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...

Aug 27, 2019

Jerry Ray Lynn, 84, a life-long resident of this area, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  He was born March 13, 1935 in Sikeston to the late Denton and Nora (Hensley) Lynn. Jerry had attended the First Assembly of God Church and enjoyed a hobby in his shop of various woodworking and cabinet...

Aug 25, 2019

C. Wolffe Bagby, age 66, of East Prairie, died Sunday, August 25, 2019, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born July 2, 1953, at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo, IL, to the late A. Dean Bagby and Margaret Berbling Bagby. He grew up in Cairo, attending St. Patrick Catholic Church and was a 1971 graduate...

Aug 25, 2019

John A. Bloecher, Jr., 66, passed away on August 25th, 2019 at his home in The Villages, FL.

John was born in St. Louis, MO, to John A. Bloecher, Sr. and Patricia R. Dyke, on April 6, 1953. He graduated class of 1971 from Pattonville High School and married Cynthia A. McClintock on September 27, 1975, in...

Aug 13, 2019

Mary "Ruth" Newman, 77, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  She was born Nov. 6, 1941 in Steelville, Mo to the late Robert Russell and Lottie May (Isgriggs) Adams.

She had lived in Sikeston since 2001 and was a member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.  Prior to that she had lived in...

Aug 12, 2019

Robert "Robbie" Oliver Leffler, age 56, of Charleston, went to be with the lord on August 12, 2019, surrounded by family.

Robbie was born on December 12, 1962, in Sikeston, Missouri, to his parents Ruth Ann Wicker Leffler Dooley and the late Oliver John "O.J." Leffler. He attended Charleston High School graduating in 1981. He enjoyed playing...

Aug 11, 2019

Shelia Paulette Tanksley-Gray, age 51, of Hensley, Arkansas, formerly of East Prairie, MO; died suddenly, August 11, 2019, at Hollister, MO.

She entered this life May 18, 1968, in Sikeston, Missouri, the daughter of Daniel Tanksley Sr. and Mildred (Williams) Tanksley. Her parents and her brothers-in-law: Jack Wallace and Bobby Johnson have preceded her in death.