Donna Faye Berry Richardson
Aug 13, 2018
Donna F. Berry-Richardson, daughter of the late Paul "Tut" Berry and Helen Louise Berry was born October 15, 1946 in Wyatt, Mo. She departed this life on Monday August 13, 2018 at the age of 71 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, TN. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at an early age, was a graduate of Charleston...
Garrett Joseph Shankle
Aug 12, 2018
GARRETT JOSEPH SHANKLE, 15, of Charleston, died at 12:03 a.m., Sunday, August 12, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born November 25, 2002, at Cape Girardeau, MO, Thomas Joseph and Shelby Jeanine Burton Shankle, who survive of Charleston, he was preparing to enter 9th grade at Charleston High School. Garrett began his Jr Dragster racing career at...
Sheila Georgette Pullen
Aug 11, 2018
Sheila Georgette Marshall Pullen, age 68, a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Kindred Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born February 16, 1950 in Wyatt to Harrison and Audrey Allen Marshall. A 1968 graduate of Charleston High School, she spent many years at home as a wife, mother and well- known seamstress in the community....
Dorothy Smith Block
Aug 11, 2018
Dorothy Lee Smith Block, age 92, formerly a resident of Charleston, died Saturday, August 11, 2018, at the Anna Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Anna, IL. She was born January 21, 1926 in Charleston to Walter Andrew and Arminta Golighty Smith. In 1945 she moved to Cairo, IL where she lived until moving to Minooka, IL in 1951. While living...
Michael Robin Cornell
Aug 10, 2018
Michael Robin Cornell, age 71, died Friday, August 10, 2018, at his residence in Sikeston. He was born March 26, 1947 in Kellogg, ID to William Lyle and Emily Hughes Cornell. A graduate from Kellogg High School, he enlisted in the US Air Force. Following his discharge, he enrolled at the University of MO/Columbia where he graduated in 1974 with...
Irene Brantley
Aug 9, 2018
IRENE BRANTLEY, age 91, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, August 9, 2018, at the Charleston Manor. She was born November 30, 1926 in Charleston to the late Perry and Lucille Morgan Butler and attended school in Diehlstadt. First employed with Brown Shoe Company, she later worked as a sales clerk at Wigdor's Department Store, had been a member of...
Denise Stone
Aug 8, 2018
Donna "Denise" Stone, 54, a lifelong resident of this area, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the Miner Nursing Center. She was born September 27, 1963 in Henderson, Tennessee to Betty (Taylor) Stone who survives of Sikeston and the late Wendell P. Stone. Denise had attended First Assembly of God Church as a child and had been a packer at...
Elvis Lee Gaskins
Aug 1, 2018
ELVIS LEE GASKINS, Age 53, died Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at his home in Charleston. Born October 18, 1964, at Hayti, MO, to the late John Lee Gaskins and Lavonna Jean Jones Gaskins, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he owned and operated Gaskins Fuel Injection and then became employed with the Charleston R-1 School District...
Evelyn Roberts Gonzales
Jul 31, 2018
EVELYN LOIS ROBERTS GONZALES, Age 52, a resident of East Prairie, died Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 19, 1966, in Poplar Bluff, MO, to the late Clarence Chester Roberts and Bertha Elzetta Maddux Roberts Manriquez, she was a 1985 graduate of Charleston High School and had been employed as a...
Murray Watson
Jul 24, 2018
Courtesy Obituary Murray Watson, Jr., age 86, a native of Mart, Texas, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018, surrounded by family and friends. Murray died from a particularly aggressive lung cancer after being diagnosed in early June. Murray was born in Mart on May 14, 1932, to Murray Watson, Sr., and Ethel Bryson Watson, both deceased. In a long, distinguished...
Mickey Holyfield
Jul 21, 2018
Rosetta M. "Mickey" Holyfield, 83, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born in Sikeston November 1, 1934 to the late Foncie and Rena (Reeves) Poe. She was married to Henry J. "Cotton" Holyfield Sept. 3, 1949 in Piggott, Arkansas and he preceded her in death Feb....
Billy Eugene Ray Sr.
Jul 18, 2018
Billy Eugene Ray, Sr., age 83, a resident of East Prairie, Missouri, died Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at his home. Born November 12, 1934, in Dorena, Missouri, to the late Ed and Tress Sutton Ray, he had been employed in farming, trucking industry, and also as a welder. He was a veteran of the United States Army and member of...
Mabel Renaud Tenkhoff
Jul 16, 2018
Mabel Renaud Tenkhoff, 93, of Charleston died Monday, July 16, 2018 at her home. She was born January 28, 1925, in Texas Bend in Mississippi County, MO. She was the daughter of Henry L. and Appalonia "Appie" Unterreiner Renaud. She was married to Glen Tenkhoff who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death was her son, Doug Simmons...
Archie E. Garth Jr.
Jul 16, 2018
Archie E. Garth, Jr., formerly of East Prairie, Mo., died July 16, 2018, of natural causes at his home in Southaven, Miss. He was 72. Mr. Garth was married to the former Patricia L. Nall, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by a son, Archie Andrew Garth. Following his 1964 graduation from East Prairie High...
Carol L. Vielhak
Jul 15, 2018
Carol L. "Smith" Vielhak, 74, formerly of Eureka, IL, died Sunday, July 15, 2018, at Westfield Nursing Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born November 19, 1943 in Blytheville, Arkansas to the late James Douglas and Flossie Lucille (Gestring) White. She had sold advertising for the Woodford County Journal in Eureka before moving to Sikeston about 13 years ago. On...
Dorothy Ellen Brewer Ledbetter
Jul 14, 2018
Dorothy Ellen (Brewer) Ledbetter, age 90, formerly of Charleston, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10PM at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Born June 11, 1928 in Charleston, MO to Harry T. and Erma M. (Cagle) Brewer, She lived most of her life in Charleston, MO where she was the first female Police Officer on the Charleston...
Faye Ann Jeffries
Jul 13, 2018
FAYE ANN JEFFRIES, age 85, formerly of Charleston and Columbia, died at the home of her daughter in Centralia on Friday, July 13, 2018 surrounded by her children, many of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was born February 28, 1933 in Charleston to Bill and Zettie Elrod McCutchen. She lived in Charleston until June 1965 when she moved to...
Beachie Dean
Jul 4, 2018
BEACH ALBERT 'BEACHIE' DEAN, JR., 74, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. Born July 2, 1944, at Dorena, MO, to the late Beach Albert Dean Sr. and Maxine Elizabeth Byassee Dean, he was a 1963 graduate of East Prairie High School. He had lived in Mississippi County his entire...
Betty Jean Haley
Jul 3, 2018
BETTY JEAN PRESSON HALEY, age 82, formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at her home in Benton, MO. Born August 28, 1935, at Charleston, MO, to the late William Clarence Presson and Flora Irene Smith Presson, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church. Surviving are three...
Newton “Red” Butler
Jul 2, 2018
NEWTON EARLON 'RED' BUTLER, 87, died peacefully, Monday, July 2, 2018, at his home near Charleston, with his family by his side. Born July 13, 1930, at Florence, Alabama, to the late James W. Butler and Mary Eddice Bradley Butler, he lived in California a number of years where he had his roofing business and enjoyed his race horses and...
