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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...
Lorene Marie Shively Watson
Aug 6, 2013
Lorene Marie Shively Watson, age 95, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at Presbyterian Homes on Lake Minnetonka in Spring Park, Minnesota. She was born July 24, 1918 in Wyatt, Missouri to the late Richard John Wesley Shively and Nora Lee Slack Shively. She grew up on a farm in Mississippi county that her father worked, then lived in St. Louis...
Armintha Haws
Aug 1, 2013
ARMINTHA VIRGINIA HAWS, age 101, died Thursday, August 1, 2013, at her home in Bertrand, just 28 days from being 102. She was born August 29, 1911 in rural Charleston to the late George and Dolly Mosley Tyler. A lifetime resident of Mississippi and Scott Counties in Missouri, she was a charter member of the New Savannah Baptist Church, Blodgett,...
Mary Roberts French
Aug 1, 2013
MARY E. ROBERTS FRENCH, Age 89, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, August 01, 2013 at the Parkland Health Center in Farmington. Born February 23, 1924, at Charleston, MO, to the late William Noah and Florence Ella Lane Roberts, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was employed at the Brown Shoe Company for 42 years until...
Marion R. Waggener
Jul 29, 2013
MARION RICHARD WAGGENER, age 90, a resident of Charleston, MO and Marco Island, FL, died Monday, July 29, 2013 at 11:10 pm at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield. He was born April 2, 1923 in Gideon to the late Richard Garnett and Alma Geraldine Thompson Waggener. He lived in Charleston most of his life where he graduated from Charleston High...
James Wilburn Nolen
Jul 28, 2013
JAMES WILBURN NOLEN, Age 55, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at his home in Wyatt. Born April 27, 1958, at Charleston, MO, to the late William Henry and Anna Pauline Dyer Nolen, he grew up in Wyatt and moved to Louisiana where he lived until he returned to Wyatt in 2000. Surviving are: four brothers, Frank Nolen of Monroe, LA;...
Sandra Griggs Bryant
Jul 28, 2013
SANDRA LEE GRIGGS BRYANT, Age 64, a resident of St. Charles, MO, and formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at the SS St. Clare Health System in Fenton, MO. Born April 18, 1949, at Cairo, IL, to the late Robert Lee and Emma Jean Thomasson Griggs, she was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...
David G. Friend
Jul 26, 2013
David G. Friend, 58, died Friday July 26, 2013 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born Feb. 22, 1955 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas to Patricia (Stoker) Friend Leible who survives of Sikeston and the late Allie Gene Friend. A life-long resident of Sikeston, he was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church and Sikeston Elks Lodge...
Dorothy Thomason Pobst
Jul 25, 2013
Dorothy E. Thomason Pobst passed away Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Fountianbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born March 18, 1922 in Bertrand, Missouri to the late Robert L. and Mary Edith Thomason. She married Lawrence Pobst, Jr. of Commerce, Missouri on July 2, 1949, in Charleston, Missouri. He preceded her in death on September 1, 1999. They...
Jimmy Ray Farmer Sr.
Jul 24, 2013
Jimmy Ray Farmer, Sr., 59, died Thursday July 24, 2013 at St. Francis Meedical Center at Cape Girardeau. He was born April 29, 1954 in Cape Girardeau to Violet (Abernathy) Farmer and the late Walter Lee Farmer who survives of Sikeston. A life-long resident of this area he had worked at Bunny Bread for 27 years and then for the...
Norma Jean Showmaker
Jul 16, 2013
NORMA JEAN SHOWMAKER, Age 61, a resident of Anna, IL, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born September 28, 1951, at Chicago, IL, to Betty Schmidt Waldt, who survives of Bel- Air, Florida, and the late Norman Ellugh, she had lived in East Cape, IL a number of years prior to moving...
Leland Edward Harper
Jul 16, 2013
LELAND EDWARD 'BUTCH' HARPER, Age 68, a resident of Matthews, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born July 18, 1944, at Maynard, Arkansas, to Hester Willadean Templeton Harper, who survives of Matthews, MO and the late Leland F. Harper, he had lived in Southeast Missouri most of his life and was a graduate of Anniston High...
Roger Dale Lindsey
Jul 11, 2013
Roger Dale Lindsey, 57, died at his residence in Morehouse Thursday, July 11, 2013. He was born March 6, 1956 in Indianapolis, Ind. to the late James Arnold and Alma (Heath) Lindsey. He was a self employed carpenter and roofer and had attended the Assembly of God Church. He is survived by 1 daughter, Lisa Gentry of Mooresville, Ind.; 1...
Sonny Johnson
Jul 8, 2013
Elmer L. "Sonny" Johnson, 76, died at his home in Sikeston Monday, July 8, 2013. He was born Jan. 13, 1937 at Senath to the late. Omal & Opal (Ferguson) Johnson. He owned and operated Johnson House Moving Co. of Sikeston for approximately 50 years, where he provided outstanding service to his customers. The past 5 years he worked at...
Jewel Harber
Jun 30, 2013
Jewel (Beck) Harber, 92, died at her home in Sikeston Sunday, June 30, 2013. She was born Aug. 15, 1920 at the Big Opening Community south of Sikeston to the late Birdie (Duke) and Sprurlin Beck, Sr. and was the last of their twelve children. She graduated from Matthews High School and received both Bachelor of Science and Master degrees...
Kenneth Allen Bradley
Jun 23, 2013
Kenneth Allen Bradley, 77, formerly of Charleston, died Sunday June 23 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeson. He was born May 10, 1936 in Cushing, Oklahoma to the late Loyd and Lucy Elizabeth (Briscoe) Bradley. Kenneth had moved in 2005 from New Mexico where he had worked in constsruction and served in the National Guard. Survivors include 1 brother...
Patricia Ellen Layton
Jun 21, 2013
PATRICIA "PAT" ELLEN LAYTON, age 80, died Friday, June 21, 2013 at the Charleston Manor. Born July 26, 1932, in Charleston, Missouri, to the late John Howard and Grace Carson Howlett, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the First Baptist Church and Daughters of the American Revolution. She had been employed...
Jack Wallace
Jun 21, 2013
JACKIE RODNEY "JACK" WALLACE, age 59, died Friday, June 21, 2013 at his home near East Prairie. Born March 17, 1954, at Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Miles A. and Violet Johnson Wallace, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was a 1973 graduate of Charleston High School. He was a farmer and owner of Wallace Construction...
Pauline "Polly" Raffety
Jun 15, 2013
PAULINE "POLLY" SIMMONS RAFFETY, Age 95, a resident of Wyatt, died Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born October 9, 1917, at Diehlstadt, Missouri, daughter of the late William Alfred and Dimple Barnwell Simmons, she had lived in Wyatt most of her life where she was a member of the Wyatt United Methodist...
Hal Franklin Deane Jr.
Jun 13, 2013
HAL FRANKLIN DEANE, JR., Age 59, a resident of Urbana, MO, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at the de Greeff Hospice House in St. Louis. Born August 29, 1953, at St. Louis, MO, to the late Hal F. and Carriel D. True Deane, he had lived in Urbana since 1988. A retired barber, he was an avid hunter. A founding...

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