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Jackie Coleman
Aug 28, 2021
JACKIE EUGENE COLEMAN, age 85, of rural Bertrand, died Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.
He was born July 12, 1936, in Mississippi County, MO, one of eight children to the late Jack Edward Coleman and Ola Mae Meeks Coleman. He had lived Houston, TX for over 45 years where he was employed...
Billy Ray Martin
Aug 25, 2021
Billy Ray Martin, age 84, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Billy was born June 23, 1937, at Choctaw, Arkansas, to the late Wilmeth V. Martin Thompson. He was a riverboat captain for many years until he retired. Billy took great pride in his beautiful lawn...
George Johnson
Aug 24, 2021
GEORGE JOHNSON, Age 75, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at Hunter Acres Nursing Center in Sikeston.
George was born October 20, 1946, in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, one of eight children. He had lived in Southeast Missouri a number of years, most recently in Sikeston.   George loved watching TV- shows such as The Walton's, Sanford and Sons,...
Billie Ann McCloskey
Aug 23, 2021
Graveside services for Billie Ann Marshall McCloskey, age 61, of rural Charleston, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 27, 2021, at I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston with her brother in law, Brent Porterfield, officiating.
Billie Ann was born September 28, 1959, in Sikeston, MO, to Billy and Colatha...
Judy Henry Western
Aug 23, 2021
Judy Henry Western
Judith Beatrice Henry Western, age 71, of East Prairie, died Monday, August 23, 2021, at the home of her daughter in Matthews, MO, surrounded by her loving family.
Judy was born January 4, 1950, at Wolf Island, MO, to the late James Raymond Henry and Esther Valerie Forrester Henry. She worked many...
Chris Butrum
Aug 23, 2021
Christopher Rhyan "Chris" Butrum, age 30, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, August 23, 2021, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Chris was born August 20, 1991, at St. Louis, MO, to Commodore Butrum and Peggy Ann Staggs Butrum. He was a welder by trade and a tattoo artist. Chris was very outgoing and was known...
Matthew Butrum
Aug 22, 2021
Matthew Marvin Lynn Butrum, age 47, formerly of Sikeston, died Sunday, August 22, 2021, at his home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born July 1, 1974, at Sikeston, MO, to Marvin Butrum and Carolyn Long Butrum. Matthew graduated Sikeston High School in 1992. He worked at Long John Silvers as an assistant manager and attended Metro Business...
Amos Andrew Holifield
Aug 22, 2021
"You can't rewrite the past, but you can overcome it" - Amos Holifield
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Amos (Andy) Andrew Holifield, age 80, formerly of Charleston, MO, entered through Heaven's gate Sunday, August 22, 2021 in Harlingen, TX.
Andy was born to Amos W. Holifield and Blanche Alvey Holifield on March 3, 1941 at Charleston, MO....
Freda Mae Moore
Aug 19, 2021
Freda Mae Holden Moore, 86, died Thursday, August 19, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born in Sikeston on October 25, 1934, to the late Alva and Ruth Ellen Holden.
Raised in the Nazarene faith, she was a bookkeeper for many years for the REA Electric Cooperative. She was a member of...
Patricia Ann Counts
Aug 18, 2021
PATRICIA ANN SIARS COUNTS, Age 59, of Wyatt, died Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO.
She was born September 26, 1962, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Glen Davis Siars, Sr. and Peggy Joyce Miller. Patricia was a 1981 graduate of Charleston High School and had lived in Mississippi...
Bonnie Jean Neal
Aug 15, 2021
Bonnie Jean Buttry Neal, age 73, of East Prairie, died Sunday, August 15, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born July 23, 1948, at Charleston, to the late Willie Buttry and Bessie White Buttry. She had lived in Mississippi County her entire life where she spent a number of years caring for...
Allen Turner Dorris Sr.
Aug 14, 2021
Allen Turner Dorris, Sr., Age 72, of Diehlstadt, died Saturday, August 14, 2021, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born January 18, 1949, at Charleston, MO, to the late James Allen Dorris and Rose Shankle Dorris. He had lived in Diehlstadt a number of years and had been employed with Bob Harris...
Barbara Louise Sisk
Aug 12, 2021
Barbara Louise Sisk, age 69, died Thursday, August 12, 2021, at her home near Sikeston.
She was born March 5, 1952, at Rogers City, Michigan, to the late Bertrand Brassuer and Frances Lucille Webber Brasseur. She had lived in Sikeston a number of years where she worked as a certified nurse aide at Sikeston Convalescent Center and...
Ronnie Eugene Woods
Aug 10, 2021
RONNIE EUGENE WOODS, age 76, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born February 14, 1945 at East Prairie, to the late Eugene Ray Woods and Elizabeth Mae Rhodes Woods, he had lived in East Prairie and Anniston most of his life and was as...
James Harrison Ivie
Aug 9, 2021
JAMES HARRISON IVIE, age 63, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Matthews, died Monday, August 9, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
He was born October 21, 1957, at East Prairie, MO, to the late Joseph Harold Ivie and Barbara Lou Gamblin Ivie. He had lived in East Prairie and the Matthews most of his...
Larry Dale Lutes
Aug 8, 2021
Larry Dale Lutes, II, 45, of Sikeston, died Sunday, August 8, 2021, at Woodland Hills Care Center in Marble Hill.
He was born May 8, 1976, in Dexter, MO to Larry Dale Lutes I and Pauline Graham Brock. Larry grew up in Sikeston and later moved to Morehouse. He was a true cowboy; he loved to rope...
Barbara Maddox Shrum
Aug 5, 2021
Barbara Sue Maddox Shrum, age 71, of Sikeston, died Thursday, August 5, 2021, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.
She was born January 29, 1950, in Illinois to the late Ralph Maddox and Alberta "Bea" Webber Maddox Tanner. She had lived in Sikeston a number of years where she had been employed a Green Meadows Retirement Home and...
Eveleen Christine West
Aug 1, 2021
Eveleen Christine "Evie" West, age 81, died Sunday, August 1, 2021, at her home in Defiance, MO.
She was born May 20, 1940, at Leachville, AR, to the late George Frank and Lois Berneice Towell Swedholm. Evie lived in Defiance, MO for last years of her life. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, quilting and cooking. Evie...
James Eric Higdon
Aug 1, 2021
JAMES ERIC HIGDON, age 82, died Sunday, August 1, 2021, at his home in Sikeston.
He was born August 31, 1938, at Essex, MO, to the late Clay Higdon and Delfia Cooper Higdon. Â James lived in the Sikeston area his entire life and farmed the family farm until he retired. He was a member of the Potter's...
Rev. Daniel Craig
Jul 31, 2021
DANIEL EUGENE CRAIG, age 71, a resident of Alexandria, LA, died Saturday, July 31, 2021 at the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria.
He was born December 7, 1949 in Pocahontas, AR to Hallie Everett and Ruby Frazier Craig, Jr. Following his graduation from the University of Mississippi "Ole Miss", Dan was called to pursue a life...

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