Roy H. Simpkins
Jul 13, 2011
ROY H. SIMPKINS, age 77, a resident of Sikeston formerly of East Prairie, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born November 1, 1933 in Holcomb, MO, to the late Ben H. "B.H." and Mary Jane Owens Simpkins. He had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was a member of the MO...
Anna Elizabeth Bennett
Jul 13, 2011
ANNA ELIZABETH STRICKER BENNETT, Age 99, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at her home in Charleston. Born June 26, 1912, in Charleston, MO, to the late Ben W. and Mary Bruenderman Stricker, she had lived in Charleston her entire life where she was a 1932 graduate of St. Henry Catholic High School and was the oldest living member of St....
Betty Lou Groves
Jul 12, 2011
BETTY LOU DORRIS GROVES, Age 76, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born January 22, 1935, at Steele, Missouri, to the late Archie J. and Lorraine Hope Summers Dorris, she had lived most of her life in Mississippi County where he was a member of the Southside Baptist Church in...
Michael Dennis Pullen
Jul 7, 2011
MICHAEL DENNIS 'MIKE' PULLEN, Age 61, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, July 7, 2011 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born August 31, 1949, at Wyatt, Missouri, to the late Lee O. Pullen and Lenora Irene Milner Bailey, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was active for many years as an umpire for the...
Michael Everette Cain
Jul 5, 2011
MICHAEL EVERETTE CAIN, Age 60, a resident of Morehouse, died Tuesday, July 05, 2011 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born February 23, 1951, at Anniston, MO to Allene Waldron McCutchen, he was a 1969 graduate of Charleston High School and was of the Nazarene Belief. He had been employed as a printer and a carpenter. He...
James Robert Harris
Jul 5, 2011
JAMES ROBERT HARRIS, Age 86, a resident of Miner, died Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at the Jefferson Barracks Medical Center in St. Louis. Born September 29, 1924, at Ridgley, Tennessee to the late William and Allie Howell Harris, he had lived in Scott County most of his life where he was employed in construction and has been associated with the...
Frances Reeves Goldis
Jun 29, 2011
FRANCES EVELYN REEVES GOLDIS, Age 84, a resident of Bertrand Nursing Facility and formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born October 14, 1926, in Deventer, Missouri, to the late Oda Augusta and Mittie Lee Parker Reeves. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Charleston...
Marie A. Merrick
Jun 23, 2011
MARIE A. CARSON MERRICK, Age 85, died Thursday, June 23, 2011, at her home in Charleston, Missouri. She was born September 4, 1925 at Birta, Arkansas, to the late Albert S. and Alma Gaydon Carson Sr.. In 1933, she moved to Caruthersville and graduated from Caruthersville High School. Upon her graduation, she moved to the Chicago, IL area where she...
Aldena M. Prayor
Jun 20, 2011
ALDENA M. PRAYOR, Age 80, a resident of Wyatt, died Monday, June 20, 2011 at the Charleston Manor. Born August 3, 1930 at Dardanelle, Arkansas, to the late Floyd and Pollie Cossey Phillips, she had lived in Wyatt since 1940 where she was a member of the Wyatt Baptist Church. A graduate of the Diehlstadt High School, she was valedictorian...
John Skaggs
Jun 17, 2011
JOHN F. SKAGGS, age 49, a resident of East Prairie, died at 10:15 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2011, from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident that occurred on June 9, 2011 near Scott City. He was born June 28, 1961 in Festus to the late Bill and Norma Roderick Skaggs and had moved to East Prairie from Union County, IL...
Cornelius Paul Rolwing
Jun 16, 2011
CORNELIUS PAUL ROLWING, Age 90, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Charleston Manor. Born October 23, 1920, in the Texas Bend Community of Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Paul Lawrence and Elizabeth Margaret Wessels Rolwing, he had lived in Texas Bend and Charleston his entire life. A graduate of the St. Henry Catholic High...
Regina Kay George Bollerud
Jun 12, 2011
REGINA KAY GEORGE BOLLERUD, Age 52, a resident of Sikeston, died Sunday, June 12, 2011 near Bertrand from injuries sustained in an accident. Born June 10, 1959, at Wyatt, MO to the late Martin Wesley and Alice A. Spiller George, she had lived in the Sikeston area most of her life. On June 10, 1987, she married Steven Ronald Bollerud,...
Frank Russell Whitehead
Jun 12, 2011
FRANK RUSSELL WHITEHEAD, 72, resident of Midlothian, Virginia, and formerly of Charleston, MO, died on June 12, 2011, in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 19, 1938 in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late William C. and Lucy Pauline Farmer Whitehead. Survivors include three sons, Charles Justin Whitehead of Washington D.C. Kevin Michael Whitehead of Midlothian, Virginia, and Mark Russell...
Emma Lou McElmurry Ayers
Jun 12, 2011
Emma Lou Ayers, 92, of Charleston went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, June 12, 2011, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY. She was born Jan 15, 1919 in Charleston, daughter of George Andrew and May Dyer McElmurry. She was first married to Roy Bastien, who preceded her in death. She later married Jerald Ayers in 1955, who...
Betty Sue Humphreys
Jun 6, 2011
BETTY SUE RUSSELL HUMPRHEYS, Age 74, died Monday, June 6, 2011, at her home in Charleston. Born June 17, 1936 at Lawrenceburg, TN, to the late James Harrison and Martha Elizabeth McCurry Russell, she had lived in Charleston most of her life were she was a farm leader for the Sam Babb Farms and had attended the Wyatt Baptist Church....
James "Woody" Woodrow Parson
Jun 5, 2011
JAMES WOODROW "WOODY" PARSON, Age 72, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, June 5, 2011, from injuries sustained in an accident on I-55 in Perry County, MO. He was born November 15, 1938, at Sikeston, MO to the late James E. and Ella Mae Jones Parson. After the death of his mother at a young age, he was raised...
Joan Ann Scott Parson
Jun 5, 2011
JOAN ANN SCOTT PARSON, Age 68, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis from injuries sustained in an accident on I-55 in Perry County, MO. She was born March 21, 1943 at Dorena, MO to Virginia L. Johnson Scott who survives of East Prairie and the late Lyle F. Scott....
Jerry Wayne Faris
Jun 4, 2011
JERRY WAYNE FARIS, age 59, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Miner Nursing Center. He was born August 25, 1951 in Charleston to the late Dixie and Ressie Jackson Faris. He had lived in Vienna, IL most of his life returning to Southeast Missouri in 2003. At age 17 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine...
Thomas "Tommy" L. Clark
Jun 2, 2011
THOMAS LAVERN "TOMMY" CLARK, age 80, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at his residence in rural Bertrand. He was born July 7, 1930 in Mystic, IA to the late Clarence and Nina Millizer Clark. He had lived in Missouri most of his life moving to Bertrand in 2010. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict, he had been employed...
Ethel Lee Tesney
May 24, 2011
ETHEL LEE HOWELL TESNEY, Age 92, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at her home in Bertrand. Born September 4, 1918, at Haleyville, Alabama to the late Silous and Villa Loveless Howell, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life where she was member of the Cornerstone Church. On August 21, 1939, she married William Wes Tesney, who preceded her...
