Sarah Null Housewright
Mar 19, 2018
SARAH BELLE NULL HOUSEWRIGHT, age 95, of Charleston, died Monday, March 19, 2018, at the Charleston Manor. Born December 18, 1922, in the Lusk Chapel Community of rural Scott County, MO, to the late Henry Lawrence and Susie Roach Null, she was a 1940 graduate of the Diehlstadt High School. She lived in Cairo, IL for several years where she...
Frances E. Abernathy
Mar 18, 2018
Frances Elizabeth Abernathy, 88, formerly of Canalou, died Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born May 29, 1929 in Greenville, Tennessee to the late Elmer Harvey and Dora Mae (Stanfield) Bishop. A resident of this area most of her life, she was a member of Canalou Baptist Church. On December 11, 1945 she was...
Paul David Northern Jr.
Mar 9, 2018
Paul David Northern, Jr., 49, died Friday, March 9, 2018 at his home in Sikeston. He was born June 10, 1968 in Sikeston to Paul David, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Jenkins) Northern who survive of Sikeston. A resident of this area all of his life, he had attended the Church of God of Prophecy in Bertrand and had been a...
Kathryn Higdon
Mar 8, 2018
Edna "Kathryn" Higdon, 94, died Thursday, March 8 at her home in Sikeston. She was born April 13, 1923 in Parking, Arkansas to the late Clay and Dell (Cooper) Higdon. A resident of the Sikeston area most of her life, she was a member of Potter's House Ministries. She had worked in St. Louis in packaging for the F. B....
Mavis Nadine Almon
Mar 3, 2018
MAVIS NADINE ALMON, Age 85, of Charleston, died Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born April 30, 1932, at Dunklin County, MO, to the late Albert Monroe and Eula Miner Furlong, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a long-time member of the Elm Street Baptist Church. She was employed with...
Charles Dean Hayden
Feb 27, 2018
CHARLES DEAN HAYDEN, Age 58, died Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at his home in Matthews, MO. Born January 9, 1960, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Charles Arvel Hayden and Lola Mae Poley Hayden, he had lived in East Prairie a number of years prior to moving to Matthews. Surviving is his life companion Tonya Tucker of the home...
Thomas Brian O'Guin
Feb 26, 2018
THOMAS BRIAN O'GUIN, Age 47, died Monday, February 26, 2018 at his home in East Prairie. Born April 27, 1970, at East Prairie, to the late Eugene and Shirley Ann Ashley O'Guin, he had lived in East Prairie his entire life where he was employed with the East Prairie Police Department and had obtained the rank of Captain. He had...
Jerry Lee Eakins
Feb 25, 2018
Jerry Lee "Pappy" Eakins, 89, died Sunday, Feb. 25,  at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. He was born May 31, 1928 in Cape Girardeau to the late Mattie B. (Proffer) Eakins Hampton and Rosco Luther Eakins. On April 10, 1948 he was married to Ramona Lee Propst in Sikeston and she preceded him in death Aug. 16, 1994. ...
Jimmy Dale Ryan
Feb 21, 2018
James "Jimmy" Dale Ryan, 79, formerly of Sikeston, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. He was born October 10, 1938 in Sikeston to the late Cordie and Evelyn (Ryan) Raines. Jim was a very active worker in his church, Canalou Baptist Church; had been a printer at Boise-Cascade, and was very proud of his...
Herman Eugene Matney
Feb 15, 2018
HERMAN EUGENE MATNEY, age 63, a resident of Bertrand, died Monday, February 15, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born February 19, 1954 in Evansville, IN to Lige and Hazel Humphrey Matney. Moving to Columbia, MO in 1965, he had lived in Mississippi County since 2017. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and had worked...
Sally Lou Nelson
Feb 14, 2018
Sally Lou Nelson, age 85, formerly of Charleston, passed away on February 14, 2018. She was born on September 19, 1932 in Paxton, IL to the late Charles E. and Ella E. (nee Robertson) Stillman. Sally graduated from St. Joseph High School in St. Joe, MI in 1950. She married Stanley L. Nelson in St. Joe, MI on December 2,...
Ilar Davis Baldridge
Feb 6, 2018
Ilar Davis Baldridge, 85, of Troy, Tn., formerly of Charleston, MO, went to join his life-long love and wife, Marene, on February 6, 2018. He was born January 1, 1933 to the late Charles Guy Baldridge and Anna May (Davis) Baldridge. He married Marene (Wallace) Baldridge March 24, 1956. She died November 21, 2015. Ilar proudly served his country serving...
Viola Boutwell
Feb 3, 2018
Viola P. Boutwell passed away February 3, 2018 in Sikeston. She was born August 6, 1923 in Adamsville, Tennessee to the late "R.W." and Jessie (Gladish) Plunk. At age 12, her family moved to Missouri. On January 1, 1944 she married Finis D. Graham. Four children were born to that marriage--three daughters: Shirley Kellogg, Linda Doran and Brenda Pearson; and...
Clarence Leonard Baker
Jan 26, 2018
Clarence Leonard Baker, age 93, a resident of East Prairie, died Friday, January 26, 2018, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on October 26, 1924 in rural East Prairie to Clarence A. and Lena Marten Baker. A member of the First Baptist Church in East Prairie, he graduated from East Prairie High School in 1942 then enlisted...
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...
