a member of the Assembly of God Church in East Prairie. Having worked a number of years as a millwright for Fed-Ex in...
Michael Dean Skinner
Aug 11, 2013
MICHAEL DEAN SKINNER, Age 62, a resident of Mayfield, KY; died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at the Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield, KY. Born May 4, 1951, at Charleston, MO, to the late James D. and Ella Gertrude Terrell Skinner, he grew up in Charleston, MO area but had lived in Western Kentucky most his life. He had lived...
Jamie Nolen Moore
Aug 7, 2013
Jamie Denise Nolen Moore, age 48 from Pell City, AL, and formerly of East Prairie, MO, died Wednesday, August 7, 2013 in Pell City. She was preceded in death by her sister, Tracey Louise Nolen Collins, her maternal grandparents Shirley and Rosalie Banks, paternal grandparents, Vernon and Louise (Parr) Nolen. She is survived by her sons, Timothy Smith and Mason...
