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 "Doc" Lee 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...
Steve Lawson
Apr 19, 2017
Stephen Wayne "Steve" Lawson, 60, formerly of Sikeston and Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born August 11, 1956 in Sikeston to the late Charles M. and Wanda Marie (Edwards) Lawson. A resident of this area most of his life, he was of the Baptist faith, and had been employed as a...
Rhonda K. Lafferty
Apr 15, 2017
RHONDA K. LAFFERTY, Age 56, formerly of East Prairie, died Saturday, April 15, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born February 9, 1961, at Hayti, MO, to the late Bruce Potts and Patsy Lorene Jones Butler, she had lived in East Prairie most of her life. Survivors include one son, Justin Lafferty of East Prairie; two brothers, Greg Powell and...
Margaret Bronson Smith
Apr 15, 2017
Margaret Elizabeth (Peggy) Bronson Smith, died on April 15, 2017 in Austin, TX, after a brief illness. She was born on November 25, 1923, in Dayton, Ohio, to Helen Sellers Bronson and James Bartle Bronson and grew up in Rolla, Missouri. Peggy graduated from the University of Missouri in 1945 with a degree in Journalism where she was a member...
Mary Carr Shrum
Apr 13, 2017
MARY ELIZABETH CARR SHRUM, Age 87, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, April 13, 2017, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born July 31, 1929, at Bertrand, MO, to Ralph Carr, Sr. and Geneva Murphy Carr, she had lived in Charleston most of her life where she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church and served...
Royce R. Mix
Apr 10, 2017
ROYCE R. MIX, Age 84, formerly of Charleston, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at the New Madrid Living Center at New Madrid, MO. Born March 24, 1933, at Charleston, MO, to the late Bernie Lee and Odie Bunch Mix, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was employed as a carpenter and truck driver. A U.S....
Richard Mark Scheffer
Apr 9, 2017
Richard M. Scheffer, 53, a resident of Charleston, MO, died at 12:46 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born October 23, 1963 at Sikeston, MO, to the late John Henry Scheffer, Sr. and the late Rita M. Urhahn Scheffer, He had lived in Mississippi County his entire life except when...
