Mar 14, 2020

RICHARD STEPHEN MILLER, age 77, a resident of Charleston died Saturday, March 14, 2020, at his residence.

He was born November 28, 1942 in Cape Girardeau to Roy Sterett Miller and Gail B. Miller Davis. A 1960 graduate of Charleston High School, he attended Vanderbilt University and Southeast Missouri State University. He enlisted in the MO National...

Mar 12, 2020

Angela Jackson, 53, of Nashville, TN, and formerly of Charleston, MO died Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.

She is the daughter of Charles and Ann Welch Jackson and the granddaughter of Joseph and Imogene Jackson and Victor and Lucille Welch of Charleston.

Mary Angela Jackson was born April 23, 1966 in...

Mar 7, 2020

MARY ANN BONIFIELD, 97, of Charleston, died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born August 31, 1922, at Datto, AR, to the late C.E. Morgan and Pearl E. Fears Morgan, she had lived in Commerce a number of years where she was a member of the St. Paul United Methodist...

Mar 7, 2020

Betty Faye Goodin Williams, age 83, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

Private Services will be conducted at a later date under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.

Mar 4, 2020

WILMA LEE McLAUGHLIN, 59, a resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born October 30, 1960, at Bernie, MO, to the late Nathan Glenn Jackson and Almeda Faye Peters Jackson, she had lived in Sikeston a number of years.  She and her husband owned a lawn care service...

Mar 2, 2020

Ronnie Dee Dickerson, 77, of Sikeston, died Monday, March 2, 2020, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.

Born March 4, 1942, at Morehouse, MO, to the late James Sylvester Dickerson and Myrtle Irene Morse Dickerson, he had lived in Morehouse and Sikeston his entire life and had been employed as a truck driver.

He was married...

Mar 1, 2020

Patsy Ruth Cloud Miller, 83, a resident of Benton died peacefully surrounded by her girls on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born November 10, 1936, in Tiptonville, TN, to the late James Claude and Hazel Odell Reynolds Cloud. She grew up in Charleston, MO and graduated from Diehlstadt High...

Feb 29, 2020

Rev. Gerald E. Penn, age 81, a resident of Wyatt and longtime pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston, died Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born May 3, 1938, in Chicago, IL, to Charles and Alma Stults Penn, he moved to Chesterton, IN in 1950 where he...

Feb 27, 2020

BRENDA KAY WARD COCHRAN, 73, a resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, February 27, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.

Born September 21, 1946, at Matthews, MO, to the late Charles Burris and Violet Westmoland Ward, she had lived in Sikeston her entire life where she was a 1964 graduate of Sikeston High School. She was employed...

Feb 26, 2020

CHARLES W. TERRELL, Age 91, long time resident and prominent businessman of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020, with his loving family by his side.

He was born February 1, 1929, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late William D. Terrell and Floye Skinner Terrell.   He was a founding member and deacon of Trinity Gospel...

Feb 25, 2020

Anthony Lee "Tony" Smith was born on December 21, 1933, in Jesup, Lawrence County, Arkansas and died Tuesday, February 25, 2020 in Sikeston, Missouri.

Tony was the third child of James Lee "Jay" and Thelma Pearl Simpson Smith. He had two older sisters, Ramona and Rita, and then Anna Jane came along five years after Tony was...

Feb 25, 2020

DORIS ANN COATS GRAHAM, Age 69, died Monday, February 25, 2020, at her home of her brother near Matthews.

Born June 13, 1950, in rural Sikeston, to the late Hubert "F.M." Cooksey and Virlon Mae Wyatt Cooksey, she had lived in the Sikeston area her entire life and had attended the Matthews School. She was employed for...

Feb 24, 2020

NORMA JEAN MADDOX, 89, a resident of Sikeston, died Monday, February 24, 2020, at the Integrity Nursing Center in Carbondale, IL.

Born August 15, 1930, at Crowder, MO, to the late John Ransom Sherry and Bessie Gladys Daniels Sherry, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life.

Surviving is her daughter, Sharon Grots of...

Feb 23, 2020

TED CHARLES MEDLOCK, 79 of Charleston, died Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born August 4, 1940, at Dexter, MO, to the late Virgil Utah (Bill) and Goldie Killian Medlock, Ted was a 1958 graduate of Dexter High School where he played lots of sports, including the football team, the basketball...

Feb 22, 2020

Mattie Elizabeth Simpkins Prince, 92, of Charleston, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at The Bertrand Nursing Home. She was born in Hornersville, Mo on August 5th, 1927 to Benjamin and Mary Jane Simpkins. She and James Frederick Prince were united in marriage on April 3, 1948. He preceded her in death on April 18, 1988. Miss Mattie,...

Feb 21, 2020

SARA MARGARET SUTHERLAND STORY, age 63, a lifelong resident of Charleston, died Friday, February 21, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Sara was born August 24, 1956 in Cairo, IL to Frank Russell and Daisy M. Barfield Sutherland. A 1974 graduate of Charleston High School she participated in many extra-curricular activities and was voted...

Feb 19, 2020

On February 19,2020, Harriett Goodin Small went to Heaven. She left this Earth letting go of her oldest granddaughter Ginnie B. 's hand and took ahold of Daddy Bud's-while surrounded with love from her daughter Janice and granddaughter Gretchen.

Harriett was born in Charleston, MO, June 23, 1938, to the late Oliver F. Goodin and Lucille Feezor...

Feb 19, 2020

Carolyn Sue McDowell Burcks, age 85, of Charleston, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born August 25, 1934, at Fruitland, MO, to the late C. Wilson and Mildred Tant McDowell. In 1936, the family moved to Charleston where Carolyn attended school at Eugene Field Elementary School and...

Feb 17, 2020

NEVA MAE BLUNT ODUM, age 93, of Sikeston, peacefully passed Monday, February 17, 2020, on to an eternal life with her Lord and Savior, surrounded by her family.

Born June 5, 1926, near Parma, MO, to the late Sylvester Blunt and Maggie Teachenor Blunt, she had lived in Sikeston a number of years where she had been...

Feb 14, 2020

GEORGE WAYNE GENTLES, JR., 47 of East Prairie, died Friday, February 14, 2020, at his home in East Prairie.

Born November 20, 1972, at Sikeston, MO, to George Wayne Gentles, Sr. and Karen Leigh Oliver Gentles, who survive of East Prairie, he was a 1991 graduate of East Prairie High School. He had been employed as an...