Mar 1, 2022

Billy James "Bear" Martin, age 72, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at his home in Sikeston.

Born October 28, 1949, at East Prairie, MO, to the late Harold James Martin and Bessie Mae Bone Martin, he was a 1967 graduate of East Prairie High School and then served his country as part of...

Feb 26, 2022

John Lawrence Ponder, 61 years old, of East Prairie, Missouri,  went to be with his Lord and Savior,  Saturday, February 26, 2022. He was at his home with his wife by his side.

John was born June 15, 1960,  in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the son of William James "Bill" Ponder and Helen Louise Elderbrook Ponder. On December...

Feb 23, 2022

Violet Stinson Woods, 76, died Wednesday, February 23, 2021, at her home in Lilbourn, Mo.

She was born July 17, 1945, in Parma, MO, to the late George Leroy Stinson and Audrey Ruth Jackson Stinson. Violet was not afraid to work. She was a long time employee of the New Madrid nursing home, as a cook and...

Feb 20, 2022

ELIZABETH SUE DILLENDER NOLES, age 67, formerly of Sikeston, died Sunday, February 20, 2022, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

Born January 23, 1955, at Sikeston, to the late Richard and Joyce Elizabeth Sadler Dillender, she had lived in the Sikeston area most of her life and in past years attended the Hunter Memorial Presbyterian Church. She...

Feb 19, 2022

George Richard Haws, of Charleston, passed away February 19, 2022.  He was born at home in Blodgett, MO, on January 30, 1944 to George Jacob and Armintha Tyler Haws.  George Richard was the 8 th of 10 children.  He was preceded in death by his father, mother, brother James, and sisters Patty Cummins, Theresa Haws, Betty Ward, and Dolly...

Feb 11, 2022

Iva Jane Banks Montgomery, 97, died Friday, February 11, 2022, at Caregivers Inn in Dardenne, MO.

Born November 1, 1924, at Reno, Arkansas, to the late Luther Elmer Banks and Thena Rachel Cates Banks, she had lived in Doniphan, MO and later in the St. Louis area.  Iva had worked with the Brown Shoe Company and then as...

Feb 11, 2022

Faye Dean Flick, 87, of Pekin, passed away at 12:57 a.m. Friday, February 11, 2022 at her residence.

Born September 8, 1934 in East Prairie, Missouri to Harry and Marinda (Douglas) Greer, she married Elmer Otis Flick on September 15, 1951 in Arkansas.  He died May 20, 1994 in Havana.  She also was preceded in death by...

Feb 9, 2022

Baby Hall was born into heaven at 3:38 p.m., Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at home in East Prairie.

Baby Hall is survived by parents Jonathan and Amanda McMillen Hall, and siblings, Maddy and Hunter. Grandparents, Vanessa Brown, Jay and Gwen Phenicie and John and Sandy Hall.

Greeting Baby Hall in heaven were grandparents; Ruth and...

Feb 7, 2022

DENNETTE MARIE PIRTLE MILLS, age 55, a resident of Sikeston, died Monday, February 7, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born July 31, 1966, in St. Louis, MO, to the late Annette Cipponeri, she grew up in a strong Italian family in St. Louis and lost her father Fred in a fire when she...

Feb 7, 2022

James Robert Maxwell

July 21, 1939 - Feb. 7, 2022

James Robert Maxwell, known as Bob to his friends and family, and adored for his outsized sense of humor and endless reserves of stories, died Feb. 7, 2022, at Villas Memory Care in Jackson, Mo. He was 82.

Bob was born July 21,...

Feb 7, 2022

Marilyn Joyce Knupp Glenn of Charleston, MO, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 7, 2022. She died peacefully surrounded by her family at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Marilyn was born at home on December 30, 1936, to the late Curtis H. and Amy E. Emory Knupp. Marilyn grew up in Anniston, MO, as part of...

Jan 31, 2022

Oliver Wendell Kirkpatrick, age 87, of Lusk Chapel, Missouri, passed away peacefully at his home, Monday, January 31, 2022, with his loving family by his side.

Oliver was born in Diehlstadt, Missouri on April 5, 1934 to Ollie and Olive Duckett Kirkpatrick. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Frank Reed Kirkpatrick.

Jan 31, 2022

GINA LATIMORE KIRKMAN

Regina Marie Latimore Kirkman, age 65, of Sikeston, died Monday, January 31, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Gina was born March 23, 1956, at Cairo, IL, to the late John M. Latimore and Carolyn Sue Badgett Latimore.   A Magna cum laude graduate of Missouri State University at Springfield,...

Jan 29, 2022

ORVELLENE BRITT GAGE, age 78, of Diehlstadt, died Saturday, January 29, 2022, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born February 4, 1943, at East Prairie, MO, to late James Orville and Frances Jeanette Tyler Britt, she had lived in the Diehlstadt community of Scott County most of her life where her husband farmed and...

Jan 29, 2022

Nancy Sue Withrow, age 76, of Sikeston, MO, died Saturday, January 29, 2022, at the Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston.

Nancy was born September 9, 1945, at Sikeston, MO, to the late William (Bill) Thomas Cates and Louise Lillian Baugus Cates.  She had lived in Sikeston her entire life and was a 1963 graduate of Sikeston...

Jan 28, 2022

Alfred Edward "Eddie" Murphy, age 78, died Friday, January 28, 2022, at his home in Charleston.

Born March 1, 1943, at Charleston, to the late Gus Murphy and Margaret Pullen Hopper. Eddie lived in Charleston all of his life, graduating from Charleston High with the class of '62. He worked for 33 years at the Brown Shoe...

Jan 28, 2022

Georgia Ruth Hagen, age 68, died Friday, January 28, 2022, at her home in East Prairie.

She was born May 15, 1953, in the Whiting Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Amos Davenport and Nona Pearl Brown Davenport.  She was a 1971 graduate of East Prairie School and had lived in East Prairie her entire...

Jan 27, 2022

Lois Ann Reed, age 45, died Thursday, January 27, 2022, at her home in East Prairie.

She was born May 12, 1976, at Hayti, MO, to Howard Emmett Reed and Salley Stone Reed of Van Buren.  She had lived in Carter County most of her life, having lived in East Prairie a number of years.

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Jan 27, 2022

Judith Jeanette Douglas, a lifelong member of the First Christian Church in East Prairie, Missouri, went to sleep and into the arms of her Savior on the morning of January 27th, 2022. She was 85 years old.

Judy (Mom, Maw, Grandma Judy) was a cowgirl from an early age, and her mother often threatened to put a...

Jan 24, 2022

Shirley Bernice Flye, age 85, better known as Bernice, formerly of Sikeston, died Monday, January 24, 2022, at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Parkridge, IL.

She was born April 21, 1936, at Tiptonville, TN, to the late Austin E. Haley and Susie Lucas Haley. Bernice was loved by everyone, from her soft heart to her telling her...