Billy Ray Joynson
Aug 20, 2022
Billy Ray Joynson, age 60, died Saturday, August 20, 2022, at his home in Morehouse.
He was born September 20, 1961, at Dexter, MO, to the late Gaylon Joynson and Laverne Rella Ross Holt. He had lived in Benton most of his life having lived in Morehouse the past 10 years.
On December 28, 1989,...
Donald Ray Burnett
Aug 17, 2022
Donald Ray Burnett, age 58, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at his home in Sikeston.
He was born February 10, 1964, at Chaffee, MO, to Bruster Copeland and Betty Sue Burnett Copeland and had lived in Scott County most of his life. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. For 18 years he has...
Dean Defield
Aug 16, 2022
Dean DeField
Geraldine "Dean" DeField, age 80, of Charleston, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation.
With the help of family friend, Dr. Charles Rolwing, Dean was born November 19, 1941, at Charleston, MO, to the late Gerald H. DeField and Erlene Dye DeField.  Upon her graduation from Charleston High School...
Karl Steven Hacker
Aug 16, 2022
Karl Steven Hacker, age 70, died on the evening of Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at his home in rural Charleston, MO. Karl was born on March 5, 1952, in Cairo, IL, to Lovie Hacker and the late Karl R. "Junior" Hacker. He graduated in 1970 from Ballard Memorial High School. He farmed all his life in Mississippi County. He was...
Rev. Jo. Vowels Ponder
Aug 15, 2022
The Rev. Carolyn Jo Vowels Ponder, 80, of Southlake, TX, died Monday, August 15, 2022
"Jo" was born May 22, 1942, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Edwin and Betty Barnbrook Vowels. After growing up in Charleston, Missouri, she studied at Ole Miss, and received undergraduate degrees from both Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Dallas Baptist University....
Joseph Wilson Sutton
Aug 15, 2022
MATTHEWS - Joseph (Joe) Wilson Sutton, 74, died at 10 am August 15, 2022, at Tiffany Springs Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Kansas City, MO with family at his side.
Born November 2, 1947, in Sikeston, MO to the late Omer Wilson and Elsie Pauline Sutton, he was employed at Steward Steel in Sikeston until his...
Corky Clark
Aug 12, 2022
Corky Clark
Gordon "Corky" Clark, Sr., age 67, a resident of East Prairie, died Friday, August 12, 2022, at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Corky was born February 20, 1955, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Harold Ishmael and Elsie Myers Clark, and was a lifelong resident of East Prairie. He was a retired...
Frank Junior Mullenix
Aug 11, 2022
Frank Junior Mullenix, age 78, died Thursday, August 11, 2022, at his home in rural Sikeston.
Frank was born on October 14, 1943, to the late Dallas Mullenix and Lucille Hicks Mullenix. He had lived in the Sikeston area the past several years.
Frank is survived by his two daughters and 3 grandchildren. Frank was...
Donna Marie Weakley
Aug 10, 2022
Donna Marie Neff Weakley, age 64, died Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at her home in Charleston. She was born September 27, 1957, at St. Louis, MO, to Willard and Shirley Ann Neff. Donna grew up in St. Louis and was a 1976 graduate of Riverview High School in St. Louis County. She then became employed with the McDonalds Corporation...
Dru Christian Porter
Aug 9, 2022
Dru Christian Porter, infant son of Lisa Marie Chambers and August Bert Porter, passed away suddenly, August 9, 2022, at the family home in Wyatt.
Dru was born June 24, 2022, at Sikeston, MO, and was one month and 17 days old.
Surviving in addition to his mother and father are his siblings, Kallie Porter,...
Marilyn Bell Ferrell
Aug 7, 2022
Marilyn Ann Bell Ferrell, 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 7, 2022.
She was born June 9, 1944, in North St. Louis, Missouri and was the only child of Verl Riley Bell and Lois Flora Timmerman Bell. Marilyn married Fred Hughes Ferrell of Charleston on February 8, 1964.
As a child, Marilyn was baptized...
Jo Ann Skaggs Hoffman
Aug 7, 2022
Jo Ann Skaggs Hoffman, age 59, of Bertrand, died Sunday, August 7, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born November 27, 1962, in Flint, MI, to the late Joe and Dorothy Skaggs. She had lived in Sikeston a number of years until moving to Bertrand.
Surviving is her partner of...
Paula Brown Skelton
Aug 6, 2022
Paula Brown Skelton, 78, went to heaven on August 6, 2022, from her Charleston home, with her family by her side. This devoted Christ follower, loving wife, mother, and grandmother is now healed after struggling with a prolonged illness.
Paula was born on January 5, 1944, to Paul and Mary Jones Brown in Wyatt, MO. After graduating...
Dan Haney
Aug 5, 2022
Dan Haney, age 89, of Charleston, died Friday, August 5, 2022, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born November 3, 1933, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Oliver Haney and Gladys Hockersmith Haney. Dan had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was employed with the Delta Growers Association a number of...
Alma Louise Carr
Aug 4, 2022
Alma Louise Hutcherson Carr, peacefully passed away on Thursday, August 4th, fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church.
She was born on November 18, 1931, to George W. and Mattie (nee Johnson) Hutcherson in Charleston, Missouri. She was married to the late Vernon A. Carr for 47 years, until his death in 1997. She is survived...
Ida Mctigue Hurley
Aug 3, 2022
Ida Virginia McTigue Hurley, age 80, died Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Ida was born February 4, 1942, at Tuckerman, AR, to the late Waymon Audie "W.A." McTigue and Ollie May Helms McTigue and grew up in Mississippi County where she lived her entire life.
Ida was the founder...
Carmella Beth Sterling
Aug 2, 2022
Carmella Beth Sterling, age 55, died Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at her home in Sikeston.
She was born December 4, 1966, at Gideon, MO, to the late Alfred Bryant Bragg or Donna Starnes Bragg. She had lived in Charleston a number of years before most recently moving to Sikeston.  She had been employed with Mid-Town Motel, the...
Ann Stephenson
Jul 27, 2022
Elizabeth Ann Aldridge Stephenson, age 83, of Bertrand, died Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at the Charleston Manor.
She was born May 7, 1939, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Euen Aldridge and Joyce Murphy Aldridge and was a 1956 graduate of Charleston High School. She had lived in Bertrand most of her life where she was a...
Paul William Hill
Jul 24, 2022
Paul William Hill, 83, passed away July 24, 2022, at The Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Paul was born February 5, 1939, in Charleston, Missouri to Charles Hardin and Grace May Hill. A 1957 graduate of Charleston High School, he attended Southeast Missouri State University. Paul is a proud veteran of the United States Army where he...
Ritta Morrow Belt
Jul 23, 2022
RITTA SUE MORROW BELT, Age 75, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born September 9, 1946, at Red Bay, Alabama, to the late Richard H. Morrow and Mattie Pearl Strickland Morrow, she had lived in Scott County most of her life. Ritta loved...
