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...

Feb 1, 2021

SCOTT HENRY

WILLARD SCOTT HENRY, Age 50, of East Prairie, died Monday, February 1, 2021, at Memphis, TN.

Born August 17, 1970, at Charleston, MO, to Willard Stanley Miller who survives of Bertrand, MO, and the late Eunice Renalda Henry, Scott had lived in East Prairie most of his life.  Scott had worked as a...

Feb 1, 2021

GLADYS JANE FINLEY GOODIN, age 81, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, February 1, 2021 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 23, 1939 in Charleston to Harry S. and Geneva Greer Finley. A graduate of Charleston High School, she fell naturally into the life of a farmer's wife after her marriage to...

Jan 30, 2021

Whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things (Philippians 4:8). Ralph Fox was a most positive person. He was always ready to commend anyone; he was always appreciative. He worked hard to make lemonade out...