Mar 18, 2021

BRENDA KAY MARBERRY, Age 72, died Thursday, March 18, 2021, at her home in Charleston.

She was born November 22, 1948, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Paul Brown and Mary Jones Brown.  She was a graduate of Charleston High School and was of Catholic belief.

She was married to Patrick J. Marberry of...

Mar 11, 2021

RODGER DALE TILLMAN, 63, of Sikeston, died Thursday, March 11, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

He was born June 16, 1957, at Bloomfield, MO to Roy Lee and Ruby Cohen Tillman Tolbert. He lived in Sikeston for most of his life and worked for the City of Sikeston in the Street Department for 19 years....

Mar 10, 2021

JACQUELYN TARA RENEE GREENWAY, AGE 40, of Oran, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Perkins, MO.

She was born July 2, 1980, at Sikeston, MO, to Joseph Hood, Jr, and Terri E. Greenway Moore who both survive of Sikeston.  She had lived in Sikeston most of her life and had been employed as an in-home care giver....

Mar 10, 2021

CADEN LEE JAMES SHELTON, Age 10, of Oran, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Perkins, MO.

He was born November 15, 2010, at Sikeston, MO, to Brian L. Shelton and Jacquelyn Tara Renee Greenway and had lived in Sikeston most of his life.  He enjoyed baseball, playing video games with friends, swimming, going to the beach and...

Mar 10, 2021

MARY FRANCES OWEN WILLIS, age 89, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Cocoa, FL.

Born August 28, 1931, in Jackson, TN, she was the daughter of the late Charles Samuel Owen and Lois Gookin Owen-Counce and the step-daughter of George Counce of Counce, TN and Corinth, MS.   She was raised in Corinth, MS and was...

Mar 9, 2021

Betty Jane McKinley, age 84, of Bertrand, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Miner Nursing Center.

Born Oct. 30, 1936, to the late Arthur and Sue Murphy Parr, she was one of 10 children, all of whom preceded her in death except for one sister, Nancy Hurst of Sikeston.

On May 1, 1954, she...

Mar 8, 2021

Billy Joe Grider, 83 , Of Saint Louis, passed away Monday, March 8, 2021, at Mercy Jefferson Hospital in Festus Missouri. He was born February 5, 1938 to John H Grider and Modest Christine (Nolen) Grider in Columbus, Kentucky. Family moved to Benton, Missouri in 1947 where he completed grade school at Benton Grade school and graduated...

Mar 4, 2021

BARBA SANDURA MELTON, age 73, died Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born July 1, 1947, at Charleston, MO to Ura Ansel and Margie Andersen Goodale. She later moved to Matthews on "Silk Stocking Avenue". Barba was a political activist and was constantly continuing to further her education....

Mar 4, 2021

BARBARA ANNETTE PRATT, age 74, of Sikeston, died Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

Born June 6, 1946, at Columbia, MO to Louis Adam and Wanda Maxine Baker Bolden. She later moved to Sikeston and was a member of Job's Daughters International. Barbara went on to work as an x-ray technician at Missouri...

Mar 2, 2021

CLINTON ARTHUR WARD, 78, died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at his home in East Prairie.

He was born March 17, 1942, at Detroit, MI, to the late Clinton Elmer and Vivian Barnes Ward. Clinton worked as a lead man in a factory and then as a truck driver from where he later retired. He attended the United...

Feb 28, 2021

WILLIAM JAMES "Bill" PONDER, age 91, of East Prairie, died Sunday, February 28, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

Born May 20, 1929, in the Dogwood Community of Mississippi County, to the late William Eugene Ponder and Gertrude Shoults Ponder, he grew up in the Dogwood Community and upon his high school graduation joined the United...

Feb 27, 2021

MARGARET LOIS WALKER, AGE 91, of Sikeston, died Saturday, February 27, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born July 10, 1929, at East Prairie, Missouri to the late Allie Jones and Ettie Mae Holland Jones.

Growing up in East Prairie, the family moved to Arizona in 1947 where...

Feb 23, 2021

REBA HOLLENE RYAN, age 87, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

She was born January 8, 1934, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Holi and Nora Scott Holifield. Reba was employed at Missouri Delta Medical Center as a CNA for a number of years, until her retirement. After she retired,...

Feb 21, 2021

RUBY ANN SMITH SHANKS, age 74, of Sikeston, died Sunday, February 21, 2021, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born October 17, 1946, at Caruthersville, MO, to the late James Wesley Smith and Willie Demetrice Dover Smith. She had lived in Sikeston a number of years where she had been employed a number...

Feb 12, 2021

Jerry Wayne Holland

Jerry Wayne Holland, age 86, walked into the arms of Jesus on February 12, 2021 at his granddaughter's home in Sikeston, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in East Prairie, Missouri the second child of a set of fraternal twins to Carl Berry and Birdie (Holland) Gibbear,  on...

Feb 12, 2021

MARTHA ANN FARMER KEENER, age 92, a resident of Charleston, MO was called to her Lord Friday, February 12, 2021, at the Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau.

She was born October 15, 1928 in Charleston to Charles Franklin and Cordia Sutherland Farmer.  Following her graduation from Charleston High School in 1946, she served as secretary to the...

Feb 7, 2021

JAMES JOSEPH BAILEY, 69, died Sunday, February 7, 2021, at his home in East Prairie.

He was born July 30, 1951, at Algonac, MI, to the late Robert and Ilean Carucci Bailey, he eventually moved to East Prairie, MO.

James landed in the welding profession, but he didn't limit himself too just that. He loved...

Feb 6, 2021

JOHN JOSEPH STEELE, age 71, died Saturday, February 6, 2021, at his residence in Cape Girardeau.

He was born March 13, 1949 in St. Louis to Bernard W. and Laverne Muriel Kaufmann Steele.  He had worked for the Teamsters, with Bietermans, and then Northeast Correctional Center and was a member of the NRA.

Surviving are...

Feb 5, 2021

Kenneth Gene Harrington, age 82, entered this world September 22,1938, in Holland, Missouri, and passed away peacefully at his home in Charleston, MO, Friday, February 5, 2021, surrounded by his family.

From the beginning of his life, he was a fighter. He was born a little early, in those days there weren't any fancy baby incubators. He...

Feb 2, 2021

FAYE E. YOUNGBLOOD

Heaven gained a beautiful angel, Faye E. Conyers Youngblood, age 92, a resident of East Prairie.  She passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 12:47 p.m., at the Bertrand Nursing Center.

Born February 2, 1929, in the Sugartree Community, to Fred and Bertha Bisher Conyers, Faye lived most of her life in...