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McMikle Funeral Home Obituaries
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Emma Pinkerton
Jan 25, 2010
EMMA B. PINKERTON, age 91, formerly of Diehlstadt died at 9:15 p.m. Monday, January 25, 2010 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born August 5, 1918 in Blodgett to the late Glen A. and Katherine L. Kraft Taylor. She had lived in Scott County her entire life, was a member of the Diehlstadt General Baptist Church and had worked...
Geraldine "Gerry" Sams Hensley
Jan 19, 2010
GERALDINE 'GERRY' SAMS HENSLEY, Age 87, a resident of Sikeston, died at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born November 28, 1921 at East Prairie, Missouri to the late William Paul and Etta Jane Perry Sams. She had lived in Roswell, New Mexico a number of years where she was employed with...
Colleen Oakley
Jan 19, 2010
WANDA COLLEEN OAKLEY, age 82, a resident of Wyatt died at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at the Charleston Manor. She was born December 21, 1927 in Holland, MO to the late C.F. and Lula Cerrigan Tompkins. On May 10, 1944 she married Marion Oakley and they moved to Wyatt in 1956 to assume the operation of his family's...
Billy Charles Rose, Sr.
Jan 18, 2010
BILLY CHARLES ROSE, SR., Age 70, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born February 6, 1939 in the Fish Lake Community north of Charleston, Mo., to the late John Wesley and Mary Marie Smith Rose. He had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was a member of the...
Freddy Glen Jones
Jan 16, 2010
Freddy Glen Jones, Age 59, a resident of Rural Charleston, died at 8:40 a.m., Saturday, January 16, 2010 at the St. Francis Medical Center at Cape Girardeau. Born June 11, 1950, at Wolf Island, MO to J.T. "Bud" Jones who survives of Bertrand and the late Margie George Jones. He had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was...
Martha B. Moody
Jan 15, 2010
MARTHA BELLE MOODY, Age 68, a resident of Charleston, at 11:50 a.m., Friday, January 15, 2010 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 3, 1941 at Cape Girardeau, MO, to the late Thomas Harold and Helen Beatrice Davenport Moody, she had lived in Charleston her entire life. Following her graduation from High School, she was employed...
Elsie Frix Shelby
Jan 5, 2010
ELSIE JANET FRIX SHELBY, Age 87, formerly of East Prairie, died at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at The Golden Age Living Center in New Madrid, from an extended illness. Born September 21st, 1922, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late John Malcolm and Cora Willis Frix, she resided during early childhood in Bear Creek, Alabama. In her adolescent years...
Jeff Stallings
Jan 5, 2010
MARTIN JEFFREY "JEFF" STALLINGS, age 47, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010, at his residence in Charleston. He was born February 10, 1962 in Sikeston to Martin and Cora Sue Hutcheson Stallings who survive of Charleston. A graduate of Charleston High School, Jeff received a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of MO – Columbia. He was a member of...
Lynn Cooper Hearnes
Dec 31, 2009
LYNN COOPER HEARNES, Age 60, a resident of St. Louis, died Thursday, December 31, 2009 in an auto accident near Benton, MO. Born April 30, 1949, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the late Governor Warren Eastman Hearnes and Betty Cooper Hearnes who survives of Charleston. Lynn was educated in the Charleston and Jefferson City public schools. She held degrees...
C. Stephen England
Dec 22, 2009
C. STEPHEN ENGLAND, Age 56, a resident of Cape Girardeau and formerly of East Prairie, died at 7:45 a.m., Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 13, 1953 at Sikeston, Missouri to Joan Johnson England who survives of Cape Girardeau and the late Charles A. England. He had a love and passion for...
Lula Jane Pattengill
Dec 20, 2009
LULA JANE DANIEL PATTENGILL, age 82, a resident of rural Charleston, died at 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, December 20, 2009, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 1, 1927 in Johnsonville, TN to the late Roy and Flora McCallabe Daniel. She had lived in Benton since 1941 and was a graduate of Benton High School....
Marian Warren
Dec 20, 2009
MARIAN AVA WARREN, Age 85, formerly of Bertrand, MO, died Sunday, December 20, 2009, at the home of her niece at Louisville, KY. Born April 12, 1924, at Biggers, Arkansas to the late Ewing and Eliza Eleanor Hill Helms, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life where she was a member of the First Baptist Church where she...
Helen Council Herwig
Dec 14, 2009
HELEN COUNCIL HERWIG, Age 82, a resident of Charleston, died at 4:19 p.m., Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Charleston Manor. Born July 3, 1927, at Diehlstadt, MO, to the late Forest S. and and Gladys Treacy Harwell Council, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she was a charter member of the Southside Baptist Church...
Mark Robert Ketterer
Dec 11, 2009
MARK ROBERT KETTERER, Age 56, a resident of Lynnwood, WA and formerly of Charleston, MO, died at 3:37 p.m., Friday, December 11, 2009 at the Maple Road Adult Living Center in Lynnwood, WA. He was born October 25, 1953, in Charleston, MO to the late Joseph Theodore and Marie I. Glenn Ketterer. He had lived in Charleston most of his...
Paul Harrison Cornwall
Dec 10, 2009
Paul Harrison Cornwall (August 30, 1935 – December 10, 2009) Paul Harrison Cornwall, age 74, a former resident of Charleston, Missouri, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Born August 30, 1935, he was the son of the late Dr. Harrison Hiram and Emma Pauline (Smith) Cornwall. He grew up in Charleston, attended the United...
Jacob Larry "Jake" Mccloskey
Dec 7, 2009
JACOB LARRY 'JAKE' McCLOSKEY, Age 57, died at 2:45 a.m., Monday, December 07, 2009 at his home in rural Charleston. Born February 5, 1952 at Cairo, IL to the late Charles Ira and Juanita Wehunt McCloskey, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was a 1971 graduate of Charleston High School. A self-employed farmer, he had attended...
Bill G. Greenwood
Dec 7, 2009
BILLY GARLAND "BILL" GREENWOOD, Age 79, a resident of East Prairie, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Born September 27, 1930 at Cardwell, Missouri to the late Howard Bruce and Mary Lucille Bradley Greenwood, he had lived most of his life in the East Prairie area. A member of the First Christian Church...
Judy Yvonne Banks Williams
Dec 7, 2009
JUDY YVONNE BANKS WILLIAMS, Age 62, a resident of Ankeny, Iowa, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Graveside Services were held Monday, December 14, 2009 at the IOOF Cemetery near Charleston.
Dennis "Butch" Burgess
Dec 5, 2009
DENNIS GENE "BUTCH" BURGESS, age 66, a resident of Charleston, died at 4:35 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2009, at the Charleston Manor. He was born June 19, 1943 in Wyatt to the late J.T. Burgess and Hazel Presson. He had lived in Mississippi Co. most of his life and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wyatt....
Shirley Jeffries
Nov 29, 2009
SHIRLEY BYFORD JEFFRIES, age 75, a resident of Sikeston formerly of Charleston, died at 3:24 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2009 at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. She was born May 13, 1934 in Charleston to the late Anderson and Opal Oliver Davis. She had lived in Charleston for 53 years before moving to Sikeston in 1987 and provided child care in...

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