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Ricky Joe Burgess
Sep 21, 2023
Ricky Joe Burgess, age 59, of Sikeston, MO died Thursday, September 21, 2023, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born October 3, 1963 in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Abraham Lincoln Burgess Sr. and Geneva Louelle McCormick. Â Ricky loved to fish, loved his family and was a great friend who would help anyone in...
Jerry David McDowell Sr.
Sep 20, 2023
Long-time music educator, composer, and arranger Jerry David McDowell Sr. of Charleston, Missouri, died Wednesday, September 20, 2023. He was 80 years old. "Mr. Mac", as he was affectionately called, will be remembered for his love of music, impact on his students, his dry humor, and his dapper style of dress. Â More intimately he was called "Uncle Mac", "Paw...
Margaret Ellen Ross Jenkins
Sep 18, 2023
MARGARET ELLEN ROSS JENKINS, Age 74, of Matthews, died Monday, September 18, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born April 30, 1949, near Matthews, MO, to the late James Frank Ross and Margaret A Howard Ross, she had lived near Matthews most of her life and had worked as a cook and waitress. Â She...
Floyd Paul Duncan Jr.
Sep 13, 2023
Floyd Paul Duncan, Jr., age 81, of Morehouse, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.
Born April 30, 1942, at Gray Ridge, MO, to the late Floyd Paul Duncan, Sr., and Anna Laura Brown Duncan, he had lived in Morehouse most of his life. Â Never one to shy of hard work, Floyd...
Roxanna Lea Combs Burns
Sep 10, 2023
Roxanna Lea Burns
October 21, 1962 –September 10, 2023
Roxanna Lea Combs Burns, 60, of Sikeston, MO passed away peacefully at Missouri Delta Medical Center after an extensive battle with her health on September 10, 2023. Â She was surrounded by her loving family as she entered fully into the presence of the Lord.
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Mary Hurt Rowe
Sep 9, 2023
Mary Alice Hurt Smith Rowe, née-Morgan, 91, passed away in Wichita, Kansas, on September 9, 2023, after an extended illness.
Mary was born near East Prairie on June 21, 1932, the daughter of the late Albert "Doc" and Thelma Morgan, née-White, of rural East Prairie.
She was educated in the East Prairie school system from...
Angela Faye Earnheart
Sep 8, 2023
Angela Faye Earnheart, age 60, of Charleston, died Friday, September 8, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born June 3, 1963, at Charleston, to Larry Wasson who survives of East Prairie, and the late Wanda Pauline Vinson Bone, she had lived in Charleston her entire life.
She married Eugene Earnheart, who survives...
Jeff Bogue
Sep 5, 2023
Thomas Jefferson Bogue, III
May 28, 1947 – September 5, 2023
Thomas Jefferson Bogue III died peacefully September 5, 2023. A man of strong Catholic faith, Jeff was a devoted husband, father, son, and friend.
Born May 28, 1947, he spent his childhood in several small towns in the Mississippi Delta, calling Hollandale,...
Lori Ann Gemeinhardt Hamby
Sep 4, 2023
Lori Ann Gemeinhardt Hamby, age 61, of Charleston, died Monday, September 4, 2023, at the Aspire Senior Living Center in East Prairie.
Lori was born June 15, 1962, at Charleston, MO, to the late Charles Gemeinhardt and Margaret Davis Gemeinhardt. Â She had lived in Charleston her entire life and was a graduate of Charleston Schools.
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Verlander Murphy
Sep 2, 2023
Celebrating the Life
Of
Verlander Murphy Sr.
On Saturday September 2, 2023, Gods Angels called our loved one home, Verlander Murphy Sr.
His soul winged its flight from this world to a place of No pain, No Tears, Only Gods Eternal Rest.
"For...
Barbara Jean Ray McKinley
Sep 2, 2023
Barbara Jean Ray McKinley, age 84, of East Prairie, died Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the Aspire Senior Living Center in East Prairie.
Born March 26, 1939, at East Prairie, to the late Ernest Ray and Jewel Brewington Ray, she had lived in East Prairie her entire life. Barbara was a 1957 graduate of East Prairie High...
Paula Jean Cunningham
Aug 30, 2023
Paula Jean Cunningham, age 82, of Bertrand, died Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born October 19, 1940, at Springfield, MO, to the late Carl Eugene "Bill" Cunningham and Agnes Lorraine Mankin Cunningham, she had lived in Bertrand most of her life. Â A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, she had been...
Gena Ann Sloan Vick
Aug 29, 2023
Gena Ann Sloan Vick, age 69, died Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at her home in Morley, MO.
Gena was born into an Air Force family at Dover, Delaware, daughter of Duval Morris Sloan and Junell High Sloan on February 16, 1954, and as a young lady would move with the family wherever they would be stationed. Â Gena...
Gene Slaten
Aug 28, 2023
Gene Slaten
Eugene Gordon "Gene" Slaten, age 95, of Charleston, died Monday, August 28, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Gene was born August 31, 1927, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, to the late Edgar Roy Slaten and Myrtle G. Kemp Slaten and before his high school graduation was drafted in to active...
Harley Eugene Gaskins Sr.
Aug 28, 2023
Harley Eugene Gaskins Sr.
March 21, 1947 – August 28, 2023
Harley Eugene Gaskins Sr., age 76, of Vanduser, MO died Monday, August 28, 2023, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, MO.
He was born March 21, 1947 in Wardell, Missouri, to the late Oscar Gaskins and Lula Brown Gaskins. Â Harley lived in...
Rob Newman
Aug 28, 2023
Poppy to many, Dad to a couple, brother to a few, and beloved husband to one. Robin Lynn Newman left this painful world to go to his eternal home on August 28, 2023, surrounded by his family and holding hands with his wife of 44 years.
Rob was born January 15, 1958, in Sikeston, Mo to Herman...
Greg Bugg Sr.
Aug 21, 2023
Gregory Wayne Bugg, Sr., age 62, of East Prairie, died Monday, August 21, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born December 6, 1960, at Holland, MI, to the late Willie Morgan Bugg and Letha Christeen Kelley Bugg, he had lived in Charleston several years and then later moved to East Prairie. Â He was employed...
Norma Manker Sommer
Aug 19, 2023
Norma Louise Sommer, 86, of Sparta, IL; born July 23, 1937, in Deventer, MO, the daughter of James Martin and Helen Virginia (Toombs) Manker; passed away Saturday, August 19,2023 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon, IL.
Norma was a graduate of St. Henry's Catholic School in Charleston, MO in 1955 and Holy Cross School of Nursing in...
Lena Mae Daugherty Wood
Aug 17, 2023
Lena Mae Daugherty Wood, age 91, died Thursday, August 17, 2023, at her home in Sikeston.
Born June 8, 1932, at Matthews, MO, to the late Cecil Stoker Daugherty and Lena Marie Acord Daugherty, she was a 1950 graduate of Matthews High School. Having lived in Sikeston most of her life, she was employed a number of...
Anthony Wayne Branam
Aug 16, 2023
Anthony Wayne Branam, age 80, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at the Aspire Senior Living Center in East Prairie.
Born October 30, 1942, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Louis Churchel Branam and Ruth Mae Schneider Branam, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life. Â Anthony had been employed in the...

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