Charles "Mike" Morris
Aug 30, 2009
CHARLES L. "MIKE" MORRIS, age 86, a resident of Charleston died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, August 30, 2009, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on June 27, 1923 in Sparta, IL to the late William E. and Lydia Roettgers Morris. He had lived in Charleston most of his life where he owned and operated Morris...
Samuel Preston Irby
Aug 23, 2009
SAMUEL PRESTON "SAM" IRBY, Age 70, died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his home in East Prairie. He was born August 22, 1939, in Mississippi County to the late William "Bill" and Ruby Thompson Irby. He had lived in East Prairie most of his life and was a landscaper. On June 4, 1998, he married Ethel Louise...
Robert Gene Badgley
Aug 20, 2009
ROBERT GENE BADGLEY, age 75, a resident of Charleston died at 5:18 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2009, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born January 17, 1934 in Grand Chain, IL to the late Delbert and Edna Fox Badgley. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, and was a graduate of the National Chiropractic College...
Ruby Jane King
Aug 17, 2009
Ruby King FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Ruby Jane King, 80, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Aug. 17, 2009, at Jefferson County Health Center. Born in Jan. 20, 1929, in Charleston, Mo., daughter of the late James Edward and Ruby Golightly Arnold, was employed as an LPN at Jefferson County Hospital. In 1953, she married Lyman Harris and they were later divorced....
Gwen Moxley Hearnes
Aug 17, 2009
GWENDOLYN MOXLEY HEARNES, age 96, formerly of Charleston, peacefully passed away on Monday, August 17, 2009 at Stonehaven Assisted Living in Maumelle, AR. She was born on April 25, 1913 in Dermott, AR to the late Ernest and Pearl Shown Moxley. She had lived in the Little Rock, AR area for many years where she was a member of the...
Governor Warren Eastman Hearnes
Aug 16, 2009
WARREN EASTMAN HEARNES Warren Eastman Hearnes, 86, 46th Governor of the State of Missouri, passed away of natural causes August 16, 2009, at his beloved home in Charleston, Missouri. He was the first Missouri Governor to serve two consecutive four year terms in office. He also stands as one of the most unique of all Missouri public officials, as the...
Alice Jean Decatur
Aug 14, 2009
ALICE JEAN DECATUR, Age 70, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, August 14, 2009 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born September 7, 1938 at Wyatt, MO to J.R. Mathis who survives of Charleston and the late Maudie Ardella Barber Mathis. She had lived in Stafford, VA a number of years and returned to Mississippi County in the 1970's where she...
Audrey Mae Marshall
Aug 8, 2009
AUDREY MAE ALLEN MARSHALL, Age 82, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, August 08, 2009 at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born August 20, 1926, at McLellon, Arkansas, to the late Len Cephus and Edna Lewis Woods Allen, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life. One of the last living charter members of the New Covenant...
Donna Gail Franklin Ashworth
Aug 6, 2009
Donna Gail Franklin Ashworth, Age 55, a resident of Wyatt, MO; died Thursday, August 06, 2009 at Wyatt. She was born July 31, 1954 at Cairo, IL to Wanda Faye Pierce Franklin who survives of Wyatt and the late William Lafayette "Bill" Franklin. She had lived in Wyatt most of her life where she was a member of the New...
Cecil "Nip" Lynn
Aug 2, 2009
CECIL RODGER "NIP" LYNN, age 82, a resident of rural Benton, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, August 2, 2009 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born November 28, 1926 near Benton to the late Clyde and Rita Agnes Rodger Lynn Sr. He lived in Scott County his entire life where he was self employed in farming until...
Shelby Fox
Jul 29, 2009
SHELBY FOX LESLIE SHELBY FOX, JR., Age 51, died at 1:40 a.m., Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at his home in Charleston, Mo. Born January 18, 1958 at Cairo, IL to Leslie Shelby Fox, Sr. who survives of Charleston and the late Alice Lee Burnett Fox, he had lived in Charleston his entire life and was a 1976 graduate of Charleston...
Joyce Mary Stewart
Jul 23, 2009
JOYCE MARY STEWART, Age 70, a resident of Charleston, died at 9:10 a.m., Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born November 23, 1938 in Chicago, IL to the late John and Josephine Kadoshius; She lived in the Chicago area until moving to Charleston in 1972 where she was employed as a cook...
Dona Brooks Ferrell
Jul 23, 2009
DONA BROOKS FERRELL, age 93, a resident of Charleston, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born on December 21, 1915 in Diehlstadt to the late William Samuel and Louise Colley Brooks. She was a 64 year member of the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston where she...
Harold D. Noisworthy
Jul 21, 2009
HAROLD D. NOISWORTHY, Age 78, a resident of Florissant, MO and formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the DePaul Health Center at Bridgeton, MO. He was born September 24, 1931 at Wyatt, MO to the late Ralph and Mary Clara Vowels Noisworthy. Surviving is his wife: Joyce Mae McDermott Noisworthy of the home at Florissant. Other survivors...
Jeffery Lee Hicks
Jul 21, 2009
JEFFERY LEE HICKS, age 45, a resident of Sikeston, died at 12:09 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was born February 16, 1964 in Wyatt to the late Jackie and Patricia Jobe Hicks. He had lived in Bertrand his entire life and had attended Charleston schools. He worked as a carpenter with several area construction...
Karen Barber Byrum
Jul 20, 2009
KAREN BARBER BYRUM, Age 48, died Monday, July 20, 2009 at her home in Charleston. She was born May 19, 1961 in Blytheville, AR to the late Larry F. Byrum and Bertie Marie Barber Byrum Staples. She had lived in Cape Girardeau a number of years and returned to Charleston in 2005 to care for her mother. A graduate of...
Penny M. Griggs
Jul 12, 2009
PENELOPE M. 'PENNY' CRENSHAW GRIGGS, age 65, a resident of Charleston, died at 5:50 p.m., Sunday, July 12, 2009 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born January 28, 1944, at San Diego, CA to the late Dr. Edwin Addison Taylor and Dr. Eva Gaede Taylor. Following her marriage to Richard V. Crenshaw, the couple moved to...
Arthur Gale Nunley
Jul 9, 2009
ARTHUR GALE NUNLEY, Age 48, a resident of Bertrand, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 near Fulton, Missouri. Born April 4, 1961 at Princeton, KY to Mary O. Hook Nunley who survives of Memphis, TN and the late Robert M. Nunley, he grew up in Memphis, TN and was a graduate of Ole Miss University at Oxford, MS. In 2000, he...
Dorla Shipman Talley
Jul 6, 2009
DORLA ANN SHIPMAN TALLEY, age 74, died at 4:15 p.m. on Monday, July 6, 2009 at her home in East Prairie. She was born September 15, 1934 in Anniston to the late Clifton and Inez Shipman. She lived most of her life in California where she retired as an office manager in 1988. After retirement she returned to Missouri and...
James Harold Tatum
Jun 28, 2009
JAMES HAROLD TATUM, age 84, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at 12:15 p.m. at his residence in Anniston. He was born January 29, 1925 in the Deventer Community of Mississippi County to the late Morgan and Mae Sams Tatum. He had lived in Anniston most of his life where he had worked in farming until his retirement. He had been...
