Betty Waldrop Walton
Jul 16, 2022
Betty Waldrop Walton
April 6, 1924 – July 16, 2022
Betty Jane (Billie)Waldrop Walton, formerly of Braggadocio, MO, passed away peacefully Saturday, July 16, 2022, at her home in Jonesboro, AR, surrounded by her family.
Born April 16, 1924, at Braggadocio, to the late Edward Livingston "Leive" Waldrop and Edith J....
Jewellene Kelso Ruff
Jul 9, 2022
JEWELLENE KELSO RUFF, Age 85, formerly of Sikeston, MO, and Addison, IL, died Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the home of her nephew near Naylor, MO, following and extended illness.
Born April 20, 1937, at Aberdeen, MS, to the late Claude Andrew Kelso and Mattie Belle Dodd Kelso, she and her husband lived in Addison, IL a...
John Michael Thurman
Jul 8, 2022
We are so sad to announce the passing of John "Johnny" Michael Thurman of Charleston and Cape Girardeau, Missouri, due to a tragic bike/car accident on Friday, July 8th, 2022.
Johnny took his last breath at the age of 41, surrounded by loved ones at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a beautiful person...
Mary Bell Dement
Jul 6, 2022
MARY BELL RUSSELL DEMENT, age 89, died Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at her home in East Prairie.
Known to her family as "Aunt Bell", she was born July 21, 1932, at Lawrenceburg, TN, to the late James Harrison Russell and Martha Elizabeth McCurry Russell.   Bell had lived in East Prairie most of her life and was a...
Sh 'Tyana Cortezia Ingram
Jul 3, 2022
Sh'Tyana Cortezia Ingram, age 21, of Sikeston, died Sunday, July 3, 2022, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Known affectionately as "Shaay Herbo", she was born May 30, 2001, at Flint, Michigan, to Emily Ingram who survives of Sikeston.
Shaay accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at the Greater...
Bonnie Dernoncourt Story
Jul 3, 2022
Bonnie Dernoncourt Story
The protagonist of a remarkable life, a positive force in the universe and a gentle, God-loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Bonnie Dernoncourt Story left her body behind and headed home to God on Sunday, July 3, 2022.
Born on September 19, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, MO, Bonnie spent most...
Ray Eugene Ivie
Jul 2, 2022
RAY EUGENE IVIE, age 88, of East Prairie, died Saturday, July 2, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Born February 24, 1934, in the Sassafras Ridge Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Oscar Herman Ivie and Willie Ethel Lindsey Ivie, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life. Self-employed several years,...
Roy Eugene Smith
Jun 29, 2022
Roy Eugene Smith, age 74, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at his home in Bertrand.
Born May 11, 1948, at Cairo, IL, to the late William Junior Smith and Margie Louise Magee Smith, he had lived in the Brewer's Lake Community in Mississippi County, MO most of his life. He enlisted in the United States Army at a young...
Sherry Mae Bost
Jun 29, 2022
Sherry Mae Ivie-Wright Bost, age 66, died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at her home near Sikeston.
Sherry was born March 1, 1956, at Henderson, KY, to Joseph Harold Ivie and Barbara Lou Gamblin Ivie and had lived in the Sikeston area a number of years. Sherry loved her family, her work, and was a firm believer in...
Sammie Presson Hise
Jun 27, 2022
Sammie Presson Hise Sr., age 68, died Monday, June 27, 2022, at his home near Sikeston.
Born Nov. 30, 1953 to the late Otis Hise and Ruth Mae Brenton White, Sammie kept his home in the Bootheel. Sammie worked for CGB Waterfront for 45 years until his retirement in 2015. Many considered it an honor to have...
Billy Gene Caudle
Jun 26, 2022
Billy Gene Caudle, age 81, of Ferguson, MO, formerly of Sikeston, MO, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Christian Hospital Northeast in St. Louis, Mo.
He was born October 28, 1940, at Braggadocio, MO, to the Alfred "H" Caudle and Ora Irene Wilbanks Caudle. He had lived in Lilbourn, MO and the Sikeston area a number of...
Don E. Cummins
Jun 25, 2022
DON E. CUMMINS, age 86, formerly of Bertrand, died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Don was born September 16, 1935 in Cordell, OK to Elmer and Nettie Belle Bruner Cummins. He served in the US Marines during the Korean Conflict.
On May 18, 1956 he married Patricia...
Robert "Bob" MacKie
Jun 22, 2022
Robert Murray "Bob" Mackie, age 76, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at his home in Sikeston.
Bob was born October 25, 1945, at Lenoir, North Carolina, to the late Henry P. Mackie, Jr., and Elizabeth Fowler Mackie and grew up in Granite Falls, N.C.  As a young man, Bob traveled west and while living in California,...
Doris Housman Mitchell
Jun 21, 2022
Doris Housman Mitchell, age 86, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the Clearview Nursing Center.
Born September 19, 1935, in the Deventer Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Oscar "Pap" Housman and Alberta "Bertie" Kinney Housman, she grew up in rural Mississippi County. She then moved to North Carolina where she lived a...
Joe William Hughes
Jun 21, 2022
JOE WILLIAM HUGHES, age 87, a resident of Morehouse, died Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston.
Born January 26, 1935, at Dudley, MO, to the late Will Hughes and Rhoda Stroud Hughes, he had lived in the Morehouse area most of his life and had been employed as a brick layer and...
Susan Haslauer Bryant
Jun 19, 2022
Susan Haslauer Bryant, age 80, of East Prairie, was born June 13, 1942, at Cairo, Illinois to the late William H. and Margaret B. Haslauer, and died June 19, 2022, at Sikeston, Missouri.
On July 12, 1961, she married Jonjo Bryant, who preceded her in death April 25, 2017.
Surviving are her children, Jon Scott...
Rick Peters
Jun 18, 2022
Richard Eugene "Rick" Peters, age 71, formerly of Bertrand, MO, died Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the Charleston Rehab and Health Care Center in Charleston, IL.
Rick was born October 31, 1950, to the late John Albert Peters, Sr. and Mabel Ann Woods Peters and was a farmer most of his life.  Rick was a longtime Jaycee...
Jane Grant Stevener
Jun 17, 2022
JANE MARION GRANT STEVENER, age 97, a resident of Sikeston, died Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.
She was born August 17, 1924, at Alliance, OH, to the late Fred Grant and May Jewell Grant.  Jane was a registered nurse, specializing in OBGYN Care for Women at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kirkwood...
Larry E. Traw
Jun 17, 2022
Larry Eugene Traw, age 70, a resident of Sikeston, died Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Cotton Point Nursing Center in Matthews, MO.
He was born July 25, 1951, at Puxico, MO, to the late Eugene Traw and Fannie Marie Holland Traw and had lived in Sikeston his entire life where he was employed with the City...
Debra Lynn Stewart
Jun 17, 2022
DEBRA LYNN HARPER STEWART, age 66, of Sikeston, died Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born July 30, 1955, at Cairo, IL, to the late Leland Fletcher Harper and Hester Willadean Templeton Harper. She was a 1973 graduate of Charleston High School.  She had lived in Sikeston a number...
