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Jimmie Poor
May 10, 2010
JIMMIE POOR, age 75, died Monday, May 10, 2010 at his home in Sikeston. Born March 1, 1935, at Black Rock, AR to the late Lecile and Mary Parlee Halliard Poor, he had lived in Mississippi and Scott Counties most of his life having lived in Sikeston the past few years where he was a member of the Fellowship Baptist...
Nora Koury Rollins
May 7, 2010
NORA KOURY ROLLINS, a resident of Charleston, went to be with her heavenly father on Friday, May 7, 2010, at the age of 83. Born June 7, 1926, in Bernalillo, New Mexico, to the late Richard and Sophie Mahboub Koury, she lived in the State of Missouri since 1963. She left her parents home at the young age of thirteen...
O'Dell Thornton
May 6, 2010
O'DELL THORNTON, Age 97, formerly of Wyatt, MO, died at 12:25 a.m., Thursday, May 06, 2010 at the Charleston Manor. Born January 18, 1913, at Bowling Green, KY to the late Arthur and Carrie Kitchens Thornton, she had lived in Wyatt most of her life and was a member of the Wyatt Baptist Church. Surviving is: two sisters, Alma Johnson...
Edith Britt Forrest
Apr 29, 2010
EDITH VIRGINIA BRITT FORREST, Age 86, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Thursday, April 29, 2010 at Delmar Gardens on the Green Nursing Center in Chesterfield, MO. Born March 21, 1924 at Charleston, Missouri, to the late Richard Paul and Nora Elizabeth Campbell Britt, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life where she attended the Victory Baptist Church...
Clarence Penn
Apr 23, 2010
Clarence G. "Butch" Penn, age 70 of Chesterton, IN passed away Friday, April 23, 2010 at Porter Memorial Hospital - Valparaiso Campus. He was born February 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL to the late Charles R. and Alma Stultz Penn. Butch was a past member of the Midwestern Saddle and Bridal Association. He is survived by his wife, Emily "Tootie"...
Ola McDaniel Drury
Apr 23, 2010
OLA McDANIEL DRURY, Age 89, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, April 23, 2010 at the Charleston Manor. Born September 2, 1920, in Arkansas, to the late James and Sarah Clark McDaniel, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she worked as a private home caregiver and was a member of the First General Baptist Church in...
Jonathan Robin Randall
Apr 13, 2010
JONATHAN ROBIN RANDALL, age 39, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at his home in Charleston. Born April 1, 1971 in Sikeston, Missouri, to Clarence H. "Buddy" Randall, Jr. and Juanita Simmons Randall who both survive of Charleston, he lived in Charleston his entire life where he was a member of the Charleston High School Class of 1989 and a member...
Arthur "Bob" Edward Wheatley
Apr 10, 2010
ARTHUR EDWARD 'BOB' WHEATLEY, Age 72, a resident of East Prairie, died Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born September 6, 1937, in the Sugar Tree Ridge Community of New Madrid County, Missouri, to the late Edgar "Ed" and Vivian Marie Thompson Wheatley, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life...
Dallas Finley
Apr 7, 2010
DALLAS FINLEY, Age 87, died Wednesday, April 07, 2010 at his home in Diehlstadt, MO. Born October 12, 1922 at Mountain Home, Arkansas to the late Harry and Ada Cox Finley, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was employed in farming until his retirement. He had attended the Morley Church of Christ. On October 8,...
Verna Knight
Apr 6, 2010
VERNA MASTERSON KNIGHT, age 90, a resident of Bonita Springs, FL, formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at 1:00 a.m. CST in Bonita Springs. She was born December 9, 1919, in New Madrid to the late Lawrence and Leona Williams Masterson. A graduate of New Madrid High School, she moved to Charleston in 1941 where she lived until...
Dorothy Parr Brown
Apr 5, 2010
DOROTHY JEAN BROWN, Age 86, a resident of Paducah, KY, formerly of Wyatt, MO, died Monday, April 5, 2010 at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY. Born December 29, 1923, at Cairo, Ill., to the late Walter and Pearl Ellen Riggens Parr, she had lived in Wyatt most of her life where she was a self employed beauty operator....
Randy G. French
Mar 31, 2010
RANDOLPH GRANGER 'RANDY' FRENCH, Age 49, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at his home in Charleston. Born April 28, 1960 at Sikeston, Missouri to Juliet Susanne Hartsfield French, who survives of Charleston, and the late Robert Rickey "Bob" French, Sr., he had lived in Charleston most of his life. Having attended the Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau and...
Charles McCollom
Mar 26, 2010
CHARLES McCOLLOM, age 72, died Friday, March 26, 2010 at his home in Sikeston. Born September 25, 1937, at Charleston, MO, to the late Herbert Cletus and Lorene McKinney McCollom, he had lived in Sikeston a number of years and was employed as a welder with the Associated Electric in New Madrid until his retirement. He was of Baptist Belief....
Jessie Burke Brown
Mar 25, 2010
JESSIE BURKE BROWN, age 89, died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at St. Thomas Hospital Hospice Unit in Nashville, TN. A lifelong resident of Charleston, she had resided at Belmont Village Assisted Living Center in Nashville for the past four years. Born on June 24, 1920, she was the seventh of ten children born to the...
Billy Babb
Mar 24, 2010
WILLIAM SMITH 'BILLY' BABB, Age 49, a resident of Matthews, MO and formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in New Madrid County, MO. Born August 28, 1960 at Sikeston, MO to the late Edward Gene and Virginia Louise Weakley Babb, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and in Matthews since 2000. He was a...
Junior Brown
Mar 24, 2010
RILEY "JUNIOR" BROWN, Age 82, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at his home in Charleston. Born June 8, 1927 at Ashburn, MO to the late James Riley and Rosa Buchanan Brown, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life were he was employed in farming until his retirement in 2000 and had served in the Missouri National Guard....
Florence Emma Poe
Mar 21, 2010
FLORENCE EMMA ROBINSON POE, age 112, died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center. Mrs. Poe was born August 24, 1897 in Farmington, Missouri to the late William "Wid" and Malinda Caroline (Jones) Robinson and was raised in Canalou, MO. She lived most of her life in Charleston prior to moving to Cape Girardeau in 1988. She was...
Dorothy L. Thompson
Mar 21, 2010
DOROTHY LOU BYRD THOMPSON, Age 87, a resident of Charleston, Mo., died Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Born December 13, 1922 at St. Louis, Mo., to the late William Jennings "Bryan" and Lela Dixon Byrd, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she had been employed with Basler Electric Company and...
Alberta Bush McKinley
Mar 21, 2010
ALBERTA SIDNEY BUSH McKINLEY, Age 91, a resident of Bertrand, Mo., died Sunday, March 21, 2010 at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born April 26, 1918 at Bertrand, Missouri to the late Albert H. and Edythe Erie Lefler Bush, she was a lifelong resident of Bertrand and a 1937 Graduate of the Diehlstadt High School. A lifelong member of the Bertrand...
Verda Mae Tinsley
Mar 15, 2010
Verda Mae Tinsley, age 89, died early Monday, March 15, 2010, at her residence in Charleston. Born July 10, 1920 at Commerce, Texas to the late James Perry and Lillie Mae Ellenburg Saulter, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the First Baptist Church and had served as a Sunday school teacher...

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