Carol M. Morris
Jun 2, 2017
Carol Maxine Morris, 87, formerly of Sikeston, died Friday, June 2, 2017 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born near Chaffee, Aug. 22, 1929 to the late William Henry and Virginia Minnie (Slinkard) White. A resident of this area most of her life, she was married to Clifford B. Morris May 20, 1950 in Chaffee and he...
Dr. Greg Dickey
May 30, 2017
WALTER FRANK GREGORY DICKEY, Age 88, of Cape Girardeau, died May 30, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. He was born November 12, 1928, at Kennett, MO, the fourth child of Frank W. and Ollie Ethel Gregory Dickey. On August 18, 1963, he married Jean Carolyn Garrett, who preceded him in death July 6, 2004. Two sisters and one...
Guffrie W. Malugen, Jr.
May 27, 2017
Guffrie W. Malugen, age 76, of Charleston, the son of the late Guffrie Sr. and Gertrude McGee Malugen, was born June 30, 1940 at Caruthersville, MO, and passed away at Life Care Center, Cape Girardeau, MO on May 27, 2017. He graduated from Potosi High School where he participated in several sports. A journeyman electrician, he was a member of...
Thomas E. Delana
May 26, 2017
Thomas Everette Delana, 76, died Friday, May 26, 2017 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born, Feb. 6, 1941 in Dover, Missouri to the late John E. and Dolly (Hostetter) Delana. A resident of the New Madrid area for the past 30 years, he was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and had been a supervisor...
Billy Joe Gadberry, Sr.
May 17, 2017
Billy Joe Gadberry, Sr., 85, a resident of Bloomfield, died May 17, 2017 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. He was born June 30, 1931 at Monette, Arkansas to the late Archie Alford and Aritha Isabelle (McAninch) Gadberry. He was married to Quindola M. Davis on March 8, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas and she survives of the home. Billy...
Richard "Dick" Hearnes, Jr.
May 12, 2017
RICHARD WARREN HEARNES, JR., died on Friday, May 12, 2017. Beloved husband, for 52 years, of the late Suzanne Evans Hearnes; dear mother of Heather (Paul Allen and the late Michael) Kelley and Leslie (Marty) Huggins; dear grandfather of Sarah Kelley, Marshall and Ellie Huggins; our dear uncle, cousin and a friend to many. Richard was born March 20, 1939...
Forrest H. Guiling
May 12, 2017
FORREST H. GUILING, age 69, a resident of Scott County, north of Diehlstadt, died Friday, May 12, 2017 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born October 6, 1947 in Sikeston to H.H. and Glenna Halbrook Guiling who preceded him in death. He had lived in Scott County his entire life where he farmed, was an avid horse...
Willard Lee "Doc" Baker
May 12, 2017
WILLARD LEE 'DOC' BAKER, age 75, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at his home in Bertrand. Born May 2, 1942, at Rivervale, AR, to the late John William "Bill" Baker and Dellia Louise Guthrie Baker, he had lived in Bertrand a number of years where he served on the Bertrand Fire Department and a past member of the Bertrand City...
C.D. Brown
May 10, 2017
C.D. BROWN, age 76, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the home of his daughter in Sikeston. Born March 23, 1941, at Marble Hill, MO, to the late Woodie Brown and Lucy Bell Estes Brown, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was employed with the Brown Shoe Company a number of...
Lorene Taylor Cain
May 5, 2017
LORENE FERN TAYLOR CAIN, age 85, a resident of Bertrand, died Friday, May 05, 2017, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston, Mo. Born January 1, 1932, at Holcomb, MO, to the late William Francis "Frank" Taylor and Edna Mae Hester Taylor, she was a member of the Church of God of Prophecy at Bertrand, Mo. She had been employed...
Sam H. Brown
May 5, 2017
SAM H. BROWN, age 71, a resident of Anniston died Friday, May 5, 2017, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born April 3, 1946 in Monroe, LA to Henry and Zirada Price Brown who preceded him in death. A laborer on an oil rig while in LA, he moved to Little Rock, AR then to Anniston in 1989....
Paul David Bone
May 2, 2017
PAUL DAVID BONE, Age 74, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Born November 17, 1942, in Mississippi County, MO, to the late Emmett and Lucy Mae Scott Bone, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and attended Charleston Schools. He was employed with Thomason-Walker Shell Station (later Thomason) a...
Patsy M. Cagle
Apr 27, 2017
PATSY LOU CAGLE, age 73, a resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born January 16, 1944 in Lilbourn to Vivian Morgan Ross, she had lived in Southeast Missouri her entire life. After graduation from Lilbourn High School, she was employed with International Shoe Company in Sikeston. She then became a...
Charles B. Samons
Apr 26, 2017
CHARLES B. SAMONS, age 70, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at his home in Bertrand. Born July 21, 1946, at Charleston, MO, to the late Bural and Ann Marie Helms Samons, he had lived in Charleston most of his life. For 29 years he was employed with Gates Rubber Company at Charleston until his retirement. After retirement, he was employed...
Margaret Rolwing Stricker
Apr 24, 2017
MARGARET ROLWING STRICKER, age 97, of Charleston, died Monday, April 24, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born June 27, 1919, in the Texas Bend Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Otto J. and Ethel Newcum Rolwing. She and John Joseph Stricker were married February 21, 1944, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston....
Jesse Lee Vinson, Jr.
Apr 23, 2017
JESSE LEE VINSON, JR., Age 50, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, April 23, 2017, at the home of his parents near Charleston. Born December 9, 1966, at Sikeston, MO, to Jesse Lee Vinson, Sr. and Etta Mae Isbell Vinson who survive of Charleston, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and had been employed in farming...
Elizabeth Bethune Forbey
Apr 22, 2017
Elizabeth "Nana" Bethune Forbey, 92 Elizabeth "Nana" Bethune Forbey, age 92, a resident of Columbia and formerly of Charleston, passed away April 22, 2017, at The Bluffs in Columbia MO. Nana was born March 14, 1925 in Bertrand Mo the daughter of William and Lulie Spencer Bethune. She was united in marriage to F. M. Forbey Jr. on December 13,...
Alberta Lee Pittman
Apr 21, 2017
ALBERTA LEE JOHNSON PITTMAN, Age 73, of Sikeston, died Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 14, 1945, at Bertrand, MO, to Jessie Welch Johnson who survives of Morning Sun, IA, and the late Albert Johnson, she was of the Baptist Belief. On January 12, 1967, she married Reeder Pittman, Jr., who preceded...
Vera Dee Boyd Gage
Apr 20, 2017
Vera Dee Boyd Gage Vera, age 93, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2017. She most recently lived in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, but lived most of her life in Charleston, Missouri. She raised her family there and had a long history of working at several local stores. One of her favorite jobs was at the Young's Gift shop, where...
Rosalinda Scott
Apr 20, 2017
Rosalinda Perez Scott, 66, a longtime resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Miner Nursing Center. She was born April 14, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas to the late Jesus R. and Delores (Escalante) Perez; following the death of her mother she was raised by her step-mother, Teresa Garces Perez. A resident of this area for the past...
