Mar 25, 2019

DOROTHY HOWLETT RENAUD, age 90, a resident of the Texas Bend Community in Mississippi County, died Monday, March 25, 2019, at the Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston.

She was born September 22, 1928, in St. Louis, to John Howard and Grace Carson Howlett. She lived in St. Louis prior to her family settling in Mississippi County...

Mar 24, 2019

Alvin Monroe "Pod" Ashley, age 69, a resident of Yuma, AZ, died Sunday, March 24, 2019 in Arizona.

He was born December 26, 1949, to the late James Lewis and Opal Ruth Williams Ashley. He was a graduate of CHS class of 1967. He attended Southeast Missouri Start University briefly before entering the United States Air Force...

Mar 18, 2019

CHARLES VERNON 'PEP' TATUM, age 88, died Monday, March 18, 2019, at his home in East Prairie.

Born July 22, 1930, at Deventer, MO, to the late Morgan and Mae Sams Tatum, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life where he had attended the First General Baptist Church in East Prairie. He had been...

Mar 15, 2019

PATRICIA ANN McCANN CRAWFORD, age 74, died Friday, March 15, 2019, at her home in Charleston.

Born June 12, 1944, in the Samos Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Fred Lee McCann and Ruth Mae Grisso McCann, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and was a member of the First Baptist Church...

Mar 12, 2019

MARILYN JEAN RODGERS, 66, died peacefully Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at her home in Gordonville.

Born October 24, 1952, at Bernie, MO, to the late Carlton "Buck" Rodgers and Opal Howell Rodgers, she was a 1971 graduate of Jackson High School and had lived in Jackson area most of her life. She was a professional seamstress for...

Mar 11, 2019

Glenda Joan Hess, 83, a long-time resident of Pontiac, Michigan, died Monday, March 11, 2019 at Heather Pines Assisted Living in Clarkston, Mich.    She was born April 28, 1935 in Blodgett to the late Donald and Daisy (Wagoner) Holder.  She had been a bookkeeper with the Oakland County Government.  On July 17, 1954 she was married to Harold "Bud"...

Mar 10, 2019

Ethel Marie Jones, 82, died March 10, 2019 at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.   She was born October 20, 1936 in Arkansas to the late Marshall and Daisy (Clark) Sterling.  She had been a cook at a nursing home in California, was of the Baptist Faith and had moved to Bertrand in February, 2016.  She was married March 4,...

Mar 7, 2019

John Russell Woodard, 78, died Thursday, March 7, 2019 in Dalton, Georgia.  He was born Aug. 18, 1940 in Cooter, MO to the late Tom & Vonnie (Bradfield) Woodard.  A long-time resident of this area he was an active member of Shady Acres Church of Christ;  he had been a church bus driver, former Deacon, and had served on...

Mar 3, 2019

Ronnie Gale Elliott, 80, died March 3, 2019 at Westfield Nursing Center near Sikeston.  He was born July 1,, 1938 in Bragg City to the late Theodore and Drace (Waddell) Elliott.  A resident of Sikeston since 1962, he had previously lived at Kennett; he was a member of Miner Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and...

Feb 28, 2019

MARGARET ALICE GOLIGHTY VINSON, age 85, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, February 28, 2019, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

Born November 3, 1933, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Clarence Eugene and Katherine Bryars Golightly, she had lived in Charleston a number of years and had been employed as an in-home health care worker....

Feb 26, 2019

Ray "Allan" Kettles, Jr., 52, formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, in Jefferson City.  He was born Sept. 3, 1966 in Festus to Martha (Hutton) Kettles Rasberry who survives of Sikeston and the late Ray Allan Kettles, Sr.  Allan was of the Baptist faith, was an avid Drag Racer, and had been a resident of the Sikeston...

Feb 26, 2019

Lillie K. Suggs (2/14/1925-2/26/2019)

Lillie K. Suggs, or "Babe", as most knew her, passed into heaven on Feb. 26, 2019. She was 94 years young…an end to an era.

Lillie K. Suggs was born Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1925, to Lillie and Fred Ganim. Lillie grew up in downtown St. Louis. In 1942, she married...

Feb 22, 2019

Virginia Wylie Fowlkes Ely, age 67, of Charleston, died Friday February 22, 2019, at her home.

VIrginia was born October 2 1951, at Rock Springs, Wyoming to the late Charles Wyley Fowlkes and Helen Young Fowlkes. The family returned to Charleston in 1954 . A 1969 graduate of Charleston School, she later was graduated from Southeast Missouri...

Feb 17, 2019

Bobbie Eugene Laster of Wickliffe, KY, passed away February 17, 2019, at Life Care Center in LaCenter, KY.

Gene was born on July 10, 1931, in Crosno, Missouri, to the late John Raymond and Martha Burns Laster. Gene spent several years working for Koch Oil Company before he and his wife Dorothy became successful entrepreneurs in 1983...

Feb 6, 2019

OSCAR CALVIN FARMER, age 84, of East Prairie, died Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at his home.

Born January 7, 1935, at Bassett, Arkansas, to the late Carl Edward Farmer and Stella Beatrice Allen Farmer, he was a 1953 graduate of Sikeston High School. Having lived in Memphis, TN, most of his life, he was a member of...

Feb 5, 2019

WILBURN "ROY" PEMBERTON, age 73, died on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at his residence in Bertrand.

He was born January 1, 1946 in Deventer to Clarence and Juanita Bickford Pemberton. He had lived in Missouri and Arkansas and was employed as a Mechanic and Truck Driver. He was of Baptist Belief.

Surviving are one son,...

Feb 4, 2019

Thomas Victor "Vic" Hairston, 64, a resident of Matthews, MO, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.  He was born May 2, 1954 in St. Louis to the late Thomas and Alice (Mason) Hairston.  Vic had lived around the Sikeston area for the past 40 years, was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and...

Feb 1, 2019

PATRICIA LOU WHITEHURST, 74, died February 1, 2019, at her home near Sikeston, MO.

Patricia, also known as Nan to everyone, was born March 17, 1944, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to James Hargrove and Edna Howell, she married Stephen Elmer Whitehurst on August 28, 1985. She had 6 children, and is survived by 3. Tammy, Timothy and...

Jan 26, 2019

Katherine Marie Brewer Donaldson Denning, age 88, formerly a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, January 26, 2019 at the Jackson Manor Nursing Facility in Jackson, MO.

Born August 25, 1930, at Charleston, MO, to the late Harry T. Brewer and Erma M. Cagle Brewer. She was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston, MO and...

Jan 25, 2019

RUTH ANN VOELKER, 72, died Friday, January 25, 2019, at her home in Bertrand.

Born December 17, 1946, at Cape Girardeau, MO, to the late Albert H. "Dutch" Voelker and Hazel Ruth McDowell Voelker, she was brought home to Bertrand to the family home where she would spend her entire life. After attending grade school in rural...