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...
Mary Agnes Pike
Nov 24, 2016
MARY AGNES SCOTT PIKE, age 84, a resident of Charleston, died Thursday, November 24, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. She was born September 2, 1932 in Commerce to John and Clara Leible Scott who preceded her in death. Living in Mississippi County most of her life, she was a graduate of St. Henry Catholic High School in Charleston. A lifelong...
Jacob Tyler Wilkerson
Nov 23, 2016
JACOB TYLER WILKERSON, Age 29, a resident of Bertrand, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016, near Poplar Bluff, MO. Born September 9, 1987, at Sikeston, MO, to Derrick Blaine Wilkerson of Bertrand and Melissa Dawn Kohlbaker Coots who also survives of Bertrand, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life and was employed with Carr Textile in Sikeston. He had...
John William Elkins
Nov 22, 2016
JOHN WILLIAM ELKINS, Age 81, a resident of East Prairie, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born September 28, 1935, in Todd County, KY, to the late William Harrison and Lena Siggers Elkins, he had lived in East Prairie for over 50 years and had attended the First General Baptist Church in East Prairie...
Lucille Barnwell Lambert
Nov 19, 2016
LUCILLE BARNWELL LAMBERT, age 96, formerly of Charleston and Sikeston, died Saturday, November 19, 2016, at the Hospice Ministries Hospital in Ridgeland, MS. She was born April 9, 1920 in Cairo, IL to the Noel and Ruby Jones Barnwell who preceded her in death. A graduate of Charleston High School, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in...
Gerald Summers
Nov 19, 2016
GERALD DOUGLAS SUMMERS, II, Age 21, a resident of Sikeston, died Saturday, November 19, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Born August 20, 1995, in St. Louis, MO, to the Jerry Lee Summers who survives of Sikeston and Damon McCluney who survives of Cape Girardeau, he had lived in Sikeston most of his life and...
Charles Baugh
Nov 18, 2016
CHARLES BONNEFEN BAUGH, Age 87, a resident of Charleston, died Friday, November 18, 2016, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. He was born April 5, 1929, in the Birds Point Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Frank Thomas Baugh and Ruth Bartlett Baugh. Having attended the Birds Point School, he served in the United States Army from...
Charles Lizenbee
Nov 17, 2016
Charles Frederick Lizenbee, Sr., 71, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 at Heritage Gardens Nursing Center at Sikeston. He was born June 25, 1945 in St. Louis to the late Lonzo Lizenbee and Novell (James) Lizenbee Milani. Formerly of St. Louis he had worked as a mechanic and body shop repairman and had moved to Sikeston about 25 years ago. He...
J.e. McMinn
Nov 15, 2016
JOHN E. "J.E." McMINN, JR., age 91, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. Born October 27, 1925, in Melbourne, FL, to the late John Ethel McMinn, Sr. and Cornelia Love Childers McMinn, he moved to Missouri at an early age, living in the Windyville community of Mississippi County, and was a 1943 graduate...
Karen Kay Morgan
Nov 14, 2016
KAREN KAY ALLEN MORGAN, Age 58, a resident of Sikeston, died Monday, November 14, 2016, at her home. Born December 11, 1959, at Sikeston, MO, to the late Billy Gene Allen, Sr. and Lucy Irene Dobbins Cox, she had lived in the Charleston and Sikeston areas most of her life and had been employed in retail and as an in-home...
Pearl Saulsbery
Nov 13, 2016
Pearl Edward Saulsbery, 81, a life-long resident of this area, died Sunday, Nov. 13 at his home near Sikeston. He was born September 4, 1935 in Sikeston to the late Estle and Pansy (Shryock) Saulsbery. He was of the Baptist faith, a retired truck driver from Thompson Culvert and a veteran of the U.S. Army. On June 30, 1958 he...
Abbie Ward
Nov 13, 2016
Abbie Elaine Ward, 61, a life-long resident of this area, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born August 3, 1955 in St. Louis to the late Roy Herschel and Janie Iona (Bryan) Duncan Rodgers. She had worked as a certified nurse assistant and as a personal care giver for many years. On...
