Oct 20, 2019

MEGAN RAE CHANEY, age 20, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, October 20, 2019.

Born December 14, 1998, in Scott County, Missouri, she was raised by Danny and Cindy Kersey Bright as their own. Living in East Prairie all her life, she was a 2017 graduate of East Prairie High School. She played as catcher for...

Oct 15, 2019

TOMMY EARL WOODS, SR., a resident of Bertrand, died Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at the Bertrand Nursing Center.

Born September 20, 1923, at Canalou, MO, the late William and Florence Pitts Woods, he had lived in Bertrand area most of his life where he was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bertrand. A retired farmer,...

Oct 13, 2019

Margie Laverne Saulsbery-Gaskins, 60, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  She was born April 18, 1959 in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina to the late Pearl Edward and Betty Lue (Wyatt) Saulsbery.   Margie was a hairdresser and had been part-owner of Trend-Setters in Jackson, had owned Curl Up & Dye in Sikeston, and had...

Oct 12, 2019

Jennifer Ann Bishop, 35, formerly of Sikeston, died Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Cannon Hospice in Gulfport, Mississippi.  She was born February 24, 1984 in Chaffee to Anita (Fetters) Brown, who survives of Sikeston and the late Vernon Brown.  Jennifer had been a groomer at Barks & Bubbles Pet Salon in Sikeston.  She was married Aug. 14, 2015 to...

Oct 8, 2019

POWELL, Bryan Lee (Age 46) - Spokane, WA.    Bryan was born April 10, 1973 to Marvin James Powell and Patsy Jones Powell Hunt, and died in a vehicle accident October 8, 2019.

His early years were spent in East Prairie, Missouri and surrounding areas. Bryan graduated from East Prairie High School in 1992. In 1994, Bryan moved...

Oct 5, 2019

Michael Ray Jeffries, 55, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 in Sikeston.  He was born Sept. 3, 1964 in Sikeston to the late Billy D. and Ruth A. (Crawford) Jeffries.  Michael grew up in Sikeston and was a member of Tanner Street Church of God.  He received his Bachelors Degree from S.E.M.O.  University; he then received his Juris Doctorate from...

Oct 1, 2019

GLADYS BROWN SEVIC, 99, died Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at her home in Wyatt.

Born May 12, 1920, in the Birds Point Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Emory and Rose Etta Baugh Brown, she had lived in Wyatt most of her life where she worked for short time at Raffety's Store. She was devoted...

Sep 26, 2019

MARY CORINTHIA CHILDERS HAMILTON, 84, died Thursday, September 26, 2019, at her home in Sikeston.

Born January 11, 1935, at Wolf Island, MO, to the late Eddie Leon Childers and Joyce Valentine Collins Childers, she had lived in Bernie a number of years where she taught Head Start at Bernie Schools. Known to everyone as "Memaw", she...

Sep 23, 2019

BRADLEY COOPER WARREN, 57, died Monday, September 23, 2019.

Born February 26, 1962, at Sikeston, MO to Pam Warren Crawford and the late Lynn LaPlant, he was a graduate of Charleston High School. A member of First Baptist Church of Charleston, he was retired from Ameren UE. He was an avid golfer and loved fishing and hunting....

Sep 15, 2019

June Workman DeLay, 90, of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away at her home on Sunday, September 15, 2019. A former resident of Bell City and Charleston, she had lived in Sikeston for the past 19 years.

Born June 22, 1929, in Bell City, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Lynn Jones Workman; she married...

Sep 12, 2019

Tommie J. "T.J" Shoffner, 65, formerly of East Prairie, died September 12, 2019, in San Antonio, TX.

He was born February 3, 1954, to the late Emmett and Inez Shoffner.

He was first married to Rachel Meeks Shoffner.  He later married Raquel Gonzales who survives.

He leaves behind three daughters, Jennifer Aucoin of...

Sep 11, 2019

DONNA JEAN VINSON JONES, Age 64, died Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at her home in Charleston.

She was born November 25, 1954, at Charleston, MO, to the late George Calvin Vinson and Rita Elizabeth Sisk Vinson, she attended nursing school and lived in Georgia a number of years working as a nurse. She returned to Charleston to...

Sep 8, 2019

STEPHEN RAY PRESSON, 55, of Diehlstadt, died Sunday, September 8, 2019, at his home.

Born January 25, 1964, at Cape Girardeau, MO, to Harold Presson who survives of Diehlstadt and the late Peggy Crosno Presson, he had lived in the Diehlstadt area most of his life and was a 1982 graduate of Kelly High School. He was...

Sep 7, 2019

BETTY JEAN HAYNES BRUCE, 59, formerly of Charleston, died Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Kingwood, Texas.

Born December 12, 1959, at Bloomington, IN, to the late John E. Haynes and Martha E. Gunter Haynes Rolan, she was a graduate of Charleston High School and later moved to Arizona where she lived in McNeal and later Sierra Vista...

Sep 5, 2019

SIDNEY HAROLD DRUMMOND, age 85, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, September 5, 2019, at the East Prairie Nursing Center.

Born May 17, 1934, at East Prairie, MO, to the late Thurston Bradley Drummond and Minnie Maude True Drummond, he was a 1952 graduate of East Prairie High School where he proudly played on the football...

Sep 3, 2019

Stephen Michael Carlisle, age 67, died Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at Citizen's Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri, after a battle with cancer.

Born August 31, 1952, in Cairo, Illinois, to Janie Payne of Camden, TN, and the late Andrew Carlisle, he was a US Navy Veteran and had been employed with the United States Postal Service. He...

Sep 1, 2019

Michael Wayne Lacy,  62,  a resident of this area most of his life, died Sunday September 1, 2019 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  He was born January 22, 1957 in Sikeston to the late Odell and Mary (Ray) Lacy.

He had been a sheet metal worker for Stoner Contracting  /  Pyramid Roofing; he loved the...

Aug 31, 2019

LOLA MAE WILSON, age 68, died Saturday, August 31, 2019, at her home in Canalou.

Born September 26, 1950, at Anniston, MO, to the late Lee Elsworth Wilson and Gertrude Tyler Wilson, she had lived in Charleston area a number of years where she had been employed with the Charleston Country Club and had worked as a...

Aug 28, 2019

EVELINE LOUISE CLARK, age 90, died Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at her home in East Prairie, MO.

Born February 20, 1929, at Kirksville, MO, to the late Omer and Fay Fowler Tietsort, she had lived in East Prairie a number of years and was of the Baptist Faith.

On June 24, 1954, in Wapello County,...

Aug 28, 2019

Patricia Dale "Pat" Crowell, 71, a life long resident of this area, died at her home, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019.  She was born July 23, 1948 in Sikeston to Berneice (Christopher) Fitts who survives of Sikeston and the late Ulie Fitts.  A graduate of Bell City High School, she was a Baptist, and  had been a busy craft maker...