W.R. "Bill" Thompson
Jan 22, 2018
W.R. "BILL" THOMPSON, age 81, died Monday, January 22, 2018, at his residence in Charleston. He was born September 17, 1936, in Charleston, to William Hazzard and Edna Mae McElmurry Thompson. A resident of Mississippi County his entire life, he was a graduate of Charleston High School and then studied agriculture at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He had...
Jo Elma Houston Carter
Jan 21, 2018
JO ELMA HOUSTON CARTER, Age 92, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, January 21, 2018, at the Charleston Manor. Born April 7, 1925, at Bertrand, MO, to the late Joseph W. Houston and Gracie L. Skaggs Houston, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the First Baptist Church. Having worked as a...
Larry Fetters
Jan 21, 2018
Larry Freeman Fetters, 68, died Sunday Jan. 21, 2018 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born in Sikeston, March 9, 1949 to the late Freeman "Pete" and Winona (Holden) Fetters. A life-long resident of this area, he had been a member of the Sikeston Elks Lodge and American Legion; and had been a  self-employed painter and drywaller...
Lester H. Staples
Jan 20, 2018
LESTER H. STAPLES, Age 69, a resident of Arnold, formerly of East Prairie, died Saturday, January 20, 2018, at the home of his sister in Brentwood, MO. Born October 12, 1948, at Cape Girardeau, MO, to Ruth Hockersmith Staples who survives of St. Louis, and the late Sidney Lee Staples, Sr., he was a 1966 graduate of East Prairie High...
Lorraine Grimes
Jan 11, 2018
Lorraine Grimes, 84, formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born December 22, 1933 in West Ridge, Arkansas to the late Joseph Albert and Sarah Clementine (DeGroat) Lewis. A resident of this area most of her life, she worked in the administrative office at Malone & Hyde. She held dual...
Betty Yant
Jan 9, 2018
Betty Lou Yant, 94, died Tuesday, Jan. 9 at Bertrand Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 17, 1923 in Sikeston to the late William and Iva (Hutchason) Thompson but was raised by her mother and step-father, Liston Mitchell. A resident of this area most of her life, she had worked at International Shoe Co. and was a member of Old...
Carolyn Jean Schrieber
Jan 7, 2018
Carolyn Jean Schrieber, 61,  a long time resident of Sikeston, died January 7, 2018 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born in St. Louis April 10, 1956 to the late Lonzo Lizenbee and Novell (James) Lizenbee Milani. She had been a cook and waitress at various truck stops in this area and was of the Pentecostal Faith. She is...
Charles Russell Mcconkey, Iii
Jan 6, 2018
Charles Russell "Rusty" McConkey, III, age 61, died Saturday, January 6, 2018, at his home in Bertrand. Born June 3, 1956, at Eldorado, IL, to the late Charles Russell McConkey, II and Rosie Pemberton McConkey, he had lived in Diehlstadt and Bertrand most of his life. At age 14, he started a lifelong career installing ceramic tile and had worked...
Gary Guerra
Jan 5, 2018
GARY GUERRA, age 65, a resident of Edwardsville, IL, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, January 5, 2018 at Rosewood Care Center in Edwardsville. He was born November 24, 1952 in Cairo, IL to Dr. Renatto F. "Doc" and Rosemary Moore Guerra. A 1971 graduate of Charleston High School, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southeast Missouri State University....
Billie Ray Vinson
Jan 5, 2018
Billie Ray Vinson, 69, a resident of Wappapello, died on his birthday Jan. 5 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 5, 1949 in Cape Girardeau to the late Samuel Oliver and Ann Helen (Luber) Vinson. A resident of this area most of his life, he had attended Catholic Elementary and then public schools in Sikeston; he...
Jimmy Brazel
Jan 3, 2018
JIMMY BRAZEL, Age 79, died Wednesday, January 03, 2018, at his home in Charleston. Born August 22, 1938, in Charleston, to the late James Robert "J.R." Brazel and Carmen Remington French Brazel, he was a 1956 graduate of Charleston High School, he had lived in Charleston his entire life and had served in the Missouri National Guard. He enjoyed farming....
Willis M. Passley, Sr.
Jan 1, 2018
WILLIS MAC PASSLEY, SR., age 74, died Monday, January 1, 2018, at his home in Charleston. Born May 1, 1943, at Charleston, to the late Sam Passley and Nellie Murr Passley, he had lived in Charleston his entire life and had been employed with the Mississippi County Highway Department. He was most known for his playing of "Santa Claus" until...
Bobbie Lynn Johnson Hodges
Dec 31, 2017
BOBBIE LYNN JOHNSON HODGES, age 45, died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at her home in East Prairie. Born September 27, 1972, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Robert Paul Johnson and Paula S. Thurman Meeks, she had lived in Charleston growing up and attended Charleston Schools. A licensed beautician, she had owned the Downtown Style Shop in Sikeston and had...
Timothy Blake Guthrie
Dec 31, 2017
Timothy Blake Guthrie, 26, of Cambria,Illinois, formerly of Mississippi County Missouri, passed away on December 31, 2017. Blake was born in Sikeston, Missouri on May 22, 1991. He graduated from Charleston High School in May 2009. Blake joined his wife Jenna in a loving union on May 28th, 2017. They shared 4 years together. They are expecting their first child,...
James Patrick Weeks
Dec 30, 2017
JAMES PATRICK WEEKS, age 76, a resident of East Prairie, died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Bertrand Nursing Center. He was born July 1, 1941 in East Prairie where he was a 1959 graduate of East Prairie High School. Following his graduation, he left East Prairie to work and travel. By working various jobs he was able to travel extensively...
Joyce Ann Bartruff
Dec 28, 2017
JOYCE ANN BARTRUFF, age 65, a resident of Anna, IL died at 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 28, 2017 in Cape Girardeau. She was born February 10, 1952 in Anna, IL to Wayne Watson and Florence Elizabeth Brasel Bartruff. She had lived in Anna her entire life where she was a graduate of Anna – Jonesboro High School, a member...
Lillian Beatrice Blasingain
Dec 27, 2017
LILLIAN BEATRICE JONES BLASINGAIN, Age 61, of Bertrand, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born October 19, 1959, at Hayti, MO, to the late Albert and Lora Carolyn Sparks Jones, she had lived in Charleston area most of her life where she worked as a private duty homecare giver and was of Baptist...
Jackie Groves
Dec 25, 2017
JACKIE LEON GROVES, Age 61, of rural Charleston, died Monday, December 25, 2017, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born August 11, 1956, at Wyatt, MO, to Rayola Essary Groves, who survives of Benton, and the late J.L. Groves, he had lived in the Charleston area most of his life and had been employed with Major Brands...
Helen Brown
Dec 17, 2017
Helen Joyce (Barnes) Brown, 82, and a life-long resident of this area, died at her home near Sikeston Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. She was born February 1, 1935 in Sikeston to the late Clyde James and Rubye (Vaughan) Barnes, Sr.  Helen was a retired Telephone operator and clerk with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...
Johnnie L. Chronister
Dec 14, 2017
JOHNNIE LEE PRESTON CHRONISTER, Age 88, of Charleston, died Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Charleston Manor. Born February 25, 1929, at Patton, MO, to the late Herbert Chronister and Rita Nichols Chronister, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was a former member of the Charleston Jaycee's and was a member of the Elm Street...
