Joyce Hise Gilmore
Jul 28, 2026
Joyce Hise Gilmore, age 89, formerly of rural Charleston, MO, died Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at Columbia, MO.
Born May 31, 1937, at Mississippi County, MO, to the late Clifton Herbert Hise and Jewell Sybill Walker Hise, she was a graduate of Anniston High School. Joyce went on to further her education at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and...
Amanda Brooke Kolwyck
Jul 27, 2026
Amanda Brooke Martinez Kolwyck, age 34, of Sikeston, MO, died Monday, July 27, 2026, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Born April 24, 1992, at Cape Girardeau, MO, to the Scott A. Martinez and Catina Lee, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life.
On November 17, 2007, she married Brandon Lee Kolwyck, who survives.
Also surviving are her children,...
William Russell "Bill" Harris
Jul 24, 2026
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William “Bill” Russell Harris Sr., age 83, of Wyatt, entered his heavenly home on Friday, July 24, 2026, to join his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Born February 9, 1943, in Wyatt, MO, to the late Ivory Mack Harris and Flora Mae Rogers Harris, Bill lived in Mississippi County all his life. He grew up with his six siblings. Bill was...
Sue “Sue Roo” O’Connor
Jul 14, 2026
Sue “Sue Roo” O’Connor, 69, of East Prairie, MO, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2026, surrounded by her family and friends.
She was born in Charleston, MO, on January 23, 1957, to the late J.D. O’Connor and Dixie Lee Clark Counts and was also raised by her Step- Father, Kenny Counts. She was a lifelong resident of East Prairie, where...
Carolyn Elizabeth Peters
Jul 10, 2026
Carolyn Elizabeth Peters, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 10, 2026, on her 77th birthday, surrounded by her children.
She was born Carolyn Elizabeth Stricker on July 10, 1949, at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo, IL, to the late Lawrence S. and Maude Ellen (Williams) Stricker. She was the youngest of their three children and their only daughter. Carolyn grew up...
Deberah Kay Alvarez
Jul 9, 2026
Deberah Kay Long Alvarez
February 5, 1951 – July 9, 2026
Deberah "Debbie" Kay Long Alvarez, 75, of Charleston, Missouri, died on July 9, 2026, in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born February 5, 1951, in Cairo, Illinois.
She graduated from Charleston High School in 1969. Throughout the years, she moved to and from Charleston, and homes at times included Florida, Arizona, and Texas....
Malinda Diane Williams
Jul 8, 2026
Malinda Diane Williams, age 67, of Matthews, MO, died Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews, MO.
Born October 31, 1958, at Kansas City, MO, to the late William “Bill” Simpson and Mary Alice Ozment, she had lived in Mississippi County in her younger years and later in Sikeston and New Madrid County. She attended the Potters...
Chadd Harvey Weakley
Jul 7, 2026
Chadd Weakley
Chadd Harvey Weakley, age 51, formerly of Bertrand, MO, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.
He was born November 18, 1974, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Harvey Walter Weakley and Yvonne Carrol Brown Weakley.
He graduated from Charleston Senior High School in 1993 and then served in the US Army in field artillery for...
Charles Eugene Turner
Jul 7, 2026
Charles Eugene Turner
Charles Eugene Turner, 82, of Charleston, Missouri, passed away surrounded by the love of his family. He was born on July 29, 1943, in Charleston, Missouri, to the late Roma and Ruth Turner.
On April 20, 1968, Charlie married the love of his life, Dorothy Fay Harwell, in Charleston, Missouri. Together they built a loving home and shared many...
Lawrence Woodrow Graham
Jul 7, 2026
Lawrence Woodrow Graham, age 73, of formerly of Matthews, MO, died Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, MO.
Born February 1, 1953, at Lilbourn, MO, to the late Thurman Walter Graham and Minnie Louella Houchin Graham, he had lived in the Sikeston area most of his life and was a former member of the Sikeston...
Carl Edsel Hardin
2026
Carl Edsel Hardin, age 87, of Miner, MO, died Friday, July 3, 2026, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, MO.
He was born May 31, 1939, in Lepanto, AR, to the late Ada Blevens Milligan and Marvin Milligan. As a young man they moved from Nelsonville, AR to Wardell, MO where at the age of 18 he worked as a...
Paul Eugene Green
Jun 29, 2026
Paul Eugene Green (Big Daddy), 77, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2026, in Cape Girardeau, MO, surrounded by loved ones.
Paul was born in Greenfield, Ohio on June 1, 1949, to Edward and Nancy Collette Green. However, he lived most of his childhood in Aurora, IN. He attended Aurora High School where he was an exemplary, multi-sport student athlete, lettered...
Rev. Ronald W. Shrum
2026
Ronald Wilburn Shrum, was born July 28, 1938, in St. Louis, MO, to the late Wilbern Clarence Shrum and Jane Elizabeth Brown Shrum, and departed this life June 29, 2026, in Sikeston, Mo.
Ronald preached his first sermon at age 15, and his last sermon at age 83. He graduated high school in 1959 and that same year was ordained to...
Jamie Small
Jun 25, 2026
James Brackston “Jamie” Small, III, age 68, of Charleston, MO., died Thursday, June 25, 2026, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO surrounded by his wife, Brenda, daughter, Catherine, son, JB, and his daughter-in-law, Sydney. Then to be woken up by his mother, father, brother and special pups Cali and Lola Bell in heaven with our Lord and Savior Jesus...
Bobbie Gene (Jean) Robinson
Jun 22, 2026
In Loving Memory of Mrs. Bobbie Jean Robinson
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Robinson was born on December 31, 1954, in Benton, Mississippi, in Yazoo County, to the late Jessie and Christine Moton.
She was raised in East St. Louis, Illinois, and later spent many years living in Los Angeles, California. For more than a decade, she made Charleston, Missouri, her home, where she...
Layla A’Yanna Smith
Jun 18, 2026
Layla A’Yanna Smith, beloved infant daughter of April Tipler and Larry Smith was born January 14, 2026. Layla was 5 months and 4 days old.
Layla brought immense joy to her family in her short time of being with them. Her presence was like a tiny flame that lit up the lives of all she touched from day one from the...
Linda Bone Vogt
Jun 14, 2026
Linda Sue Vogt, nee Bone age 78, of Sunset Hills, MO, died on Sunday, June 14th, 2026. She departed this life as she endeavored to live it: peacefully, and with her husband Alan at her side.
Linda was born on her family’s farm, off the Big Lake Road outside of Charleston, MO. There she would foster her devotion to family- the...
Jennifer Renee Martinez
Jun 9, 2026
Jennifer Renee Millsap Martinez, age 49, of Jonesboro, AR, died Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Flo and Phil's Hospice House (St. Benard's) at Jonesboro, AR.
Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, MO.
Velma Louise Graham
Jun 9, 2026
Velma Louise Harris Graham, age 89, of Sikeston, MO, died Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born November 1, 1936, at Covington, TN, to the late Rev. J.W. Harris and Willie Gladys Harris, she and her husband were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC for a number of years while he served in the U.S....
Oscar Allen "Bud" Smith
Jun 7, 2026
Oscar Allen “Bud” Smith, age 75, of Morehouse, MO, died Sunday, June 7, 2026, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus, MO.
Born June 2, 1950, in Sikeston, MO, to the late Oscar Smith, Sr. and Maryel Smith Neal, he was a U.S. Marine having served from 1969-1973 during the Vietnam era. He was the recipient of three purple hearts. For a...
