Joyce Hampton Brockus
May 10, 2025
Joyce Ann Hampton Brockus, age 76, a resident of East Prairie, died Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Cotton Point Senior Living Center in Matthews, MO.
Joyce was born July 6, 1948, at East Prairie, MO, to the late Cledith Earl "Nub" Hampton and Mary Katherine Cooper Hampton on her grandpa Hampton's farm. She was delivered by...
Micah Elise Ledbetter
May 9, 2025
A Life Remembered Micah E. Ledbetter December 10, 2002 – May 9, 2025
Micah E. Ledbetter, 22, departed her earthly life on Friday, May 9, 2025. She was born on December 10, 2002, in Sikeston, MO, to Amanda Ledbetter and James Pratt (Carla Pratt). Micah was raised in the Bootheel of Missouri and was a light in...
Sharron Ann Sweet Smith
May 3, 2025
Sharron Ann Sweet Smith, age 82, of Sikeston, MO, died Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the Daybreak Nursing Center in Miner, MO.
Born October 15, 1942, at Bertrand, MO, to the late James Edward Sweet and Bertha May Heckert Sweet, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life where she attended Life Church. Sharron was employed...
Joyce Ann Long
May 2, 2025
Joyce Ann Long, formerly of Southeast Missouri, passed away on May 2, 2025, at the age of 82 at Huntsville Hospital Family Hospice in Huntsville, Alabama.
She was born on May 28, 1942, to Jerald and Laura Thompson Ayers, and raised in the Little Vine community of southeast Missouri.
On September 4, 1962, she married...
Karen Kay Odum Pullen
May 1, 2025
Karen Kay Pullen, age 63, of Benton, MO, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.
She was born October 4, 1961, in Advance, MO to the late J.R. And Jean Odum and was a 1980 graduate of Sikeston High School. She attended Diehlstadt General Baptist Church.
On...
Elizabeth Ann Schmucker
May 1, 2025
Elizabeth Ann Schmucker, age 71, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO.
She was born August 2, 1953 in Marshall, North Carolina to become the daughter of Harry Spaeth and Ada Rosenberger Spaeth.
She was married to Lon Schmucker for over 10 years and he preceded her in...
Judith Kay Haney
May 1, 2025
Judith Kay Haney, age 78, of East Prairie, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the Aspire Senior Living Center at East Prairie, MO.
Born January 28, 1947, at Alton, IL, to the late Raymond Meredith and Retta Martin Meredith Rister, she was a 1965 graduate of East Prairie Schools and had lived in East Prairie most of...
Jenifer Anne Ponder
Apr 30, 2025
Jenifer Anne Ponder, age 51, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at her home in Reynolds County, MO.
Born April 8, 1974, at Sikeston, MO, to Rudy and Mary Susan Slaten Ponder who survive of Sikeston, Jenifer was raised in Charleston where she was the Salutatorian of the 1992 graduating class and a member of...
Jonathon Walter Herring
Apr 29, 2025
Jonathon Walter Herring was born August 31, 1981, in Henrico Doctor's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, to Walter and Judith Nunnelee Herring. He passed away April 29, 2025, in Richmond, Virginia. He was 43 years old.
Jon loved coming to Sikeston to visit his grandparents, the late John F. and Myrtle Rogers Nunnelee. His fondest memories were riding...
George Doan Moorman Sr.
Apr 29, 2025
George D. Moorman Sr., 88, of Melbourne, FL, formerly of Sikeston, MO, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
He was born Sept. 2, 1936, in Somerville, TN, to the late Meryl Hines Moorman and George C. Moorman.
George attended Memphis State where he met Margaret Lucille Dixon. They were united in marriage on Sept. 7,...
Willard Eugene Turner
Apr 26, 2025
Willard Eugene Turner, age 88, a resident of East Prairie, died Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Born April 1, 1937, at East Prairie, to the late John Shelby Turner and Martha Ellen Northcutt Turner, he had lived in East Prairie his entire life and owned and operated Willard Turner's Well...
Harrison Junior Beasley
Apr 26, 2025
Harrison Junior Beasley, age 83, of Charleston, MO, died Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born January 24, 1942, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Harrison Dewey Beasley and Gaynell Bell Beasley, he grew up in Mississippi County and had formerly attended the First Baptist Church of Charleston. In his...
Gregory Dee Laster
Apr 23, 2025
Gregory Dee "Greg" Laster, age 66, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.
He was born August 26, 1958, at Sikeston, MO, to late Randall Dee Laster and Reba Virginia Smith Laster and was a 1976 graduate of Charleston High School. Greg had lived in Sikeston a number...
Samuel Ray Oatsvall
Apr 22, 2025
On April 22, 2025, East Prairie resident, Samuel Ray Oatsvall, age 40, passed away.
Born at Camp Lejeune, NC, on June 30, 1984, to Randy A. Oatsvall and Kathleen A. Clark Oatsvall, Sam lived a life filled with a passion for motorcycles, tinkering around with engines and electronics, spending time with his family and friends and taking...
Louise Mansfield Marks
Apr 22, 2025
Louise Mansfield Marks, age 85, of East Prairie, MO, died Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bertrand, MO.
Born December 7, 1939, at Farmington, MO, to the late Abel Antone Mansfield and Catherine Louise Gerlach Mansfield, she was a 1957 graduate of East Prairie High School where she had been named...
David J. Dixon
Apr 21, 2025
David J. Dixon, affectionately known by many as "Beanie", passed away Monday, April 21, 2025, at his home in Charleston at the age of 76.
Born August 30, 1949, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Olie and Eather Scott Dixon, he lived in Charleston, MO most of his life and was respected and employed by local...
Elizabeth S. Staggs
Apr 21, 2025
Elizabeth S. Staggs, age 77, died Monday, April 21, 2025, at her home in East Prairie, surrounded by her loving family.
Born October 29, 1947, at Muskegon, Michigan, to the late Carl "Frank" Wiggins and Sunny Marie Absent Wiggins, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life and had been employed at Missouri Delta Medical...
John Leslie Davis
Apr 18, 2025
JOHN LESLIE DAVIS, age 88, of Sikeston, MO, died Friday, April 18, 2025, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born March 21, 1937, at Morehouse, MO, to the late Leonard A. Davis and Helen Margaret Murrie Davis Owings, he was a 1955 graduate of Morehouse Schools. Immediately following his high school graduation, John enlisted in...
O.d. Martin
Apr 15, 2025
O.D. Martin, age 79, died Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at his home in Bloomfield, MO.
Born July 10, 1945, near Canalou, MO, to the late Lottie Brookshire, he had lived in Sikeston a number of years before moving to Bloomfield over 30 years ago. He was a longtime employee of BMU in Sikeston until his retirement. O.D....
Mary Feiock Putnam
Apr 15, 2025
Mary Feiock Putnam
October 4, 1954 - April 15, 2025
Mary Feiock Putnam of Brentwood, Tennessee passed away peacefully on April 15, 2025, following a valiant seven-year battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her mother, the late Josephine Dowdle Feiock and her father, the late Lt. Commander Harold...
