Jul 24, 2023

Mamie Burton Cowger, age 89, of Sikeston, died July 24, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born August 23, 1933, in London, Arkansas, to the late Joe Pleasant Hampton Burton and the late Maggie Cochran Burton Dodd, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life where she was a member of Shady Acres...

Jul 21, 2023

Thomas Edward Maynard, of East Prairie, MO, passed away Friday, July 21, 2023, at the age of 71, following a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes.

Thomas was born on November 18, 1951, in Schomberg, Ontario, Canada. Thomas moved to the United States when he was 7 years old. Thomas was blessed with a...

Jul 15, 2023

Edwina Farris Washburn, age 95, died Saturday, July 15, 2023, at her home near Sikeston.

Born September 7, 1927, at Caraway, Arkansas, to the late Ivy Earnest Farris and Dovie Melvina Furlong Farris, she had lived in Sikeston a number of years and worked as a nurse assistant for 25 years until her retirement.  Family was first...

Jul 15, 2023

James Wayne Woody, age 68, of Morehouse, died Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the Stonecrest Nursing Center in Viburnum, MO.

Born September 2, 1954, at Blytheville, AR, to the late Joe Elmer Woody and Vernie Davis Woody, he had lived in the Sikeston area most of his life.  He was first employed with DK Lape Farms and...

Jul 9, 2023

Billy Lough

William Lindsey "Billy" Lough, age 64, died Sunday, July 9, 2023, at his home in rural Bertrand, MO.

Born March 8, 1959, at Sikeston, MO, to George William Lough and Nora Edith Lindsey Lough, who survive, he was a 1977 graduate of Charleston High School and after graduation served ten years in the...

Jul 8, 2023

Mizelle Ferrell McClure, age 81, of Sikeston, died Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born September 22, 1941, in the Gnat Hill Community near Beechgrove, TN, to the late William "Lacy" Ferrell and Earline McCullough Ferrell, after her high school graduation, Mizelle went on to study at St. Thomas School of...

Jul 7, 2023

Theresa Ann Faught Canady, age 60, of Benton, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023, at the Helia Healthcare Center in Salem, IL.

Theresa was born February 8, 1963, at Jacksonville, NC, to Lois Harris Faught who survives of Sikeston, and the late Donald Wayne "Doc" Faught.   A graduate of Kelly High School, she went on to work...

Jul 7, 2023

Sheila Ann Skelton, age 58, of East Prairie, died Friday, July 7, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Sheila was born May 7, 1965, at East Prairie, MO, to the late Charles Edward Skelton and Mary Patsy House Skelton.  A graduate of East Prairie High School, she had lived in East Prairie her entire...

Jul 6, 2023

Jim Kennedy

James Stanley "Jim" Kennedy, age 88, of Matthews, MO, died Thursday, July 6, 2023, at the Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews, MO.

He was born March 6, 1935, in Prairie, Mississippi, to the late Ciscero Kennedy and Alice Pearl Allen Kennedy.  In 1955, he moved to Rockford, IL, where he was employed...

Jun 28, 2023

Lila Lee Wagoner Jackson, age 89, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born August 12, 1933, at Blodgett, MO, to the late John Raymond and Inez Anna Lee Wagoner.  Having lived in Sikeston most of her life, she was employed with Good Humor Breyers until her...

Jun 27, 2023

Jan Wilson

Hazel Janiece "Jan" Wilson, age 94, formerly of Vienna, IL, died Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Home.

Born April 19, 1929, in Clay County, Arkansas, to the late Clinen Cox and Zella Mae Davis Cox, she grew up in Arkansas and later moved to Chicago, IL, where she lived...

Jun 26, 2023

Genene G. Parker, age 78, of Sikeston, MO., died Monday, June 26, 2023, in Glasgow, KY.

She was born January 3, 1945, in Glasgow, to the late Virgil T. and Florence Irene Vance Grinstead. She was preceded in death by her husband George Thomas Parker, whom she married on May 29, 1965. They were married 57 years....

Jun 25, 2023

Bob Greer

Robert Earl Greer, age 87, of East Prairie, died Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

Bob was born April 7, 1936, in Mississippi County, MO to the late William Earl Greer and Marie Schneider Greer.  He grew up in East Prairie and was a graduate of...

Jun 23, 2023

Janet Lee Gierer Leavitt, age 69, of Sikeston, died Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born December 31, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Melvin L. Gierer and Emma Leona Faddis Gierer, she grew up in St. Louis and moved to Sikeston over 20 years ago.   She was an...

Jun 21, 2023

Virginia Dare Lair

October 04, 1961 – June 21, 2023

Virginia Dare Lair, age 61, of Sikeston, MO, died Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

She was born October 4, 1961, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Oliver Glen Johnson and Dorothy Mae Lewis.  She lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life and was of...

Jun 21, 2023

Loving Memory of

ANDREW THOMAS SUGGS, SR.

Andrew got that call, and he answered it June 21, 2023.  He is now resting in God's arms.

Andrew was born June 10, 1945, in Houston, Mississippi to David Thomas Suggs and Jerri Dean Atkinson Suggs.  He attended...

Jun 20, 2023

Gladys B. Reynolds, age 82, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Daybreak Nursing Center in Miner, MO.

Born May 18, 1940, to the late Calvin Newton Bolan and Annie Myrtle Flynn Bolan, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life.

Surviving is her special friend, Joseph "Eddie" Hood, Jr., of the...

Jun 17, 2023

Courtesy Obituary

Lucinda (Cindy) Simmons Kirchhoff passed away June 17, 2023. Cindy was born on April 9, 1952 in Cairo, Illinois to W. J. "Pedro" Simmons and Mary Jean Miller Simmons, and grew up in Charleston, MO.

One of four children, Cindy was always the child who stretched the limits and kept her parents on...

Jun 15, 2023

Colonel Rebecca Jo Stricker Gentry, age 70, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2023, of complications from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), at her home in Jackson, Missouri, with her husband, David Gentry, at her side.

Colonel Gentry was born September 12, 1952, at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo, Ill., to Raymond Martin Stricker and Anna Frances O'Neal Stricker...

Jun 11, 2023

Roger Paul Skoropat, age 54, of Raymore, MO died Sunday June 11, 2023 in SIkeston, MO.

He was born March 20, 1969 in Columbia, South Carolina, to Paul Skoropat and Wanda Lance Skoropat.  Roger received his BSN and was a code writer and programmer. For over 13 years, Roger was involved with the Special Olympics and served...