Nov 26, 2018

WILLIAM THOMAS 'BOE' STERLING, Age 64, died Monday, November 26, 2018, at his home in Charleston. Born May 22, 1954, in the Bement Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Landon Garvin Sterling and Mary Alice Stone Sterling, he had lived in Charleston a number of years where he was a farmer, painter and a foreman for numerous companies....

Nov 24, 2018

Herbert Wessley Chappell, 79,  a life long resident of the East Prairie and Sikeston areas, died Saturday, Nov. 24, at his home in Sikeston.  He was born February 14, 1939 in East Prairie to the late Noah and Lorene (Cork) Chappell.  He was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ, was a graduate of East Prairie High School...

Nov 22, 2018

Brenda Sue Jones Hunt, Age 74, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, November 22, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born October 25, 1944, in the Alfalfa Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Rowland D. Rodgers, Sr. and Hallie Jeter Rodgers, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and had worked as a cook...

Nov 20, 2018

MABLE MARIE KIDD SIMS, Age 81, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born January 8, 1937, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Woodrow W. Kidd and Elsie M. Williams Kidd, she was a 1955 graduate of Charleston High School. A long-time member of the Southside Baptist Church in Charleston,...

Nov 20, 2018

KENNETH RAY MOORE, age 73, formerly of East Prairie, died Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Puxico Nursing Center. Born March 18, 1945, at Charleston, Missouri, to the late Thomas Byrd Moore and Willie Finley Traylor Moore, he had lived in Charleston a number of years before moving to East Prairie and had been employed as a handyman and at...

Nov 18, 2018

RUSSELL BORDERS THOMAS RUSSELL BORDERS, age 74, of Charleston, died Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born July 31, 1944, at Charleston, MO, to the late George Dewey Borders and Nancy Oscille Fowler Borders, he grew up in Charleston and was a 1964 graduate of Charleston High School. Following high school, he joined the Army...

Nov 14, 2018

Donald Ray Meeks, 80, of Billingsley, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Mr. Meeks was born in Missouri on March 2, 1938, to the late George Franklin Meeks and Rettie Lorene Eastwood Meeks. He was a U.S Air Force veteran and worked for many years in the commercial electrical service field. He and his wife, Jeanne, have been the...

Nov 13, 2018

Carolyn Sue "Cricket" Kinder, 61, died at her home in Morehouse, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.  She was born, February 27, 1957 in Scott County to the late Marion L. and Lola M. (Marchbanks) Butrum.  She had been a self-employed housecleaner including several years at Kirby's Sandwich Shop, and she was a member of First Baptist Church of Morehouse.    In 2004...

Nov 11, 2018

CONNIE YVONNE WORLEY HUMPHREY, age 58, died Sunday, November 11, 2018, at her home in Charleston. Born November 12, 1959, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Buster Brown Worley and Mary Inis Lee Worley, she had lived in Charleston a number of years where she was employed in home health care. She was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church....

Nov 7, 2018

MSgt James E. Manker Sr, U.S. Air Force, Retired, age 86, passed from this life on November 7, 2018. He was born on September 30, 1932 in Deventer, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents, James M. and Helen V. Manker, brothers Paul and Kenneth, daughters Barbara and Norma and granddaughter Melissa. He is survived by his children,...

Nov 5, 2018

CHARLES LEE MAXWELL, age 56, of East Prairie, died November 5, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

Born November 11, 1961, at Wichita, KS, to the late Charles T. Maxwell and Gloria Ashley Maxwell, he had lived in Wichita, KS a number of years before moving to Southeast Missouri. He had been employed as...

Oct 30, 2018

JAMES DAVID YANCY, 62, a resident of Sikeston, died Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 1, 1956, in Scott County, MO, to the late Oral D. Yancy and Ethyl Jaynne Waters Yancy, he had lived in Scott County his entire life and had been employed as a commercial truck driver for...

Oct 29, 2018

Virgie Nell Nelson, 85, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.  She was born Aug. 5, 1933 at Atkins, Arkansas to the late George Washington and Gertie (Lemons) Bratton.  On Dec. 24, 1952 she married R. V. Nelson at Atkins and he preceded her in death April 24, 1972.  Soon after her husband's death she...

Oct 27, 2018

PARK HILLS – Robert "Bob" Donaldson, 60, of Farmington, MO,  passed away at his residence Saturday, October 27, 2018. He was born July 29, 1958, at Rockford, Illinois. Growing up in the Charleston, MO area, Bob was a retired Navy veteran; member and Past Commander of VFW Post #5741; served as Quarter Master for the VFW Post for several years;...

Oct 21, 2018

BETTY HILL PEPPER, age 81, died Sunday, October 21, 2018, at the Providence Hospital in Columbia, SC. She was born January 1, 1937 in Fulton, MS to James Henry and Annie Mae Rhyne Hill. She moved to Mississippi County at a young age and then moved to St. Louis where she lived most of her life, moving to Elgin, South...

Oct 19, 2018

James E. "Jim" Young, 73, died Friday. Oct. 19, at Sikeston Convalescent Center.  He was born June 22, 1945 at Anna, IL to the late Benjamin Edwin and Nettie Pearl (Lovelace) Young.  Jim was a long-time resident of Sikeston and was a well known general contractor.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served 2 tours of duty...

Oct 15, 2018

Donna Jean Dirickson-Smith, 61, a life-long resident of the Blodgett & Sikeston area, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 at her home in Sikeston. She was born March 22, 1957 in Sikeston to Wanda (Ford) Dirickson who survives of Blodgett and the late Wilbur Gene Dirickson.   Donna had been employed by DeWitt Nursery and later as a cook for Sikeston Public...

Oct 12, 2018

BERTHA ALLENE HEDGE, age 76, known as "Poohie", died Friday, October 12, 2018, at her home in Charleston. Born September 25, 1942, at Charleston, to the late George and Rita Sisk Vinson, she had lived in Charleston her entire life and was mom and caregiver to her family that she loved so much. On July 1, 1961, she married Melvin...

Oct 9, 2018

OCTAVE LOIS LANCASTER, age 76, formerly of Matthews, MO, died Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at Alexian Brothers Nursing Center in St. Louis. Born November 5, 1941, at Bertrand, MO, to the late Lofton Kellick and Mary Virginia Peters Kellick, she had lived in Bertrand and then Matthews most of her life before moving to St. Louis to be near her...

Oct 1, 2018

JEANNIE FEEZOR, age 66, went to be with her heavenly father, Monday, October 1, 2018, at the home of her daughter after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born September 17, 1952, in the Henson Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Lawrence and Virginia Shively Feezor, she was a 1970 graduate of Charleston High School. She was of the...