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...
Anita Diane Ham
Jan 19, 2017
ANITA DIANE HAM, Age 42, died January 19, 2017, at her home in Wickliffe, KY. Born September 5, 1974, at Charleston, MO, to Lynn Ham and Lenora Skinner Mitchell Ham who survive of Wickliffe, she had lived in Charleston and then Ellsinore, MO a number years until moving to Wickliffe, KY in 2015. Besides her parents, she is survived by...
Dorothy L. Smith
Jan 14, 2017
DOROTHY LOUISE SMITH, age 81, a former resident of Cord, Arkansas, died Saturday, January 14, 2017, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. She was born December 28, 1935 in Independence County, AR to Kenneth and Irene Hatler Reeves. Following her high school graduation in 1954, she lived in San Diego, CA and Peoria, IL before returning to Dowdy, AR in 1965...
Alexis Danae Manning-Poore
Jan 14, 2017
ALEXIS DANAE MANNING-POORE, Age 31, died Saturday, January 14, 2017, at her home in East Prairie. Born November 7, 1985, at Sikeston, MO, to Rene Manning Wilson who survives of East Prairie and the late Rodney L. Poore, she had lived in East Prairie her entire life and had attended East Prairie Schools. Besides her mother, she is survived by...
Judy Donaldson Schmidt
Jan 12, 2017
Judy Ann Donaldson Schmidt, of Saint Charles, MO, Formerly of Charleston, died on Thursday January 12, 2017, at the age of 59. Loving wife of the late Stanley Schmidt; beloved daughter of the late Miles Robert Donaldson and Dorothy Joan Parker Miller, she grew up in Mississippi County and attended Charleston Schools. Survivors are her children, Heather (Arturo) Franco, Holli...
James A. Haw Ph.d.
Jan 9, 2017
James Alfred Haw, PhD, 71, passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 at home in Ft. Wayne, IN Born in Cape Girardeau, MO, to the the son of Charleston attorney, the late James Moore Haw, Jr. and his wife, Wanda Mary Milkowski Haw, James received his doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1972. He was a Professor of American history...
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...
