Gene Shepard
Jan 25, 2019
Norman Eugene Shepard, age 74, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019 at the Tut Fann Veteran's home in Huntsville, AL., after an eleven- year battle with Parkinson's with Lewy Body Dementia.
Gene was born on February 26, 1944 in the Bridges community outside of Charleston, MO., to the late Willie Norman Shepard and Veatrice Pauline Taylor...
Carolyn Evans Woten
Jan 22, 2019
Carolyn (Evans) Woten
Our Lord said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly," (John 10:10). Carolyn lived life abundantly and shared life abundantly with others.
Carolyn (nee Evans) Woten was born December 19, 1943, at Cairo, Illinois, to Dellon and Martha (Fox) Evans, and left us...
Oscar Raymond Garrett
Jan 22, 2019
OSCAR RAYMOND GARRETT SR., age 79, died Wednesday, January 22, 2019 at his residence in Charleston.
He was born August 29, 1939 in Perkins to Oscar Tyron and Bertha Myrtle Gross Garrett. He had lived in Scott and Mississippi Counties most of his life and worked for Bunny Bread Company in Cape Girardeau and Sikeston before retiring...
Russ Skinner
Jan 18, 2019
RUSS SKINNER, age 73, died Friday, January 18, 2019, at his home in Miner, MO.
Born August 5, 1945, at Ragland, Kentucky, to the late James Doris Skinner and Ella Gertrude Terrell Skinner, he had lived in Bertrand area most of his life and had been employed with Cummins Diesel at Sikeston and as a car salesman....
Joseph W. Layton, Jr.
Jan 18, 2019
JOSEPH W. LAYTON JR. Joseph W. Layton Jr., 67, of Charleston, Missouri, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Virginia. He had been in failing health.
He was born Nov. 17, 1951, in Cairo, Illinois, the son of Joseph W. and Patricia (Howlett) Layton. He graduated from Sikeston High School in 1971 and briefly attended Memphis State University....
James Hall
Jan 17, 2019
James Raymond Hall, 83, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 at Westfield Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born December 23, 1935 at Hutchinson, Kansas to the late John Franklin and Alma (Felke) Hall. A long-time resident of Sikeston, Jim had attended Parker Memorial Pentecostal Church and also Smith Avenue Church of God. He had worked assembly lines at Anchor...
Betty Forrest
Jan 15, 2019
Betty Sue True Forrest, 85, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born Feb. 26, 1933 in Charleston to the late Harry and Erma (Cagle) Brewer. She had attended Murray Lane Baptist Church while living in Sikeston and Shawnee Hill Baptist Church after moving to Jackson. She had been a nurse...
Walter Alan Foster
Jan 11, 2019
WALTER ALAN FOSTER, JR., 41, of Charleston, died Friday, January 11, 2019, at Wappapello, MO.
Born October 13, 1977, at Sikeston, MO, to Walter Alan Foster, Sr., who survives of Wappapello and Sheila Pigg Foster Woods who survives of East Prairie, he had lived in Charleston a number of years and had been employed at Boomland and...
Julia M. Moreland
Jan 11, 2019
Julia Maxine Moreland, 39, died Friday, Jan. 11, near Sikeston as the result of an automobile accident. She was born Jan. 24, 1979 in Sikeston to Rosanna (Talley) Davis Harper and the late Bob Alton Davis. She was employed by Faurecia Usa Holdings at Dexter. She is survived by 1 son, Waylin Martin of Bloomfield; 1 daughter, Hailey Morrison...
Donna Lee Halstead
Jan 10, 2019
DONNA LEE HALSTEAD, 71, of Charleston, died Thursday, January 10, 2019, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born May 3, 1947, at the family home in Charleston, MO, to the late William H. "Bill" Brantley and Thelma Irene Butler Brantley, she was a graduate of Charleston High School and a member of the St. Henry...
Judy Moore
Jan 10, 2019
Judy Lee Moore, 64, a resident of Essex, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton. She was born Jan. 16, 1954 in Sikeston to the late William Stanton (Jess) and Rachel Nadine (Vandergriff) Simpson. A life-long resident of this area, she had been a secretary for several businesses including the Sikeston Municipal Airport and Patterson...
Bob Coon, Sr.
Jan 6, 2019
ROBERT HORACE 'BOB' COON, SR., age 85, of Charleston, died Sunday, January 6, 2019, at the Charleston Manor.
Born December 16, 1933, at Charleston, MO, to the late Edward Joseph Coon and Louise Isobel Stewart Coon, he had lived in Charleston his entire life where he was a graduate of St. Henry Catholic School. An active member...
Betty Brown
Jan 6, 2019
Betty Ruth Brown, 81, a life-long resident of this area, died at her home in Morehouse Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. She was born May 28, 1937 in Gideon to the late Harvey Franklin Roach and Dorothy (Reece) Roach Sledge. Betty had worked in the cutting department at International Shoe, as a school cook and cafeteria manager at Morehouse Schools,...
Alyssa Denise Hency
Dec 30, 2018
Alyssa Denise Hency, age 19, a resident of Jefferson City, formerly of Charleston, died Sunday evening, December 30, 2018, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
She was born January 10, 1999 in Cape Girardeau and is survived by her mother, Denise K. Grimes Hency -Kettles of Jefferson...
Arvada Shanks Reddick
Dec 26, 2018
ARVADA SHANKS REDDICK, 95, formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at her home in Almo, KY.
Born June 17, 1923, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Virgil Victor Shanks and Alpha Bell Williams Shanks, she had lived in Sikeston a number of years before moving to Ottawa, IL and then later to Almo, KY. She...
Dorris Jean Blankenship
Dec 20, 2018
DORRIS JEAN BLANKENSHIP, age 68, died Thursday, December 21, 2018, at her home in Charleston, MO.
She was born July 10, 1950, at New Madrid, MO, to the late Adam Riley Long and Elsie Hicks Long.
On May 29, 1967, she married Jackie Dean Blankenship, who survives of the home.
Also surviving is...
Nelsene Brewer Hillhouse
Dec 18, 2018
Nelsene Brewer Hillhouse, 97, passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at her home near Charleston, MO.
She was born June 24, 1921, in Batesville, Arkansas, to William Nels Brewer and Nellie Ann Barrett Brewer. Growing up in Batesville, AR she was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and discovered at an early age her ability...
Theodore “Ted” D. Long
Dec 15, 2018
Ted Long
Theodore "Ted" Deveron Long, 69, of Charleston, Missouri, died on December 15, 2018, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born July 16, 1949, at St. Mary's Infirmary in Cairo, Illinois, and showed musical talent at an early age. By 8 years old, he played multiple musical instruments, and by age...
Lail "Cotton" Bernard
Dec 12, 2018
Lail "Cotton" Bernard, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the MO Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born September 15, 1931 in Oran to the late Lacey and Idus (Edwards) Bernard. He had resided in Gale, Illinois, in Cape Girardeau from 1964-1985, in Sikeston from 1985-2009 and had been a resident of the MO Veterans Home in Cape...
Rene' Manning Wilson
Dec 10, 2018
RENE` WILSON
GLENNETTE RENE` MANNING WILSON, age 54, died Monday, December 10, 2018, at her home in East Prairie.
Born June 20, 1964, at East Prairie to Glenn Ray Manning who survives of East Prairie and the late Bonnie Jean Bolden Manning, she was a member of the Gospel Assembly Church in East Prairie and...
