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Grayling Nicholson
May 31, 2021
Samuel Grayling Nicholson May 22, 1959 - May 31, 2021
Samuel Grayling Nicholson of Winterville, Georgia, formerly of Charleston, joined his son Michael in Heaven on May 31, 2021.
Grayling was born on May 22, 1959 in Newport , Arkansas to Kenneth and Alice Nicholson, who both proceeded him in death. He was a member...
Grayling Nicholson
May 31, 2021
Samuel Grayling Nicholson May 22, 1959 - May 31, 2021
Samuel Grayling Nicholson of Winterville, Georgia, formerly of Charleston, joined his son Michael in Heaven on May 31, 2021.
Grayling was born on May 22, 1959 in Newport , Arkansas to Kenneth and Alice Nicholson, who both proceeded him in death. He was a member...
Conor Presley Chance
May 31, 2021
CONOR PRESLEY CHANCE, age 21, of East Prairie, died Monday, May 31, 2021.
He was born December 29, 1999, at Cape Girardeau, to Robert Glenn "Bobby" Chance and Jennifer Ann Page Chance, he was a 2018 graduate of East Prairie High School and was employed at Lamberts Café in Sikeston.
In addition to his parents,...
Paul Anderson Rollins
May 29, 2021
Paul Anderson Rollins, 88, a former resident of Charleston, went to be with his heavenly Father on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at the Missouri Veterans Home-Cape Girardeau. He was born on August 30, 1932, in Holcomb, Missouri, to the late Willis James and Ruth Marie Anderson Rollins. Paul grew up on the family farm and graduated from Holcomb High School...
Kerry Stokes
May 28, 2021
WILLIAM KERRY STOKES, age 71, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, May 28, 2021 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
He was born February 24, 1950 in Cairo, IL to William and Edwina Sullivan ""Winnie" Stokes Jr. A graduate of Cairo High School, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the...
Cliff Cossey
May 24, 2021
CLIFF COSSEY
Clifton Eugene Cossey, Jr., 71, of Wyatt, died Monday, May 24, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, MO.
He was born May 12, 1950, in Wyatt, to the late Clifton H. "Butch" Cossey and Joyce June Prayor Cossey and had lived in Wyatt most of his life. For over 27 years he...
Bobbie Denise Wheatley
May 20, 2021
BOBBIE DENISE SHELTON WHEATLEY, age 57, of Sikeston, died Thursday, May 21, 2021, at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia, MO.
She was born June 4, 1963, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Bob Shelton and Ruth Mae Warren Shelton and had lived in Sikeston most of her life. She worked with her mother most...
Charla Linhart Francis
May 20, 2021
CHARLA MARIE LINHART FRANCIS, age 41, formerly of East Prairie, died Thursday, May 20, 2021, at her home near Benton.
She was born October 2, 1979, at Charleston, to Ernest Floyd Linhart and Linda Kay Wilson Linhart, she had lived in East Prairie most of her life and had been employed at Boomland. Â Â Â She had lived near...
Sally Swank Burke
May 18, 2021
SALLY SWANK BURKE, 96, a resident of West St. Louis County, died on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.
She was born September 15, 1924 in Charleston to Clyde E. and Mary Wilkinson Swank. She spent her childhood in Florida, completed her nurses training in New Orleans, LA and then rejoined her parents...
Brian Lee Shelton
May 16, 2021
BRIAN LEE SHELTON, Age 53, died Sunday, May 16, 2021, at his home in Sikeston.
He was born March 2, 1968, in Sikeston, MO, to Donald R. Shelton and Mary Ann Seiler Shelton, who survive of Sikeston. Brian had lived in Sikeston most of his life where he started to work at the Piggly Wiggly in Miner...
Susan V. Luedke
May 16, 2021
SUSAN V. LUEDKE, age 68, of East Prairie, died Sunday, May 16, 2021, at the East Prairie Nursing Center.
Born November 11, 1952, to the late Curt Bork and Susan Victoria Lipka Bork, she lived in Long Beach, CA most of her life where she had been employed at Hughes Aircraft. In 2006, she moved to Charleston...
Susie Nolen Bunton
May 15, 2021
Susan Nolen Bunton Susan Jane Nolen Bunton, age 66, a resident of Jefferson, LA, formerly of Wyatt, MO died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest on Saturday, May 15, 2021 while visiting her son and family in Everett, WA. Born August 30, 1954 in Charleston, MO, to the late William Henry and Anna Pauline Dyer Nolen, she had lived in Wyatt and...
Ruth Helen Slaten
May 10, 2021
RUTH HELEN STEWARD SLATEN, age 91, of Charleston, died Monday, May 10, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Ruth was born December 11, 1929, at Loundes, MO, to the late Lon Steward and Bertha Pink Hardy Steward, and she was raised in the country on a farm near Loundes. Â Ruth attended a one room...
Margie Smee Double
May 9, 2021
Margie Rose Smee Double, age 82, died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at her home in East Prairie.
She was born December 10, 1938, to Leslie William and Eda Mae Foulke Smee in Hays, KS.
Margie lived in Zurick, KS then later moved to East Prairie in 1970 and attended Southeast Missouri State University. She was...
Jean Tolbert Stayton
May 9, 2021
JEAN TOLBERT STAYTON, age 87, of Morley, MO, died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born January 5, 1934, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Rev. Kelly Tolbert and Bertha King Tolbert, she had lived in the Sikeston area most of her life.  She was an accomplished pianist, having...
Jimmie Leander Clark
May 7, 2021
JIMMIE LEANDER CLARK, age 65, of East Prairie, died Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born August 31, 1955, at Cairo, IL, to the late Paul Clark, Sr., and Christine Jimmie Johnson Clark; he was the fifth of eight children born to this union. He professed a hope in Christ at...
Susie Butrum
May 6, 2021
SUSIE "Gigi" BUTRUM, age 64, of Sikeston, MO, died, Tuesday, May 6, 2021, at her home in Sikeston.
She was born April 12, 1957, to George "Joe" and Evelyn Sechrest Barrowman in Joliet, IL.
She lived several years in Orlando, FL, until moving to Sikeston in 1976. Susie was a member of Crossroads of Hope...
Cora Marie Simpson
May 4, 2021
CORA MARIE SIMPSON, age 90, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Sikeston and Charleston, died Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.
Born July 13, 1930, at Alexander County, IL, to the late Thomas Jefferson Allensworth and Lydia Russell Allensworth, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was employed as...
Alma Wright Talley
Apr 28, 2021
ALMA JANE WRIGHT TALLEY, age 59, of Wickliffe, KY, formerly of Charleston, MO, died Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at St. Louis, MO.
Born July 4, 1961, at Cape Girardeau, MO, to the late Calvis Marion Wright and Frances Jean McDermott Barborek, she was a 1980 graduate of Charleston High School. She had been employed at the Charleston...
Connie L. Nunley
Apr 27, 2021
CONNIE L. NUNLEY, age 71, of Belleville, IL, passed away, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at the Memorial Hospital in Shiloh, IL, surrounded by her children and her sisters.
She was born August 9, 1949, to the late Ira Nunley and Grace Self Malone and had lived in the Belleville area most of her life.
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