Vada Mason Eaton
Jan 8, 2017
Vada Marie (Mason) Eaton, 76, a long-time resident of Sikeston, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at her home.  She was born Dec. 11, 1940 in Kennett to the late Floyd Elbert and Ruth Wilson (Wagster) Mason. Vada had first worked at International Shoe Co. and later as a waitress at Lamberts Café. She is survived by her sweetheart for life,...
James Edward Waters
Jan 5, 2017
JAMES EDWARD WATERS, Age 79, died Thursday, January 05, 2017, at his home near Bertrand. Born May 4, 1937, in Mississippi, to the late Jess and Alice Sarah Northern Waters, he had lived in the Bertrand area a number of years and had been employed in farming. On September 13, 1960, he married Rachel Annette Reynolds, who survives of the...
Robert Dale Summers
Jan 4, 2017
ROBERT DALE SUMMERS, Age 59, a resident of Sikeston and formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, January 04, 2017, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 16, 1957, at East Prairie, MO, to the late J.L. Summers and Mary Doris Crane Coulter, he had lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was a member of...
William "Bill" A. Owens
Jan 4, 2017
WILLIAM A. "BILL" OWENS, age 84, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born February 21, 1932 in Malden to Algie Benjamin and Pauline Qualls Owens who preceded him in death. A graduate of Anniston High School, he enlisted in the US Air Force and served in Germany during...
Robert "Bob" Porter
Jan 2, 2017
ROBERT "BOB" PORTER, age 86, a resident of Sikeston died Monday, January 2, 2017, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born August 20, 1930 in Flint, MI, to the late Charles Owen and Edith Davis Porter, but spent most of his younger years in Campbell, MO where both his maternal and paternal families were from. In 1941 he...
Pauline Culbertson
Jan 1, 2017
Nettie "Pauline" Turner Culbertson, 90, a life-long resident of Sikeston, died Sunday January 1, 2017 at Miner Nursing Center. She was born March 17, 1926 near Sikeston to the late Jack and Edna (Fisher) Turner. She had been employed at Faultless Cleaners and Missouri Delta Medical Center and was very proud of her association with the Foster Grandparents Program in...
Carol Collier Sparks
Dec 31, 2016
Carol Ann Collier Sparks, was born in Cairo, IL, on October 11, 1947, the second of four children to the late Robert Leonard and Antoinette Marie Sgarlata Collier of Bertrand, MO, and passed away peacefully, Saturday, December 31, 2016, in Lawton, OK. Carol is survived by her husband, Gary of Camden, TN; son, Major Lucas C Sparks and his wife...
Roy O. McKinney
Dec 30, 2016
ROY O. McKINNEY, Age 84, formerly of Fillmore, IL and Chicago, IL, died Friday, December 30, 2016, at the home of his son in Charleston. Born September 9, 1932, at Dante, VA, to the late Tom and Ruby Williams McKinney, he was born and raised in Dante, moving to Chicago in 1960 where he raised his family. He moved to...
Deema Boyd Atteberry
Dec 27, 2016
DEEMA LANE BOYD ATTEBERRY, a resident of Charleston, passed away peacefully at the age of 98, surrounded by her family on December 27, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born June 1, 1918 in Crosno, Missouri, to the late Ralph A. and Bertha Hicks Boyd, the middle child in a family of seven children. In 1938, she married James...
Dr. George A. Russell
Dec 27, 2016
George "Bullet" Russell, 95, of Lee's Summit, MO, passed away at his home in John Knox Village, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. George "Bullet" Russell was born July 12, 1921 in Bertrand, MO. He was a 1938 graduate of Sikeston High School where after he enlisted in the Navy and went on to officer training and received his Bachelors of...
Alma B. Robey
Dec 24, 2016
Alma Bernida "Toots" Robey, 96, a long time resident of Sikeston, died Saturday Dec. 24, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born June 18, 1920 near Pauldine, MO to the late William Martin and Elnora Sidonia (Sheets) Kenser. On Nov. 21, 1936 she was married to Jim Adolph Robey near Bloomfield and he preceded her in...
Rebecca Holt Story
Dec 21, 2016
Rebecca Daphine Holt Story, age 89, a resident of Charleston, died December 21, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Charleston. Born August 8, 1927, in Jesup, Arkansas, to the late Lo Byron Holt and Rebecca Jane Hillhouse Holt, she was a member of the Charleston United Methodist Church and served on the Board of Trustees. Mrs. Story was...
Thomas D. Hudspeth
Dec 15, 2016
Thomas Donald Hudspeth, 73, formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2015 at Heritage Nursing Center at Sterling Ridge in Omaha. He was born December 29, 1943 in Petersburg, IL to the late George and Alice (Burnett) Hudspeth. He graduated from Petersburg Harris High School and the University of Illinois. He began working at New Salem Lodge before becoming administrator...
Sue Allen McMikle
Dec 15, 2016
SUE ANNA ALLEN McMIKLE, age 92, died Thursday, December 15, 2016, at her home in Charleston. She was born August 4, 1924 in Bardwell, KY to the late Henry and Rasalee Haltermann Allen. She moved to Sikeston in 1942 where she was employed as a secretary for the International Shoe Company. In 1951 she and her husband, Elgin completed the...
Myrtle Goodin Austin
Dec 14, 2016
Myrtle "Sisser" Goodin Austin Myrtle "Sisser" Goodin Austin, aged 77, died peacefully on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at her home in Charleston, MO. Sisser was born on October 7, 1939 in Cairo, Illinois, the daughter of Sam Cox and Jane Mulkey Goodin. Sisser is survived by her sister Dorothy Anne Goodin Brink (Charles L. Brink); her husband of fifty-three years,...
Tony Giltz
Dec 11, 2016
TONY GILTZ HARRY ANTHONY 'TONY' GILTZ, III, Age 73, a resident of Charleston, died Sunday, December 11, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 21, 1943, in Charleston, MO, to the late Harry Anthony Giltz, Jr. and Louretta Burke Giltz, he was raised in Charleston and attended Charleston Schools. Engaged in farming and raising cattle,...
Marion Devodry Oakley
Dec 7, 2016
MARION DEVODRY OAKLEY, age 89 , a resident of Wyatt, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born February 4, 1927 in Steele, MO to Walter and Allie Lessie Lee Ingould Oakley who preceded him in death. Following his discharge from the Navy, he lived in Imperial, CA where he was employed with JC Penny...
Jean Hunsperger McGinnis
Dec 7, 2016
JEAN NAOMI HUNSPERGER McGINNIS, Age 67, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, December 8, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center. Born September 29, 1949, at St. Louis, MO, to the late Curtis and Mabel Givens Hunsperger, she had lived in the Charleston area a number of years and had been employed with Walmart at Sikeston. She was very much...
David Allen Golightly
Dec 2, 2016
DAVID ALLEN GOLIGHTLY, Age 57, died Friday, December 2, 2016, at his residence in Sikeston. Born September 6, 1959, at Charleston, MO, to the Christina Mae Counts Golightly Codgill who survives of Jackson, MO, and the late Edward Alton Golightly, he had lived in Charleston most of his life where he was a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church....
Eula Laster Limbaugh
Dec 1, 2016
EULA LASTER LIMBAUGH, age 79, a resident of Granada Hills, CA formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, December 1, 2016 at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, CA. She was born October 6, 1937 in Madrid Bend, KY to Winford Wesley and Hazel Lee Adams Laster who preceded her in death. Moving to Charleston in 1940, she graduated from Charleston High...
