Mary Helen Brown
Jan 16, 2023
Second Timothy, verse 7 states:  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Verse 8, Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for...
Gordan Brownfield
Jan 14, 2023
Grover Gordan Brownfield, age 83, died Saturday, January 14, 2023, at his home in Sikeston.
Born October 5, 1939, at Tuckerman, AR, to the late Grover David Brownfield and Vada Ann Sims Brownfield, he grew up in Charleston and was a 1958 graduate of Charleston High School.   After his graduation, he attended the Draughon Business College in Memphis,...
Judith Newcomb Myres
Jan 13, 2023
Judith Ann Newcomb Myres, 72, of Charleston, was born February 25, 1950, at Charleston, the second daughter of Seborn Franklin Newcomb and Kathryn Avanelle Humphreys Newcomb, and passed away peacefully Friday, January 13, 2023, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
A graduate of Charleston High School, Judie lived in Memphis a short time and...
Soryne Colt Hayden
Jan 12, 2023
SORYNE COLT HAYDEN, of Oran, two months and 27 days old, was born October 16, 2022, at Cape Girardeau, MO, and passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Childrens Hospital in St. Louis.
Surviving is his father and mother, Kyle Richard Hayden and Maddelyne Elizabeth Seabaugh; his brother, Archer Barrett Hayden; his grandparents, Charles and Sheri Seabaugh;...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
