Lova Bushnell
Feb 21, 2017
Lova Mary Bushnell, age 98, went home to be with the Lord on February 21, 2017. She was born January 10, 1919 to Carl and Ora Sell at Weeping Water, Nebraska. She lived in Weeping Water until age 15, when her father passed away. At that time, her mother moved to Plattsmouth, Nebraska with the nine children. Lova graduated from...
Geraldine Burnes
Feb 21, 2017
Geraldine Burnes, 83, formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 at the South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, Mississippi. She was born Feb. 3, 1934 in Portageville, Missouri to the late Samuel William and Nellie Mae (Collins) Thaxton. She was married Jan. 4, 1961 in Portageville to Billie J. Burnes and he preceded her in death July 6,...
Willadean Templeton Harper
Feb 20, 2017
WILLADEAN TEMPLETON HARPER, Age 91, a resident of Sikeston, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 20, 1925, at Maynard, AR, to the late Aubrey Connor and Valda Dean Kidd Templeton, she had lived in the Bridges Community of Mississippi County and also in Charleston a number of years. She had worked...
Donna Edwards Atkins
Feb 17, 2017
Donna Edwards Atkins Kathy Weakley MARY SuDONNA EDWARDS ATKINS, age 64, a resident of Independence, MO, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, February 17, 2017, at her home. Born March 20, 1952, at Cairo, IL, to the late Billy and Mary Frances Williams Edwards, she had worked as a waitress several years at Shoney's Restaurant in Independence. She enjoyed playing computer...
Betty Clark
Feb 16, 2017
Betty Jean (Wells) Clark, 69, a resident of Sikeston, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 at Heartland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 11, 1948 in St. Louis to the late Levi Adolph and Edith Mary (Phillips) Wells. She had been married to Billy Ray Clark, had been a hotel maid and nurse's aide, and was...
Dorothy Evans O'Neal
Feb 13, 2017
DOROTHY LOUISE O'NEAL, age 95, a resident of Morton Gap, KY formerly of Charleston, died Monday, February 13, 2017 at the Ridgewood Terrace Nursing Home at Madisonville, KY. She was born January 14, 1922 in Hickman, KY to John William and Hester I. Davidson Evans who preceded her in death. Following her 1945 graduation from St. Mary's Hospital Registered Nurse...
Mary Ellen Whitmire
Feb 11, 2017
Mary Ellen Whitmire, 74, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 29, 1943 in Lake City, Arkansas to Lorene (Holt) Starkey Crader who survives of Miner and the late Troy Starkey. She was married to Junior Grubbs in 1961 in California and he preceded her in death. She had been...
Virginia Wilson Black
Feb 11, 2017
VIRGINIA WILSON BLACK, age 73, a resident of Mississippi County, died Saturday, February 11, 2017, at the Charleston Manor. She was born November 23, 1943 in Charleston to Lawrence and Evelyn Rodgers Wilson who preceded her in death. A graduate of Charleston High School, she worked as a cook in restaurants and cafeteria's until her retirement in 1986. She had...
Ralph Davis
Feb 10, 2017
Ralph Davis, 84, a long-time resident of Sikeston, died Friday Feb. 10 at Missouri Delta Medical Center.  He was born July 20, 1932 at Lamar, Arkansas to the late George and Ocie Marie (Holt) Davis. He was a member and former deacon at Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church and was retired owner and operator of Davis Body Shop. He was married...
Ethel Louise Irby
Feb 9, 2017
LUCY IRBY Ethel Louise "Lucy" Carter Irby, Age 75, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Born March 16, 1941, at Gideon, MO, to the late Elzie Franklin and Ethel Mae Kilgo Carter, she had lived most of her life in Mississippi County, where she was a...
James Edgar Housman
Feb 9, 2017
JAMES EDGAR HOUSMAN, SR., Age 77, a resident of Anniston, died Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born May 3, 1939, in the Deventer Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Oscar "Pap" Housman and Bertie Kenney Housman, he had lived in St. Louis a number of years where he was employed with General...
Catherine Taylor Fitzgerald
Feb 9, 2017
Catherine Taylor Fitzgerald passed away February 9, 2017. Born September 15, 1924 in Sikeston, MO, she was the daughter of Casper and Maggie Mertz Taylor. Accomplished with needlepoint, she made beautiful pieces of art for all her family that will be treasured. Cat was well known for her love of the St. Louis Cardinals, playing bridge and all things fashion,...
Kathy Weakley
Feb 8, 2017
Donna Edwards Atkins Kathy Weakley MARY SuDONNA EDWARDS ATKINS, age 64, a resident of Independence, MO, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, February 17, 2017, at her home. Born March 20, 1952, at Cairo, IL, to the late Billy and Mary Frances Williams Edwards, she had worked as a waitress several years at Shoney's Restaurant in Independence. She enjoyed playing computer...
Major General (Ret) John "Jack" Waggener
Feb 3, 2017
Major General (Ret) John "Jack" Waggener, 91, of Cape Girardeau, MO passed away Friday Feb.3, 2017 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau after a brief illness. Jack was born August 17, 1925 in Gideon, MO and grew up in Charleston, MO where he graduated from high school before joining the US Army and eventually attending and graduating from the...
Gerald Douglas Summers
Feb 3, 2017
GERALD DOUGLAS SUMMERS, Age 69, died Friday, February 3, 2017, at his home near Sikeston. Born July 18, 1947, at Wyatt, MO, to the late George Melton Summers and Ruby Lee Hamilton Summers Johnson, he had lived in Wyatt, Charleston, East Prairie and then Sikeston. He had been employed as a carpenter and painter and was a veteran of the...
Ruth Jeffries
Jan 30, 2017
Ruth Ann Jeffries, 76, a life long resident of this area, died Jan 30, 2017 at Crowley Ridge Nursing Center in Dexter. She was born July 20, 1940 near Matthews to the late James D. and Juanita S. (Pruitt) Crawford. Formerly of Sikeston, she was a housewife and a member of Tanner Street Church of God. She was married Aug....
Connie Cook Groves
Jan 28, 2017
CONNIE JEAN COOK GROVES, age 76, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, January 28, 2017, at South Hampton Nursing Home in Columbia. She was born March 20, 1940, in Charleston, to Raymond Cook and Halleen Choate Shaw who preceded her in death. She moved to Sikeston in the late 1960's where she lived until moving to Columbia in 1978. She...
Diane Lynn Harris
Jan 27, 2017
DIANE LYNN HARRIS, Age 44, a resident of Charleston, MO, died Friday, January 27, 2017, at Murray, KY. Born February 2, 1972, at Sikeston, MO, to James M. Harris, Sr. and Linda Diane Miller Harris who survive of Charleston, she had lived in Charleston her entire life and was a 1991 graduate of Charleston High School. She was a member...
Martha Schilb Fowler
Jan 22, 2017
MARTHA LOUISE (SCHILB) FOWLER, Age 58, formerly of Boonville, MO, died Sunday, January 22, 2017, at her home in Charleston, Mo. Born October 17, 1958, at Boonville, MO, to Ralph Edward Schilb and the late Martha Elaine Heisler Schilb, she had lived in Boonville and then Austin, TX before moving to Charleston. She had worked in the geriatric profession as...
Jacob Coleman
Jan 22, 2017
Jacob Timothy Coleman, 23, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died at his home Jan. 22, 2017. He was born Jan. 29, 1993 in Cape Girardeau to Michael D. and Tammy L. (Johnson) Coleman who survive of the home. Jacob was a member of Canalou Baptist Church, had attended Kenny Rogers Childrens Center and was a graduate of New Dawn State...
