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Arlene Frances Sherrod

Arlene Frances Sherrod

Jan 8, 2023

Arlene Frances Sherrod, age 75, of Sikeston, passed away peacefully, Sunday, January 8, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.

Arlene was born February 11, 1947, at Flint, MI, to the late Everette Francis Sherrod and Inis Eleanora "Dee" Quinn Sherrod.

Arlene spent most of her life in Michigan and worked in the jewelry department of...

Betty Jean Essary

Betty Jean Essary

Jan 8, 2023

Betty Jean Ferguson Essary, age 88, died Sunday, January 8, 2023, at her home in Anniston.

Born January 17, 1934, at Osceola, AR, to the late Alvis Ferguson and Florence Matthews Ferguson, Betty was the salutatorian of her graduating class from East Prairie High School in 1954.  She had lived in Anniston most of her life and...

Bobby Gene Swiney

Bobby Gene Swiney

Jan 5, 2023

Bobby Gene Swiney, age 83, of Morehouse, died Thursday, January 5, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born March 24, 1939, in Booneville, MS, to the late Walter Oswald "W.O." Swiney and Willie Evelyn McCombs Swiney.  He had lived in Morehouse most of his life and was engaged in farming.   He had...

Nadene Frans Reynolds

Nadene Frans Reynolds

Jan 1, 2023

Nadene Frans Reynolds, age 88, of Makanda, IL, died Sunday, January 1, 2023, at The Manor of Westridge Place in Carbondale, IL.

She was born January 4, 1934, in the Birds Point Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Henry Clay Frans and Artie Marshall Frans.     Living in Makanda, IL a number of years, she was...

Charles E. Shands

Charles E. Shands

Dec 31, 2022

Charles E. Shands, age 78, of Charleston, died Saturday, December 31, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Born April 17, 1944, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late James Shands and Pauline Parmer Shands, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he was employed in farming.    He attended the First General Baptist...

Nancy (Parr) Chappell Hurst

Nancy (Parr) Chappell Hurst

Dec 29, 2022

Nancy Carol Chappell Hurst, age 81, of Sikeston, died Thursday, December 29, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born December 1, 1941, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Raymond Arthur Parr and Sue Ann Murphy Parr. She had lived in Sikeston for several years.

On May 28, 1983, she married Donald Hurst...

Jo Ann Riggs Mills

Jo Ann Riggs Mills

Dec 28, 2022

Jo Ann Riggs Mills, age 79, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center.

She was born October 6, 1943, at Dallas, TX, to the late Kenneth David Riggs and Thelma Estelle Irwin Riggs.  Raised in Dallas, TX, she then lived in Inglewood, CA a number of years, working in the...

Jimmie Don Holmes

Jimmie Don Holmes

Dec 28, 2022

J immie Don Holmes, age 79, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at the Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston.

Born May 24, 1943, at Kennett, MO, to the late Walter Thurston Holmes and Ida Mae Bagby Holmes, Jimmie was raised in the Senath area. Following his high school graduation, he entered into the U.S. Army,...

Sherry Lynn Propst

Sherry Lynn Propst

Dec 27, 2022

Sherry Lynn Davis Propst, age 57, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born July 16, 1965, at Sikeston, MO, to Carolyn Janette Turner Davis and the late William A. "Bill" Davis, she was a 1983 graduate of Sikeston High School and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. ...

Helen Hunter Shelby Lee

Helen Hunter Shelby Lee

Dec 27, 2022

Helen Hunter Shelby Lee, 92, formerly of East Prairie, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at her home in Hattiesburg, MS.

Mrs. Lee was a member of the Main Street United Methodist Church of Hattiesburg and a former member of the Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church in East Prairie.

She was preceded in death by...

Debra Sue Napier Patton

Debra Sue Napier Patton

Dec 24, 2022

Debra Sue Patton, age 65, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, December 24, 2022, at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

She was born March 22, 1957, at Peoria, IL, to Carl Napier who survives of Sikeston, and the late Elameda Wade Napier.  She had lived in Sikeston most of her life and worked several years at...

Dan Joslyn

Dan Joslyn

Dec 24, 2022

Dr. Wallace Danforth Joslyn, 83, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died Saturday, December 24, 2022.

Dan was born on April 13, 1939 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Lewis Danforth Joslyn and Margaret Bernice Gallup Joslyn. Dan enjoyed running, track and field, travel, photography, history, carpentry, investing and staying abreast of sports, political and scientific progress. He is the author...

Carolyn Tousky Baker

Carolyn Tousky Baker

Dec 23, 2022

Carolyn Tousky Baker, age 82, of Charleston, died Friday, December 23, 2022, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston, Mo.

She was born January 17, 1940, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Rudolph Alvin Tousky and Ruth Lee McIntosh Tousky and had lived in Charleston most of her life.   She was a known gospel singer in...

Erma Jean Braswell

Erma Jean Braswell

Dec 22, 2022

Erma Jean Bodimer Braswell, age 91, of Sikeston, Mo., died Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand, MO.

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She was born September 9, 1931, in St. Louis, MO, to Benjamin Albert Bodimer, Sr. and Nellie Elizabeth Kay Bodimer. In her early years, she served as a Southern Bell switchboard...

Burton D. Basden

Burton D. Basden

Dec 22, 2022

Burton D. Basden, age 87, of Diehlstadt, MO, formerly of Athens, AL, died Thursday, December 22, 2022, at the Aspire Senior Living Center in East Prairie, MO.

Complete obituary information is pending.

Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 30, 2022, at the Roselawn Cemetery in Athens, Alabama.   Limestone Funeral Service of...

Norman Joseph Cyr

Norman Joseph Cyr

Dec 21, 2022

NORMAN JOSEPH CYR, age 78, died Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at his home in Dogwood, MO.

Norman was born May 30, 1944, at Cambridge, MA, to the late Claude Cyr and Germaine Hebert Cyr.   Norman served in the U.S. Air Force as a fireman and after his honorable discharge, he continued the rest of his life to...

Nellie Jones

Nellie Jones

Dec 19, 2022

Nellie Jones

Martha Nell "Nellie" Jones, age 80, of Bertrand, died Monday, December 19, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center.

Born October 23, 1942, in Ballard County, MO, to the late Howard Jones and Susie Douglas Jones, and was among the first class to graduate from Ballard Memorial High School. Nellie had lived...

Pat Lambert

Pat Lambert

Dec 18, 2022

Patricia Ann Barnes "Pat" Lambert, age 75, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, December 18, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born Dec 11, 1947, in Medina TN, to the late Grady O'Dell Barnes and Nancy Imogene Tate Barnes. She married her grade school sweetheart and the love of her life, Alden...

Stephanie Diane Higgins

Stephanie Diane Higgins

Dec 18, 2022

Stephanie Diane Higgins, age 55, died Sunday, December 18, 2022, at her home in East Prairie.

She was born May 7, 1967, at Charleston, MO, to the late Roy Higgins and Martha Rogers Higgins.  She had lived in East Prairie her entire life and was a 1986 of East Prairie High School.   She had worked in retail,...

Thomas Ann Lett Britt

Thomas Ann Lett Britt

Dec 17, 2022

Thomas Ann Lett Britt, died at her home in Charleston, Missouri, December 17, 2022.

Thomas Ann Lett was born at home in Bertrand, Missouri, on January 27, 1930. She was the 9th child of Thomas Lafayette Lett and Minnie Evelyn Golightly Lett. Ann was educated at Bertrand and Charleston Schools. Following her graduation from Charleston High School...

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