Oct 20, 2020

WILLIE CHRISTINE HIGDON, age 91, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at her residence in Sikeston.

She was born June 15, 1929 in Wilson, Arkansas to Clay and Delfia Cooper Higdon.  Following her graduation from Essex High School, she moved to St. Louis where she was employed with the FB Chamberlain plant and had been promoted to...

Oct 18, 2020

Jim Shelton entered a new life in Heaven on October 18, 2020 at the age of 67 in SSM Hospital in Fenton, Missouri surrounded by his loving family. Born in Blodgett, MO, January 3, 1953, he was the oldest son of four children of Vernon and Vercie James Shelton on the farm where he spent his whole life. Jim...

Oct 18, 2020

LARRY WAYNE THRESHER, 74, died Sunday, October 18, 2020, at his home near East Prairie.

Born May 20, 1946, to Alfreda McIllwain Thresher who survives of East Prairie,  and the late Floyd Thresher, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life. Larry worked as a journeyman welder for the Local 27 Boilermakers Union for 13...

Oct 15, 2020

Susan Lee Cox, 73, of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born on Sept. 1, 1947, in Poplar Bluff to Robert C. and Pauline (Hudson) Walker of Charleston, who preceded her in death.  Her sister, Carrol Jean Walker Fisher, also preceded her in death....

Oct 15, 2020

JOYCE ANN REEVES WATSON, age 85, died Thursday, October 15, 2020, at her home in Sikeston.

Born July 19, 1935, at Booneville, AR, to the late John Alex Reeves and Myrtle B. Williams Reeves, she had lived in Charleston several years where she was employed at the Brown Shoe Company.   She and her family then moved to...

Oct 15, 2020

Kathryn Austin "Kay" Hodges, age 92, a resident of Sikeston, formerly of the Samos Community of Mississippi County, died Thursday, October 15, 2020, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.

Born October 30, 1927 in Cairo, IL to the late Rufus Harris Austin and Lora Ruth (Holtzclaw) Austin. She lived in the Samos community as well as Sikeston...

Oct 14, 2020

PEGGY JUNE POLEY HARDIN, age 80, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born June 5, 1940, at East Prairie, to the late Robert William and Jen Nettie Burnes Poley, she had lived in Sikeston a number of years and had been employed at Lamberts Café.  She...

Oct 10, 2020

Jon Price Carson, 71, of Tucson, Arizona died peacefully at his home with the Catalina and Rincon

mountains and his family surrounding him. Jon fought a long battle with pancreatic cancer, and the last

years of his life were filled with the love of family and life-long friends.

Jon was the oldest child...

Oct 10, 2020

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GERALDINE COX 'GERI' DEAN, age 89, of Charleston, died Saturday, October 10, 2020, at the home of her brother and sister in law in Charleston.

Born June 21, 1931, in Clay County, AR, to the late Clinen and Zella Mae Davis Cox, she had lived in Houston, TX before moving to Charleston in...

Oct 9, 2020

James Lanier Byrd, III, age 90, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, October 9, 2020.

Born June 22, 1930, at Cairo, Illinois, son of the late James Lanier Byrd, Jr. and Lucille Frisby Byrd, he was a life-long resident of Charleston, Missouri. Jim attended Charleston Public Schools through his second year of High School and then completed...

Oct 8, 2020

NORVELL DEAN LINHART, age 84, died Thursday, October 8, 2020, at his home in East Prairie.

Born January 18, 1936, to the late Beverly "Son" Linhart and Mary Elizabeth Fowler Linhart, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life and had retired from Noranda Aluminum and MoDot after a number of years.

On...

Oct 7, 2020

Courtesy Obituary Kenneth J. Manker Jr., 57, of Grand Rivers passed away at 9:50 am on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah. He worked for the Corp of Engineers in Memphis, TN. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Carol (Driskill) Manker of Grand Rivers; three children and six grandchildren;...

Oct 7, 2020

DAVID CLIFFORD WALLACE, age 81, of Sikeston, passed away peacefully at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at 1:04 p.m.

He was born May 15, 1939, in Dorena, MO, to the late Miles A. Wallace and Violet R. Johnson Wallace and had lived in Southeast Missouri all of his life.

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Oct 7, 2020

DOROTHY LEE FARMER REED, age 99, of Charleston, died Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Born May 8, 1921, at the family home in Charleston, to the late Charles Franklin Farmer and Cordia Sutherland Farmer, she was a 1939 graduate of Charleston High School.  Following graduation, she went to work at the...

Oct 6, 2020

Mary R. Reynolds Laymon, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.

She was born November 12, 1944, to Frank and Dolly Reynolds in Lilbourn, MO and later moved to Sikeston, MO.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest M. Laymon Sr. and a sister, Alice Rowe.

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Oct 5, 2020

Edna Florence Crowell Mulcahy was born on February 23, 1927 to William Arnett Crowell and Amanda Elizabeth Haile. Edna was orphaned as a toddler and raised by her teenage siblings on the family farm during the Great Depression. She entered Jesus' open arms October 5, 2020.

Edna eloped with her high school sweetheart, David Jerome Mulcahy, on...

Oct 5, 2020

Courtesy obituary.

Jane grew up in Charleston and her parents, Ed and Charlene Robertson, were longtime employees of the Charleston R-1 Schools.

Jane Michelle Robertson, daughter of the late Edwin Robertson and Charlene Myers Robertson, was born on September 23, 1956 in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on October 5, 2020 at the Sikeston...

Oct 4, 2020

Charles Lee McKinley, age 86, died Sunday, October 4, 2020, at his home in Bertrand.

Born September 29, 1934, at Bertrand, MO, to the late Walter Carmen McKinley and Sarah Christine Collier McKinley, he had lived in Bertrand his entire life.   For over 20 years he was the manager at MFA Oil.   He was member of the...

Sep 29, 2020

MIRACLE MARIE-LYNN TATUM BRIDGES, made her early entrance here on earth, Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, weighing one pound and 5 ounces. She gained her Angel Wings two hours later.

Miracle was preceded in death by her paternal great grandparents, Velma Shaw, Ronny Bostic and special guardian angel, Willie Brown, Jr....

Sep 29, 2020

Rowan Thomas Hess , of O'Fallon, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 20 days old.  Born September 9, 2020, the cherished baby boy of Angela Dawn Starr Hess and Lee Watkins Hess, dearest brother of Norah Mae Hess, and treasured grandson of Chris and Jeannie...