Emogene Dollar
Aug 30, 2017
Thelma "Emogene" Dollar, 88, a long time resident of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Aug. 30 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 12, 1928 in Conway, Arkansas to the late John Alexander and Etta (Wiley) Hill. A homemaker most of her life, she had also worked at Rodchester's and Susie's Bake Shop. She was a member of...
Betty Ann Sowinski
Aug 29, 2017
Betty Ann Sowinski, age 75, of Sugar Camp, WI, died on August 29, 2017, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 4, 1942 in Rhinelander to Frank and Ida (Simmons) Robinson. Betty attended schools in Rhinelander, graduating from the Rhinelander High School in 1960. She married Sonny Sowinski on June 17, 1961 in Sugar...
W.c. "Dub" Groves
Aug 29, 2017
William Carter Groves, Jr December 25, 1926 - August 29, 2017 William was born in Mississippi County, Missouri to William Carter and Althea Singleton Groves. He passed away in his sleep in his daughter's home in San Antonio, Texas. Willam was recognized by his nickname "Dub" throughout his life. He had 2 brothers, Billy Juneious and Jackie Lee Groves;3 sisters,...
Kathy Sue Graham
Aug 26, 2017
Kathy Sue Graham, 59, a life-long resident of the Morehouse and Sikeston area, died at her home in Sikeston Saturday, Aug. 26. She was born September 5, 1957 in Sikeston to Norma (Ellis) Hoskins, who survives of Morehouse and the late Loyeal Hoskins. She had been a clerk at local convenience stores including Fas-Gas. On March 27, 1981 she married ...
Duane Lee Wilmurth
Aug 20, 2017
DUANE LEE WILMURTH, Age 58, died Sunday, August 20, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born May 14, 1959, at Topeka, Kansas, to the late Billy Woodrow Wilmurth and Albert Novola "Bert" Bowen Wilmurth, he was a retired United States Marine, having served over 21 years. He was a former member of the V.F.W. After his retirement from the military,...
Ann Raines
Aug 20, 2017
Ann Raines, 69, a life-long resident of this area, died August 20, 2017 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 28, 1947 in Morehouse to the late Walter and Lottie B. (Martin) Brookshire. She was a Baptist, and had worked at Hunter Acres Nursing Home and Burch Foods. On July 3, 1965 she was married to Richard...
Charlene M. Patterson
Aug 19, 2017
Charlene Mae Patterson, 83, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  She was born Nov. 25, 1934 in Steelville, Mo. to the late Winston C. and Eva Mae (Caringer) Kehner. A resident of this area since 1953 she was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church. On Jan. 8, 1954 she was married to Paul E....
Kevan A. Beck
Aug 19, 2017
Kevan Aldo Beck, 66, died Saturday, Aug. 19 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 27, 1951 in St. Louis to the late Woodrow and Gwen (Coots) Beck. A life-long resident of this area, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Sikeston and the V.F.W. in Chaffee. He was a veteran of the U.S....
Walter Lee Welch
Aug 16, 2017
WALTER LEE WELCH, Age 80, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at the Charleston Manor. Born November 23, 1936, at Diehlstadt, MO, to Claude Levi and Francis Summers Welch, he was a 1956 graduate of Diehlstadt High School where he was a member of the band and a basketball player. In his years of employment, he worked...
Victoria May Surface
Aug 10, 2017
VICTORIA MAY SURFACE, age 90, a resident of Sikeston died Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born November 2, 1926 in Bertrand to Elza and Mary Allie Hall Lynn, she had lived in Sikeston since 1999. She was a 1944 graduate of Diehlstadt High School and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Sikeston. On...
Martha Lee Paz
Aug 7, 2017
Martha Lee (Dodds) Rhyne-Paz, 73, died Aug. 7, 2017 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 21, 1943 in Sikeston to the late Roy Rhyne, Sr. and Ruby May (Dodds) Rhyne. She is survived by 4 sons and 2 daughters-in-law, Steve & Leslie Rhyne of Carterville, IL; James Pittman Smith of Sikeston; Ricky Smith of Sikeston;...
Edie Stroud
Aug 7, 2017
Edith Carol "Edie" Stroud, 65, died at her home in Sikeston, Monday, August 7, 2017. She was born Jan. 23, 1952 in Andersonville, Tennessee to the late Robert Henry and Nola Mae (Taylor) Wallace. A cook at Sikeston Junior High School, she was a Baptist and member of the American Legion Womens' Auxiliary. She is survived by two brothers, Ron...
Bonnie Sue Stephens
Jul 29, 2017
Bonnie Sue Stephens, 70, died Saturday, July 29 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 19, 1947 in Osceola, Arkansas to the late Thomas and Tallhenia (Clark) Wally. A resident of Sikeston since 1990 she was of the Pentecostal Faith and had been a tax preparer at H & R Block. On March 21, 1964 she...
John Wilber Lindsay Goodin
Jul 26, 2017
John Wilber Lindsay Goodin, 76, passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at the Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast at Miramar Beach, Florida while on vacation with his family. Born on September 26, 1940, at Cape Girardeau, MO, he was the son of Albert Vernon Goodin, III and Virginia Elizabeth Whitehead Goodin Ridings. He graduated from Charleston High...
Carman Louise Brown
Jul 25, 2017
CARMAN LOUISE BROWN, age 75, a resident of Charleston, died July 25, 2017 at the home of her daughter in Sikeston. She was born March 7, 1942 in Delta to Oliver Amos and Connie Marie Fox Snider. On September 13, 1970 she married C.D. Brown who preceded her in death on May 10, 2017. Following her marriage in 1970 she...
Lillian Godsey
Jul 19, 2017
LILLIAN ELIZABETH MARSAC GODSEY, age 89, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at her residence in Charleston. Born December 16, 1927 in Caruthersville to Eric Earl "Buster" and Josie Thelma Blackburn Marsac she lived in Caruthersville until moving to Portageville in 1963 and then to Charleston in 1965. She was employed at Brown Shoe Company in Caruthersville then following her move...
Alice Cox Burke
Jul 17, 2017
Virginia Alice Cox Burke of Charleston Missouri, passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on July 17, 2017, at the age of 86. She was born on December 5, 1930 in Diehlstadt, MO to Katherine Olive Maynard and Joseph Louis Cox. She graduated from Diehlstadt High School in in 1948 before moving to Charleston. In Charleston she worked at...
Donald L. Robertson
Jul 16, 2017
DONALD LEAMON ROBERTSON, age 80, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at his residence in Charleston. Born August 14, 1936 in Perks, IL to Earl Henry and Mary Beasley Robertson, he moved with his family to southeast Missouri to farm. Following his graduation from Diehlstadt High School, he enlisted in the US Army, serving in Germany from 1955 – 1958, and...
Fred Roberts
Jul 13, 2017
Charles Frederick "Fred" Roberts, 59, died Thursday, July 13, at his home in Miner. He was born in Encino, California, July 1, 1958 to the late Clarence Allen and Marylyn Antionette (Malcolm) Roberts. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, had been a resident of the Sikeston area for the past 40 years, had served as a fireman at...
Janet Sue Chandler
Jul 13, 2017
Janet "Susie" Chandler, age 72, passed away on July 13, 2017 at UAMS Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas following an extended illness. She was born on September 10, 1944 in Charleston, Missouri to the late Orville and Lucille James Smith. Janet grew up in Anniston, Missouri and graduated from Anniston High School in 1962. After high school, she attended Sikeston...
