Gary Dale McDermott
Oct 8, 2009
GARY DALE McDERMOTT, age 61, a resident of Charleston died at 3:10 a.m. Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born August 8, 1948 in Mississippi County to the late Vausey Houston and Louella Byrd McDermott. He had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he was employed in farming and attended Elm Street...
William Earl Carter
Oct 7, 2009
WILLIAM EARL CARTER, age 64, a resident of Charleston died at 7:03 a.m. Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born December 10, 1944 in the Gravel Ridge Community of Mississippi County to Hester Hall Carter Pehm who survives of Charleston. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in Norfolk, VA from 1961 until 1964....
Theodore "Ted" Anthony Pierceall
Oct 5, 2009
THEODORE ANTHONY 'TED' PIERCEALL, age 88, a resident of Charleston, MO died at 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 05, 2009 at the Charleston Manor. Born January 7, 1921, at Charleston, Missouri to the late Otto Elisha and Gertrude Leible Pierceall, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was a member of the St. Henry Catholic Church. He...
Julius "Fat" L. Laster
Oct 4, 2009
JULIUS LEE "FAT" LASTER, age 79, a resident of Bertrand died at 3:10 a.m. Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born on December 6, 1929 in the Crosno Community of Mississippi County to the late Herman and Goldie Groves Laster. He had lived in Bertrand most of his life and had been...
Rachel Slaughter Haney
Sep 24, 2009
Rachel Slaughter Haney, Age 73, a resident of rural Charleston, died at 6:05 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the Charleston Manor. She was born November 19, 1935 in Fulton Co. KY to the late John D. and Grace Hodges Slaughter. She had lived in Mississippi County most of her life and was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church...
Shirley Jean Terrell Hester
Sep 22, 2009
SHIRLEY JEAN TERRELL HESTER, Age 61, died at 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at her home in Wyatt. Born December 11, 1947, near Wyatt, Missouri to Ruth Juanita Pierce Terrell who survives of Wyatt and the late John Bernard "J.B." Terrell. She had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was employed at the Brown Shoe Company...
Elizabeth "Liz" Wallhausen Anderson
Sep 9, 2009
ELIZABETH GAIL (LIZ) ANDERSON, 67, a resident of East Prairie, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 in Charleston. She was editor and co-owner with her husband of The Enterprise-Courier in Charleston and the East Prairie Eagle Newspapers. She was born October 9, 1941, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of the late Arthur Louis and Mildred Carolyn (Savell) Wallhausen. She was granddaughter of...
Pearl Marie Poley
Sep 6, 2009
PEARL MARIE HUTSON POLEY, Age 73, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, September 06, 2009 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 27, 1936, in the Deventer Community of Mississippi County, Mo., to the late George and Flossie Smith Hutson, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and had been employed by Gertrude Jones....
Orville Almon
Aug 31, 2009
ORVILLE ALMON, age 85,a resident of Charleston, died at 11:45 p.m. on Monday, August 31, 2009 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born January 21, 1924 in Roane Mountain, TN to the late Clyde and Flo Hopson Almon. He had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was a member of the Elm Street Baptist...
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...
