Samuel Robert Brown
Nov 2, 2016
SAMUEL ROBERT BROWN, Age 58, a resident of Anniston, MO, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born December 25, 1957, at Wyatt, MO, to the late Olen Robert Brown and Joan McDermott Shands, he had lived in Anniston most of his life and had been employed in farming until becoming disabled. He...
Sandra Ashley Harvey
Oct 28, 2016
SANDRA ASHLEY HARVEY, age 72, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, October 28, 2016, at DeGreef Hospice House in St. Louis. She was born July 4, 1944, in Charleston to James Lewis and Opal R. Williams Ashley, who preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Charleston High School and Draughon Business College in Memphis, TN. Following extensive traveling...
Wanda Lee Mcdermott
Oct 17, 2016
WANDA LEE STINNETT McDERMOTT, Age 67, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, October 17, 2016, at the home of her son near East Prairie. Born March 24, 1949, at Charleston, MO, to the late Ernest Burton Stinnett and Nettie Cleone Lynch Stinnett, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was a member of the Bement Baptist Church....
Jo Ellen Donaldson Meeks
Oct 17, 2016
JO ELLEN DONALDSON MEEKS, Age 57, a resident of Bertrand, died Monday, October 17, 2016, at the home of her sister in St. Charles. Born September 8, 1959, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Miles Robert Donaldson and Dorothy Joan Parker Miller, she was a 1978 graduate of Charleston High School and was a member of the First General Baptist...
Garland Eaves
Oct 14, 2016
GARLAND EAVES JAMES GARLAND EAVES, Age 76, formerly of Charleston, died Friday, October 14, 2016, at his home near Jackson, MO. Born May 31, 1940, at Lubbock, TX, to the late Floyd Arthur Eaves and Mildred Pearl Tisdale Eaves, he lived at Petersburg, TX about 35 miles southeast of Lubbock. At the age of 7, his family moved to Medford,...
Barbara Laughlin Tatum
Oct 12, 2016
BARBARA JEAN LAUGHLIN TATUM, Age 76, a resident of East Prairie, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born February 19, 1940, in New Madrid County, Missouri, to the late Rolla Laughlin and Rachel Pauline Flowers Laughlin, she had lived in East Prairie most of her life where she was a 1958 graduate of East Prairie...
Rita Green
Oct 10, 2016
Rita Regina Green, 58, a resident of Dexter, died Monday, Oct 10 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 11, 1958 in Wyatt to James True, who survives of Sikeston and the late Maxine (Thorn) True. She had been a resident of the East Prairie, Sikeston & Dexter areas all of her life and was a...
Jerry Meyer
Oct 10, 2016
Geraldine Ruth "Jerry" Meyer, 87, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 17, 1928 at Bunker to the late Mont and Beulah (Mooney) Smith. A resident of Sikeston the past three years, she had previously resided most of her life in St. Louis. Upon graduation from Fredericktown High School in 1945, she went...
Brian Burns
Oct 9, 2016
Brian Wayne Burns, 50, a life long resident of Sikeston, died Sunday Oct. 9, 2016 at the Hazard A.R.H. Hospital in Hazard, Kentucky. He was born May 10, 1966 in Alton, Illinois to the late Gerald Wayne and Charlene (Cooksey) Burns. He was a graduate of Sikeston Public Schools and had attended Auto Diesel Mechanics School in Nashville. He was...
Larry Mitchell
Oct 4, 2016
LARRY WAYNE MITCHELL, Age 68, a resident of West Paducah, KY, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Baptist Health Center in Paducah, KY. Born July 16, 1948, at Charleston, MO, to Gertrude Lenora Skinner Mitchell Ham who survives of Wickliffe, KY and the late Vernon Cecil Mitchell, he grew up in the Mississippi and Scott Counties in Missouri and moved...
Charles Irwin
Oct 2, 2016
Charles Allen Irwin, 65, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died Sunday Oct. 2, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan 16, 1951 in Desoto, MO to the late David Walter "Buck" and Melba Marie (Kuhlmann) Irwin. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church, had coached youth league sports, and retired after 27 years from...
Rosemary Borders Pirtle
Sep 25, 2016
ROSEMARY BORDERS PIRTLE, Age 64, a resident of Charleston, went peacefully to be with the Lord on the morning of Sunday, September 25, 2016, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born November 12, 1951, at Charleston, MO, to the late George Dewey and Nancy Oscille "Oscie" Fowler Borders, she had lived in Charleston her entire life. Surviving are...
Terry D. Nall
Sep 24, 2016
Terry D. Nall, age 69, a resident of East Prairie, died Saturday, September 24, 2016 at York Place Nursing Center in Bertrand. Born December 12, 1946, in East Prairie, MO, son of the late William H. "Red" and Laverne (Noblin) Nall, Terry was a Class of '64 graduate of East Prairie High School. Terry went on to study at University...
Shirley Kersey
Sep 23, 2016
Shirley Irene Haynie Kersey, 71, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born November 24, 1944 in Lilbourn to the late Lucian Larry and Mary (Tarrants) Appleton. She was of the Pentecostal faith and had lived previously at High Point, North Carolina and Olive Branch, Mississippi; she had been a pharmacy tech at Missouri...
Dixie Wilson
Sep 17, 2016
Dixie Ellen Wilson, 80, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 21, 1935 in Sikeston to the late Rev. Jimmy and Mae Ellen (Goodman) Edmondson. She was married May 27, 1956 to James A. "Jim" Wilson at Blodgett and he preceded her in death Nov. 21, 1993. A life-long resident of this area,...
Sandra Kay Schnell
Sep 15, 2016
Sandra Kay "Sandy" Schnell, 59, a native Texan, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born August 13, 1957 in Sherman, Texas to the late Marvin and Eleanor (Lynch) Bransford. She moved to Sikeston about a year ago when her husband, David became the chef at Fox Haven Country Club. They had been together for...
Dottie Vaughn Miller
Sep 15, 2016
DOTTIE LUE VAUGHN MILLER, Age 65, of Sikeston, died Thursday, September 15, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Diehlstadt. Born August 31, 1951, at Linden, TN, to the late William Henry and Dollie Earlene Hensley Vaughn, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life where she was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and had...
Melba Householder
Sep 15, 2016
An angel, Melba Imogene Householder, 85, of Blodgett was called home to be with her heavenly father on September 15, 2016, where she was finally reunited in the arms of her loving husband, Sonny. When God made Melba, he broke the mold. She truly was one of a kind; all you had to do was ask her. She was full...
Colleen E. Ward
Sep 4, 2016
Colleen Elizabeth Ward, 100, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston, Mississippi. She was born Oct. 31, 1915 in New Madrid County, MO. to the late Edward Louis and Carrell Wilburn (England) LaPlant. She was a member of First Church of God in Columbia and had been an assembly line worker for several years at Vitronic's...
Theodore L. "Bud" Hager, Jr.
Sep 3, 2016
Theodore Lucian "Bud" Hager, Jr., 91, died Saturday at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 26, 1925 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to the late Theodore L., Sr. and Ivy May (Barnhill) Hager. A resident of Sikeston since 1981, he had previously resided in Michigan and Florida. He had received an associate degree in real estate and...
