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Veliah "Billie" Ester Rosson
Apr 19, 2011
VELIAH ESTER 'BILLIE' ROSSON, Age 82, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Charleston. Born July 23, 1928, at Hamilton, Alabama, to the late Charles Lee and Lucy Ester Jones Simpson, she had lived in Charleston for over 50 years where she was employed for over 36 years at the Brown Shoe Company. In 1996,...
Jon Derrick Layton
Apr 19, 2011
JON DERRICK LAYTON, age 57, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at his residence in Charleston. He was born August 31, 1953 in Cairo, IL to Patricia "Pat" Howlett Layton who survives of Charleston and the late Joseph Willis Layton Sr. Following graduation from Charleston High School in 1971, he moved to Fort Worth, TX where he was employed as a...
Staff Sergeant Cynthia R. Taylor
Apr 16, 2011
STAFF SERGEANT CYNTHIA R. TAYLOR, age 39, formerly of Charleston, was killed on Saturday, April 16, 2011 by a suicide bomber while serving with the 101st Airborne Sustainment Brigade at the Forward Operation Base in Kabul Gamberi, Afghanistan. She was born on May 10, 1971 in Sikeston to Judy Ann Hart who survives of Charleston and the late Gary Dale...
Milton Lee Bowles
Apr 13, 2011
MILTON LEE BOWLES, Age 64, a resident of Morehouse, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born November 25, 1946 at Bertrand to Victoria Lynn Surface who survives of Sikeston and the late Milton Bowles, he had lived in Morehouse a number of years. Surviving besides his mother are: a special friend, Lonnie...
Mary Ruth Stauffer
Apr 5, 2011
MARY RUTH ROACH STAUFFER, AGE 80, a resident of the Bement Community near Sikeston, died Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at the Charleston Manor. Born August 4, 1930, in the Lusk Chapel Community of Scott County, to the late James O. and Fannie Holder Roach, she was a graduate of the Diehlstadt High School and had lived in the Bement Community...
Paul Wayne Stallings
Mar 30, 2011
PAUL WAYNE "PEE WEE" STALLINGS, age 61, a resident of Charleston died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at the Luther Midelfort Health Systems in Eau Claire, WI. He was born on July 6, 1949 in Cairo, IL to Bobbie Wise Stallings who survives of Sikeston and the late Paul E. Stallings. He was a lifelong resident of Mississippi County where he...
Raymond "Buddy" L. Marshall
Mar 27, 2011
RAYMOND L. "BUDDY" MARSHALL, age 84, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at his residence in Charleston. He was born on September 29, 1926 in Blodgett to the late Raymond C. and Mary Mabel Witt Marshall. A resident of Charleston since 1933, he was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church, a graduate of St. Henry Catholic High School and a...
Lida Hazel Culp
Mar 25, 2011
LIDA HAZEL CULP, age 97, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at the Miner Nursing Center. She was born on September 17, 1913 in Pittman, AR to the late Silas Joseph and Lida Maude Ryal Swank. She had lived in Charleston most of her life and had been a member of the Charleston United Methodist Church since 1925....
Deloris Ann Spitler
Mar 19, 2011
DELORIS ANN MEEKS SPITLER, Age 69, a resident of Bertrand, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born November 19, 1942 at Bertrand, MO to the late Frank and Lorene Eastwood Meeks, she have lived in Memphis, TN for over 40 years and returned to Bertrand in 2004. She was of Baptist Belief. On...
Delores C. Bowles
Mar 17, 2011
Delores Crelia Bowles, 88, of Liberty, Missouri, passed away March 17, 2011 at Liberty, Mo. She was born in Randles, Missouri to the late John Richard and Rose Chappell Sellers. She was formerly from Bertrand, Missouri. She was a mother and a homemaker for her family. She attended the Baptist Church and enjoyed her flower garden. She grew splendid roses....
Mary Frances Tosti
Mar 6, 2011
MARY FRANCES TOSTI, Age 97, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born March 14, 1913 at Franklin Park, IL to the late Joseph and Theresa Asta Principe, she had lived in Charleston for over 35 years and was a member of the St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston. On October...
Carrie Sisk Hornback
Feb 28, 2011
CARRIE M. SISK HORNBACK,age 95, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, February 28, 2011, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born December 30, 1915 near East Prairie to the late Jesse E. and Janie Cooper Sisk. She had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and was a babysitter for children of all ages, too numerous...
Cathy Farrell Alsup
Feb 23, 2011
CATHY SUE FARRELL ALSUP, Age 59, a resident of Charleston, MO, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at the Charleston Manor. Born October 28, 1951, at Cairo, IL to the late Cleveland E. "Cleve" and Theda Teresa Welch Farrell, she had lived in Charleston her entire life and owned and operated Cathy's Cut and Curl for over 20 years. She was...
Junior Ray Buttry
Feb 23, 2011
JUNIOR RAY BUTTRY, Age 65, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home near Morehouse. Born August 9, 1945 at Charleston, MO to the late Willie Lee and Bessie Stella Wyatt Buttry, he had lived in Morehouse most of his life and had been employed as a farmer with Wheeler Brothers Farms. On January 12, 1968, he married Bobbie Kerr,...
Cheri Anita Myrick
Feb 22, 2011
CHERI ANITA VESPO MYRICK, Age 66, a resident of East Prairie, MO; died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Born May 30, 1944, at Memphis, Tennessee, to Frances Anita Dunn Vespo who survives of Grayson, GA and the late Querina "Woody" Vespo, she received her teaching degree from Memphis State University and...
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...

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