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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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....

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...