Nov 30, 2020

ERNEST B. DEASON, Age 76, died Monday, November 30, 2020, at his home in Sikeston.

Born February 29, 1944, at Sikeston, to the late Benjamin Deason and Beatrice Crook Deason, he had lived in Sikeston most of his life.

On April 27, 1991, he married Cynthia Feese, who survives of the home.

Surviving...

Nov 28, 2020

BILLY JOE BUTTRY, age 62, died Saturday, November 28, 2020, at his home in Charleston.

Born October 1, 1958, in Charleston, MO, to the late William Buttry and Bessie Wyatt Buttry, he had worked at Irrigation Central for a number of years and had attended Diehlstadt General Baptist Church.

On August 8, 2008, after being...

Nov 26, 2020

ARTHUR RAY PHILLIPS, age 71, of Charleston, died Thursday, November 26, 2020, at the SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, MO.

Born May 29, 1949, at St. Louis, MO, to the late Arthur Lee Phillips and Susan Emma Rhymer Gaede, he was a retired U.S. Army Veteran having served 21 years.   He had lived in Charleston...

Nov 26, 2020

SHIRLEY ANN CROOK, age 62, of Charleston, MO passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO.

SHIRLEY ANN MARKS CROOK was born, May 19, 1958, in Peoria, IL to the union of Grover and Katherleen Marks. The family moved to Mounds, IL in 1963. Shirley attended Douglas Grade School and...

Nov 25, 2020

DELBERT RAY PARSONS, 78, and WANDA LEE SWINNEY PARSONS, 77, of Bertrand, died Wednesday, November 25, 2020, in a vehicle accident near Sikeston, MO.

Delbert was born July 15, 1942, at Johnson County, AR, to the late John Wesley Parsons and Edith Aleen Ewing Parsons. He had lived in Bertrand a number of years where he was...

Nov 23, 2020

HOWARD KELLEY BENSON, age 99, a resident of Sikeston and formerly of East Prairie, died Monday, November 23, 2020, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born April 28, 1921, at Hickman, KY, to the late James Cosby Benson and Nancy Beulah Kelley Benson.   He grew up on the No. 7 Island in...

Nov 21, 2020

JOSEPH ANDREW ELARDI, age 68, of Charleston, MO, died Saturday, November 21, 2020 at is home.

He was born July 21, 1952, to Joseph N. Elardi and Mary Agnes Elardi in Chicago Heights, IL. Joseph joined the Marines when he was 20 and was decorated with the National Defense Service Medal and the Rifle Marksmen Badge. When...

Nov 20, 2020

KEITH WAYNE PATTERSON, age 55, of Dexter, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

Born July 4, 1965, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Wayne Patterson and Vivian McRoy Patterson, he had lived in Southeast Missouri his entire life and was a graduate of Bloomfield High School.   A jack of all trades, and...

Nov 20, 2020

VIRGIE LISA BUSBY THOMURE, 75, formerly of East Prairie, died Friday, November 20, 2020, at her home in Sikeston.

She was born April 7, 1945, in Kentucky to Cecil (Pete) and Margaret Busby.  She had lived in East Prairie most of her life and had worked in real estate for several years.

She was married...

Nov 18, 2020

Thomas 'Tommy' Carl Romines III, 74, of Matthews, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

Tommy was born in Sikeston, MO on June 21, 1946 and was the eldest son of the late Carl and Maxine Romines of Matthews, MO. Tommy was a resident of Matthews for most of his life where...

Nov 16, 2020

LANIE GEORGE BLACK Ill, age 73, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, November 16, 2020 at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie.

Born December 30, 1946, in Cairo, IL to Lanie George and Sue Belle Whitehead Black Jr., Lanie lived his life with an innate but humble calling to make the world he lived in a better place....

Nov 16, 2020

Michael "Mike" Wayne Green, 60, passed away at his residence in East Prairie, Missouri on Monday, November 16, 2020. He was born on September 18, 1960 in Toledo, Ohio to Patsy Owens Smith and Milburn Wayne Green. He was a 1978 graduate of Marshall County High School. He is survived by his wife, Shareen Green; son, Matthew Green; daughter, Laura...

Nov 16, 2020

GRAHAM S. FISHER, age 76, died Monday, November 16, 2020, at his home in Wyatt.

Born March 11, 1944, on the family farm at Bardwell, Carlisle County, Kentucky, to the late James E. and George Frazier Fisher, he had lived in Wyatt most of his life.   He was employed with Ralston-Purina a number of years until his...

Nov 12, 2020

SIKESTON — William A. "Bill" Davis, 75, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at his home near Sikeston.

Born Sept. 5, 1945, in Sikeston, to the late George Cecil Davis and Ocie Marie Holt Davis, he had lived in Sikeston his entire life. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and was a member of the Mount...

Nov 7, 2020

HELEN ANNE WALLHAUSEN, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday morning, November 7, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after a brief illness.

Helen was born in New York City, July 31, 1937, daughter of Edward A. and Helen Irene McVey Kerrins. The Kerrins family returned to their former state of Rhode Island when Helen...

Nov 4, 2020

BARNEY L. WEBSTER, of East Prairie, the original and longtime "voice" of KYMO Radio has gone silent. Barney Webster passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

Whether you heard him on commercials for local businesses, news reports of from area events when he was "live on location" from places like the Sikeston Bootheel Rodeo, the Sweetcorn Festival, and...

Nov 4, 2020

BARBARA ANN DEASON HARPER, age 73, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born September 10, 1947, to Benjamin and Beatrice Crook Deason and had lived in Sikeston area most of her life. She had been employed at Brown Shoe Company in Charleston, as a cook at the...

Oct 30, 2020

CARL D. PEARSON, age 86, a resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, October 29, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born September 28, 1934, at Center Ridge, Arkansas, to the late Newton Pearson and Stella Pearl Shipp Pearson, he grew up in Center Ridge and moved to Missouri as a young man. He first worked...

Oct 28, 2020

LUCY BANKS WILLIAMS, age 71, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

She was born February 8, 1949, at Memphis, TN, to the late Bowdre and Virginia Banks. Lucy lived in Southeast Missouri most of her life and had been employed as a registered nurse with Southeast Health and St....

Oct 20, 2020

JAMES PAUL BRUENDERMAN, age 65, a resident of rural Charleston, died Tuesday, October 20, 2020, in Alexander County, Il.

Born April 6, 1955, in Cairo, IL, to Robert Paul Bruenderman and Margaret Marie Wallace Bruenderman, Jimmy was hard worker who was employed by Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston for many years, and then by the Charleston...