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Leroy James Blasingain Sr.
Jul 16, 2024
Leroy James Blasingain, Sr., age 67, a resident of East Prairie, died Tuesday, July 16, 2024, surrounded by his family.
Born August 26, 1956, at Wolf Island, MO, to the late James Leroy Blasingain and Ruby Lee Ricketts Blasingain, he had lived in East Prairie his entire life. Â For over 50 years, he was employed with Marshall...
Elisha Labrooke Williamson
Jul 15, 2024
Elisha Williamson made her transition on the afternoon of July 15, 2024, at the age of 34. Born and raised in Sikeston, Missouri, Elisha spent her life surrounded by family and friends who cherished her deeply.
Elisha was a sweet, beautiful soul whose passion for family, fitness, music, animals, and faith in God was evident in everything...
Linard Jerome Thomas
Jul 14, 2024
Linard Jerome Thomas, age 42, entered into his Eternal reward, Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Born August 24, 1981, at Charleston to Annie Margaret Thomas and Jerome Bell, of Charleston. Â Also surviving is his brother, Chedowry (Tiffani) Thomas; three sisters, Tuna Larice Bell of Georgia, Jemisha (Juan) Evans of Charleston and Jareissa Dawn (Devon)...
Ruth L. Eggers Estes
Jul 13, 2024
Ruth Lynn Estes, age 94, of Bertrand, died Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the home of her son and daughter in law, in Sikeston.
She was born November 17, 1929, at Cooter, MO, to the late James Lafate Richardson and Martha Irene Cain Richardson. Â She was one of six children. Â She lived most of her life in...
Phillip Daniel Blackman
Jul 12, 2024
Phillip Daniel Blackman, age 71, died Friday, July 12, 2024, at his home near the Dogwood Community.
Born January 6, 1953, at Cape Girardeau, to the late James Albert "Jim" Blackman and Daisy Blanche Maxwell Blackman, he had lived in the Dogwood area his entire life and was a 1971 graduate of East Prairie High School. Â Phil...
Billy Lloyd Borders
Jul 12, 2024
BILLY LLOYD BORDERS, age 85, died Friday, July 12, 2024, at his home in East Prairie.
Born May 20, 1939, at Charleston, MO, to the late George Dewey Borders and Nancy Oscille Fowler Borders, he had lived in Charleston most of his life until 2020, when he moved to East Prairie to be near his daughter. Â He...
Lucy Dorris Slaven
Jul 10, 2024
Lucy Myrtle Dorris Slaven, formerly of Charleston, MO, departed from this life to her heavenly home with the Lord, July 10, 2024, at the Beloved Care Assisted Living Center in Gilbert, AZ.
Lucy was born August 14, 1941, at Charleston, MO, to the late James and Rose Shankle Dorris and was of Pentecostal Faith. Â In addition to...
Donna Rae Carter
Jul 10, 2024
Donna Rae Carter, 73, passed away peacefully at her home in Charleston, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, following a long hard fought battle with cancer.
She was born April 19, 1951, in Cairo, IL., to the late Charles Bural and Ann Marie Helms Samons. After High School, Donna pursued her career as a hairstylist, serving her community for...
John Walley Groesbeck
Jul 10, 2024
John Walley Groesbeck, age 89, of Sikeston, passed away at Missouri Delta Medical Center on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
He was born January 9, 1935, at Loyalton, CA, to the late John William Groesbeck and Ruth Etta Morgan Jones and was the stepson of Harry Leroy Jones. Â He was raised in Salem, IL before moving to Sikeston....
Margaret Williams Morrow
Jul 6, 2024
Margaret Jane Morrow, age 93, formerly of Bertrand, died Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Arbors of WestRidge Place Senior Living Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born August 31, 1930, at Double Springs, AL, to the late Claude Williams and Nova Lee Jackson Williams, she had lived in Mississippi County a number of years and attended Shady Acres Church...
Grace Cureton Ray
Jul 4, 2024
Grace Elizabeth Ray, age 85, died Thursday, July 4, 2024, at her home in Morehouse.
She was born April 11, 1939, in California, to the late Melvin Graham and Epsie Mae Graham. Â Having lived in Morehouse the past several years, she was a loyal, hardworking, determined woman. She loved grooming her yard and working in her flowers....
Billy Gene Vaughn
Jul 2, 2024
Billy Gene Vaughn, age 71, died Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at his home in Diehlstadt, surrounded by his family.
Born April 23, 1953, New Madrid, MO, to the late Joseph Miller "Jim" Vaughn and Dorothy Mae Wyatt Vaughn, he was a 1973 graduate of Charleston High School. Â No stranger to hard work, Billy was employed at Steward...
Don Edmonds
Jun 29, 2024
Donald "Don" Edmonds, a cherished friend and family member, passed away peacefully at his home in Columbia, Tennessee, on June 29, 2024, at the age of 73.
Born on December 17, 1950, in Cairo, Illinois, to Ray Cleman Edmonds and Florence Pobst Edmonds, he was a graduate of Charleston High School and earned his bachelor's degree from...
Toleitha Darlene Forrest-Campbell
Jun 25, 2024
Hebrews 11:6- "Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that He is real and that He rewards those who truly want to find them."
Toleitha Darlene Forrest-Campbell, age 65, of Sikeston, MO, claimed her Heavenly promise as she entered in to the arms of her Savior, Tuesday, June 25, 2024....
Evelyn Thomas Presson
Jun 25, 2024
Evelyn Thomas Presson, age 96, of Charleston, MO, died Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at the Hunter Acres Nursing Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born February 23, 1928, at Graves County, KY, the youngest of nine children to the late Stanley B. Thomas and Ruthie Lee Thomas, she had lived in Mississippi County and Charleston, most of her life. Â ...
Gary Lynn Collier
Jun 23, 2024
Gary Lynn Collier, age 68, of Morehouse, died Sunday, June 23, 2024, at the Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, MO.
Born January 23, 1959, at Parma, MO, to the late Grady Edward Collier and Sybil Estell Nunnery Collier, he had lived in Sikeston most of his life and at Morehouse for the past several years. Â He...
Susan Jean Dark Bruenderman
Jun 23, 2024
Susan Jean Dark Bruenderman
Susan Jean Dark Bruenderman, age 78, of Charleston, died Sunday, June 23, 2024, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.
Born September 1, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, MO, to the late Charles Evans Dark and Wilma (Bill) Dark Heckman. Â She attended Charleston High School in Charleston, MO.
She was...
Cay Coughenour Sikes
Jun 22, 2024
Catherine Coughenour Sikes, age 78, of Sikeston, died Saturday, June 22, 2024, at her home.
Born March 7, 1946, in Columbus, OH, to the late Ralph Merriam and Virginia Martindale Coughenour, she attended Parkview High School in Springfield, MO. She graduated in 1968 from Drury College with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, where she was...
Louis Anderson Lynch
Jun 18, 2024
Louis Anderson Lynch was born August 8, 1951, to the late Anderson and Charlotte Scaife- Lynch in Wyatt Missouri.
Louis received Jesus Christ at an early age at the Holly Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Wyatt Missouri, under the guidance of his grandparents Louis and Otelia Scaife. Â Louis received his early education in Missouri at the Washington...

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