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Velma Ruth Harvell
Feb 21, 2011
VELMA RUTH HARVELL, age 94, a former resident of Charleston, died Monday, February 21, 2011 at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City. She was born November 8, 1916, in Mississippi County to the late Frank O. and Willie Presson Smith. Before moving to Crystal Oaks Assisted Living in Crystal City in 2010, she spent her life in Charleston...
Buddy Crosier
Feb 18, 2011
RAY MADISON "BUDDY" CROSIER, age 74, a resident of Charleston died Friday, February 18, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born January 13, 1937 in Charleston to the late Ray Madison and Ruby Smith Crosier Sr. and had lived in Charleston his entire life. He was employed with the Brown Shoe company for several years before joining...
J.W. Miller
Feb 17, 2011
J.W. MILLER JASPER WILLIAM 'J.W.' MILLER, Age 86, a resident of Diehlstadt, died at 8:15 a.m., Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born December 29, 1924 at Advance, MO, to the late Jasper Utah and Alma Edith McClain Miller, he had lived in Diehlstadt most of his life where he was engaged in farming. He was a...
Stephen J. Carter
Feb 14, 2011
STEPHEN J. CARTER, Age 56, died Monday, February 14, 2011 at his home in Charleston, Missouri. Born May 9, 1954 at Wyatt, MO to the late Ulus Lucian and Betty Jean White Carter, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and had been employed as a truck driver for over 30 years. Surviving are: two sons, Nathan DeHaan...
Laura "Kathy" Mckinney Heil
Feb 14, 2011
LAURA 'KATHY' McKINNEY HEIL, Age 43, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born February 28, 1967 at Charleston, MO to the late Emory and Neoma Beth Gay McKinney, she had lived in Charleston her entire life and was a 1985 Graduate of Charleston High School. A member of the...
Mary Colleen Cunningham Mccubbins
Feb 12, 2011
MARY COLLEEN CUNNINGHAM MCCUBBINS, age 85, a resident of Bertrand, died Saturday, February 12, 2011 at the Bertrand Nursing Center. She was born July 7, 1925 in Bertrand to the late John and Maggie York Cunningham. A lifelong resident of Bertrand, she was co-owner and manager of McCubbins Grocery for several years, and was an active member and former Sunday...
Dorothy Lett Cullison
Feb 11, 2011
DOROTHY LETT CULLISON, age 93, a resident of Charleston died 5:05 p.m. on Friday, February 11, 2011, at the Charleston Manor. She was born on December 28, 1917 in Bertrand to the late Elsworth Elbert and Ethel Lynch Lett Sr. Having lived in Mississippi County her entire life, she was a member of the Bertrand United Methodist Church until moving...
Bobby Allen Cole
Feb 8, 2011
Bobby Allen Cole, 72 of Charleston, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. Born May 6, 1938 in Dorena, MO,to the late Thomas Andrew and Nellie Gladys Brown Cole, he was a member of the Southside Baptist Church in Charleston. He was employed at Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston for 24 years, and later by Levee District...
Neoma Beth Mckinney
Feb 5, 2011
Neoma Beth McKinney, Age 80, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, February 5, 2011 at The Net (Elvis Presley Trauma Center) at Memphis. Born January 19, 1931 at Maumee, Ohio, to the late Donald and Nina Fredrick Gay, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Charleston. On March...
Faye Presson Schneider Fisher
Feb 4, 2011
FAYE PRESSON SCHNEIDER FISHER, died Friday, February 4th at her home in East Prairie, MO. Mrs. Fisher was born on March 7, 1919 to the late Ules and Myrtle Tanner Presson. Her husband George Howard Schneider preceded her in death on January 23, 1975. She later married Eugene Frederick Fisher of Memphis, TN who died on October 5, 2007 in...
Carolyn Ovaline Davis
Feb 3, 2011
Carolyn Ovaline Scoggins Davis, 67, died at 8:52 p.m., Feb. 3, 2011, at her home in Sikeston. Born April 8, 1943, at Wyatt to the late George B. Scoggins and the late Mary A. Brown Scoggins Todd, she had lived in Wyatt most of her life prior to moving to Sikeston in December 2006, and was a member of The...
George V. Cogdill
Feb 2, 2011
GEORGE VERNON COGDILL, Age 88, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at the Charleston Manor. Born November 13, 1922, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Jim and Hazel Lane Cogdill, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he farmed until 1964 and then worked at Bunge Corporation at Cairo, IL for 22 years...
Doris Evelyn Rose
Jan 30, 2011
DORIS EVELYN HAYDEN ROSE, Age 73, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the home of her daughter in East Prairie. Born on March 31, 1937, at Benton, MO to the late Lloyd and Thelma White Hayden, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was a member of the First Christian Church in East...
Dorothy Lucille Presson Stewart
Jan 26, 2011
DOROTHY LUCILLE STEWART, age 81, a resident of Charleston died at 3:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born on January 31, 1929 in Scott County to the late William Clarence and Flora Irene Smith Presson. She had lived her entire life in Scott and Mississippi Counties and was a member of the...
Charles Oras Fitzgerald
Jan 23, 2011
CHARLES ORAS FITZGERALD, Age 56, died Sunday, January 23, 2011 at his residence in rural Wyatt. He was born November 22, 1954 in Wyatt, MO to the late Oris Douglas Fitzgerald and Mary Louise Lomax Fitzgerald Vaughn. He had lived in Wyatt his entire life and was of Pentecostal belief. He had been employed at Waterfront Marine Service at Cairo,...
Richard Harrison Bomar
Jan 22, 2011
RICHARD HARRISON BOMAR, age 86, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, January 22, 2011, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born April 4, 1924 in Hickman,AR to the late Everett and Lucy Glenn Welch Bomar. He graduated from Diehlstadt High School and enlisted in the US Air Force. He was stationed in Topeka, KS and then Fr. Riley,...
Tammy Hughes Baugh
Jan 21, 2011
TAMARA EVELYN "TAMMY" HUGHES BAUGH, age 44, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, January 21, 2011, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born on January 30, 1966, in St. Louis to Shirley Evelyn Berry Hughes who survives of Charleston and the late Bobby Lynn Hughes. She was a 1984 graduate of Charleston High School and a member...
Glenna Brown Taylor
Jan 20, 2011
GLENNA BROWN TAYLOR, Age 88, a resident of Wyatt, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at the Charleston Manor. Born October 30, 1922, in the Birds Point Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Emory and Rosa Etta Baugh Brown, she had lived in Wyatt her entire life and was graduate of the Diehlstadt High School. She had been employed...
Thelma Ashlock Freese
Jan 19, 2011
THELMA ASHLOCK FREESE was born May 6, 1919, in East Prairie to the late J.H. and Odie Barker Ashlock. Following her graduation from East Prairie High School, she enrolled in St. Mary's School of Nursing in Cairo, IL. She completed a post graduate course at St. Louis University School of Nursing, received a BS Degree at Denver University in Colorado,...
Oma Lee Emory King
Jan 17, 2011
OMA LEE EMORY KING, Age 94, a resident of East Prairie, died Monday, January 17, 2011, at the East Prairie Nursing Center in East Prairie. Born January 14, 1917, in Mississippi County, MO to the late Charles M. and Maggie Elizabeth McElmurry Emory, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life. After graduating from the East Prairie High...

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