Colleen Roach
Oct 27, 2017
Colleen Roach, 66, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 20, 1951 and had been a resident of Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston for many years. There are no known survivors. Graveside rites will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 at the Blodgett Cemetery with Rev. Dwayne Coleman,...
Glenna May Priday
Oct 25, 2017
Glenna May Priday, 82, died Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at her home in Sikeston. She was born March 13, 1935 in Fredericktown, MO to the late Mont and Beulah (Mooney) Smith.    A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, she retired from Sikeston Public Schools after teaching 22 years. She had been an active member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority...
Mary Alice Kirk
Oct 24, 2017
MARY ALICE DELK KIRK, Age 79, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Born February 1, 1938, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Harold Vance and Mary Aline Cogdill Delk, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of the United Methodist Church. An accountant,...
Charles Lee Wilson
Oct 17, 2017
Charles Lee Wilson, 71, a life-long resident of the Sikeston & Morehouse area, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born in Sikeston March 21, 1946 to the late Elmer Lee & Elsie Ada (Wilcoxon) Wilson. He was a retired machine operator at Rowe Furniture Co. in Morehouse. He is survived...
Ruby Nell Riddle
Oct 10, 2017
Ruby Nell Riddle, 86, formerly of Sikeston, died at her home in Mulberry, Florida Tuesday, October 10, 2017. She was born March 30, 1931 in Blytheville, Arkansas to the late Charley Henry and Mallie (Kindle) Middleton. She was a graduate of Grayridge Schools and was a retired clerical administrator with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. She was married Aug. 2, 1953...
Hazel Simmerman
Oct 3, 2017
HAZEL EURETTA SIMMERMAN, age 90, a resident of East Prairie, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born February 23, 1927, in Tennessee to Laudy Forrest Chandler and Azalee Hall Chandler, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and had attended the St. James General Baptist Church in East Prairie. She was married to...
Laurali Maylene Jernigan
Oct 2, 2017
LAURALI MAYLENE JERNIGAN, infant daughter of Gregory Seth Jernigan and Cheryl Lynn Gordon Jernigan, died Monday, October 2, 2017, at her home in East Prairie. She was born July 12, 2017 at Sikeston, Missouri. Surviving besides her parents are her brothers and sisters, Gregory Cole Jernigan, Billy Jean Jernigan, II, Aliza Kay Squires and Alyssa Noel Jernigan; grandparents, Carolyn Joyce...
Mary Ann Smith
Sep 29, 2017
Mary Ann Smith, of Charleston, Missouri, passed away peacefully on September 29,2017 following a brief illness. She was born June 3, 1928 in Bonne Terre, Missouri, to Dr. David English Smith Sr. and Susie Myrtle Goodin Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Dr. Albert Goodin Smith, sister-in-law Peggy Bronson Smith, and great-nephew Bronson Sellers Smith. She...
Minnie Stephenson
Sep 29, 2017
MINNIE LEE STEPHENSON, Age 72, a resident of Paducah, KY, and formerly of Charleston, MO., died Friday, September 29, 2017, at Baptist Health in Paducah. Born June 3, 1945, at Portageville, MO, to the late Donald Henry West and Dossie Lee "Billie" Hodges McClendon, she had lived in Charleston until 1980, at which time she moved to Salem, IL where...
Phillip Haywood Rowland
Sep 27, 2017
PHILLIP HAYWOOD ROWLAND, age 85, died Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at his home in Wyatt. Born December 8, 1931, at Belmont, MO, to the late Albert and Dathel M. Hayden Rowland, he had lived in Wyatt most of his life and had been employed as a shipping clerk with Valley Steel in Cairo, IL and a former member the Local...
Martin Edward Pazdera
Sep 27, 2017
MARTIN EDWARD PAZDERA, JR., Age 80, a resident of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born August 7, 1937, at Dardanelle, AR, to the late Martin A. Pazdera and Josephine Prochazka Pazdera, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and was a 1956 graduate of St. Henry Catholic School. He...
James Brackston "Bud" Small Jr.,
Sep 24, 2017
JAMES BRACKSTON "BUD" SMALL JR., 80, passed away surrounded by his family, Sunday, September 24, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born on July 30, 1937 in Wyatt, he was the son of J.B. and Ethel Daniel Small Sr. He spent a great deal of his childhood with his beloved grandparents C.E. and Bessie Small. He attended elementary school in...
June Annetta Jones Land
Sep 23, 2017
JUNE ANNETTA JONES LAND, age 81, died Saturday, September 23, 2017 at her residence in Charleston. She was born June 13, 1936 in Charleston to Robert C. and Minnie G. Monroe Jones. A member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston, she was a graduate of Charleston High School. Following graduation, she accepted a position in the Department of Agriculture...
Jean Harris
Sep 22, 2017
Alma "Jean" Harris, 71, a life-long resident of this area, died at her home in Sikeston, Friday Sept. 22, 2017. She was born in Sikeston Jan. 18, 1946 to the late T.L. and Lillie (Whittmore) Coatney. She was a Sunday School teacher and member of Temple of Faith Church in Sikeston, had worked at the Cream Castle for 10 years...
Karen Eloise Wright
Sep 21, 2017
KAREN ELOISE MOORE WRIGHT, Age 67, of Charleston, died Thursday, September 21, 2017, at the Charleston Manor. Born February 9, 1950, at Charleston, to the late Byrd Thomas Moore and Willie Finley Traylor Moore, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was of the Baptist belief. She was married to James Adam Wright, Sr., who preceded her...
Jeff T. Shoffner
Sep 20, 2017
JEFF T. SHOFFNER, age 100, went to heaven, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at his home in rural Charleston. Born August 9, 1917, at Ashland, MS, to the late Tom and Minnie B. Kizer Shoffner, he grew up in the Holly Springs, Mississippi area moving to Mississippi County, MO in 1941. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he served...
Louise Mainord
Sep 19, 2017
Marion Louise Mainord, 88, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born February 14, 1929 in Jerusalem, Arkansas to the late William Oscar and Lydia Adeline (Venus) Eddy. She had lived in Matthews until moving to Sikeston a year and half ago. She had been a secretary at Security Abstract in New...
Earnest M. Laymon, Sr.
Sep 16, 2017
Earnest Milton Laymon, Sr., 73, a life-long resident of this area, died Saturday, Sept. 16 at his home in Bertrand. He was born Jan. 25, 1944 in Canalou to the late Walter Monroe and Ruby May (Wren) Laymon. He was a member of Living Waters Pentecostal Church in Sikeston and been a mechanic at Plaza Tire before his retirement. On...
Anne Elizabeth Wright
Sep 14, 2017
ANNE ELIZABETH AUSTIN WRIGHT, Age 83, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, September 14, 2017, at The Estates of Perryville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born January 25, 1934, at Hayti, MO, to the late William C. and Essie Dotson Austin, she had lived in Charleston most of her life later moving to Cape Girardeau and then Perryville to be near her...
Connie Louise Smith
Sep 14, 2017
Connie Louise Dock Smith, 66, a resident of the Morehouse area most of her life, died Thursday, Sept. 14 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 8, 1951 in Sikeston to the late Murell and Stella (Beavers) Gosnell. She was of the Baptist faith, and had been a beautician at several Beauty Shops in the area and had...
