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Paulette Parr Burney
Aug 4, 2020
PAULETTE BURNEY
MONICA PAULETTE PARR BURNEY, age 69, died Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at her home in East Prairie.
Born January 18, 1951, at East Prairie, to Delma Fern Purl Parr who survives and the late Charles Paul Parr, she had lived in East Prairie her entire life and was a 1968 graduate of East...
Dottie Sue Lutes
Aug 3, 2020
DOTTIE SUE LUTES, 73, of Morehouse, received her glorious angel wings, Monday, August 3, 2020.
She was born October 2, 1946, in Sikeston, to the late Alive D. and Maggie Tillman Wyatt, she had lived in the Sikeston area most of her life where she had worked at Houchin Donuts for over 20 years and was currently...
Edith Faye Grainger
Aug 2, 2020
EDITH FAYE GRAINGER, age 82, died Sunday, August 2, 2020, at her home near Sikeston.
Born January 29, 1938, at Osceola, Arkansas, to the late Arthur Edgar Ergle and Evis Savannah Horton Ergle, she had lived in the Matthews area a number of years was a loving mother and grandmother.
On December 10, 1981, she...
Michele Knickman
Jul 31, 2020
Michele Knickman, 62, of Sikeston, MO passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020.
Michele was born April 28, 1958 in Avon, South Dakota to Herb and Sharon (Bessel) Yost. She attended the University of South Dakota where she met her husband. On August 25,1979 she married Scott Knickman. They lived in 8 cities over a 16-year span...
Pete Bone
Jul 30, 2020
Pete Bone
Wilbur Dean "Pete" Bone, 80, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, July 30, 2020, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Home.
Born September 29, 1939, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Everett Bone Sr., and Patty Mae Glass Bone, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life where he was engaged in...
Gerri Pierce Marshall
Jul 29, 2020
GERRI MARSHALL
PHEBA GERELINE 'GERRI' MARSHALL, 90, a resident of Wyatt, died Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center.
Born September 21, 1929, in Arkansas, to the late Noah Lee and Lillie Tadlock Pierce, she had lived in Sandusky, OH, a number of years and returned to Wyatt when her husband...
Janet Ruth Harp
Jul 28, 2020
Services to be at the McMikle Sikeston Chapel- 403 N. Kingshighway, Sikeston, MO
Janet Ruth Harp, daughter of the late Lawrence Edward Pfifer and Sybil Harmon Pfifer, departed this life on July 28, 2020 at her home in Morehouse at the age of 75. Born on October 20, 1944 in Sikeston, Missouri, she was one of 12...
Robert F. Chandler
Jul 28, 2020
Robert Forrest Chandler, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at his home in Texarkana, Arkansas following an extended illness.
He was born on October 17, 1941 in Charleston, Missouri to the late Laudie Forrest and Elzetta Jordan Chandler.
Robert grew up in Charleston and attended Charleston Public School. He was employed as...
Mindy Jo O'Guin
Jul 24, 2020
MINDY JO O'GUIN, age 38, of East Prairie, died Friday, July 24, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.
Born May 19, 1982, at Sikeston, MO, to William Davis "David" O'Guin and Kathy Lisa Gaddy O'Guin, who survive of East Prairie, she was a 2000 graduate of East Prairie High School and went on to graduate...
Charles Alfred Telker
Jul 24, 2020
CHARLES ALFRED TELKER, age 89, of Charleston, died Friday, July 24, 2020, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born December 29, 1930, at St. Louis, MO, to the late John Telker and Helen Cecelia Bayus Telker. A 1948 graduate of the St. Henry High School in Charleston, he went on to study...
Chip Taylor
Jul 19, 2020
ROY LEE 'CHIP' TAYLOR, JR., age 58, a resident of Diehlstadt, died Sunday, July 19, 2020, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born November 18, 1961, at Sikeston, MO, to Roy Lee Taylor, Sr. and Reta Lou Stinson Taylor, he had lived in Diehlstadt most of his life. A U.S. Navy Veteran, he had...
Karen Ellis Brown
Jul 18, 2020
Karen Ellis Brown, age 81, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, July 18, 2020 at her home.
Born September 26, 1938 in Cape Girardeau to Joe E. and Loiselle Fisher Ellis Jr. she grew up in Charleston, was a member of the First Baptist Church and a graduate of Charleston High School. At the age of 15,...
Stephen Clifford Faringer
Jul 13, 2020
STEPHEN CLIFFORD "STEVER" FARINGER, age 61, died Monday, July 13, 2020, at his home in Cairo, IL.
Born September 19, 1958, at San Diego, CA, to Glen Lyle Faringer and Patricia Lee Aiken Faringer, who survive of Kona, Hawaii, he grew up in the San Diego area and was a graduate of Grossmont College. He was employed...
James Lonnie "Jim" Dewitt
Jul 13, 2020
JAMES LONNIE "JIM" .DeWITTÂ JR., age 59, a resident of Sikeston, formerly of Williston TN, died Monday, July 13, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Jim was born December 6, 1960 in Wyatt to James Lonnie and Shirley Long DeWitt who survive of Sikeston. He was a graduate of Bartlett High School in Bartlett, TN and...
Helen "Lucy" Adams Knupp
Jul 6, 2020
HELEN "LUCY" ADAMS KNUPP, age 67, formerly of Wyatt, died Monday, July 6, 2020 at her home in Bertrand.
She was born April 5, 1953 in Cairo, IL to Walter and Katie Woodruff Adams and lived the first few years of her life in East St. Louis. Her family then returned to Southeast Missouri where she lived...
Bob Ritchey
Jul 5, 2020
William Robert "Bob" Ritchey, age 85, former Chief of Police and long-time director of the Department of Public Safety for the City of Charleston, died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at his home in Charleston, MO.
Born July 24, 1934, at Gideon, MO, to the late William "Bill" Ritchey and Iva Lape Ritchey Payne, he grew up in...
Luanne Staples Hill
Jul 1, 2020
Luanne Staples Hill of St. Louis, Missouri and formerly of Charleston, Missouri passed away at the age of 79 on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in St. Louis. Luanne wa s bor n on De c em ber 2 5, 1940 i n Cape G i r ar deau, M i s s our i to G eor ge Duncan Staples,...
Billy Eugene Glodjo, Jr.
Jun 28, 2020
BILLY EUGENE GLODJO, JR., 58, of Bowling Green, KY, died Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Eddyville, KY.
Born May 7, 1952, at Tacoma, WA, to Doris Jean O'Guin Glodjo who survives of Bowling Green, KY and the late Billy Eugene "Bobby" Glodjo, Sr., he had lived in the Western Kentucky most of his life.
Surviving...
Jimmy Dale Alcorn
Jun 23, 2020
JIMMY DALE ALCORN, age 82, a resident of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at the Clearview Nursing Center.
Born December 6, 1937, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Dale L. Alcorn and Elma Ann Hueiser Alcorn, he had lived in Sikeston his entire life.
He is survived by his sister, Patricia Ann Alcorn Jines-Clark...
Richard Merrell Burton
Jun 23, 2020
RICHARD MERRELL BURTON, 56, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at the home of his sister near Sikeston.
Born December 3, 1963, at Sikeston, to Barbara Jean McClellan Burton and the late Alfred Merrell Burton, he was a 1983 graduate of Sikeston High School and had been employed with Plaza Tire a number of years.
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