Katherine Renee Lowe
Apr 16, 2026
With profound sadness and broken hearts, we announce the passing of Katherine (Katie) Renee Lowe, who left this world unexpectantly on April 16, 2026, at the age of 25, in Oxford, Mississippi. Though her time with us was far too brief, Katie lived a life filled with love, purpose, and promise. She was a remarkable young woman whose determination, love...
Stacy Edward Pratt
Aug 25, 2026
Stacy Edward Pratt, age 59, died Tuesday, August 29, 2026, at his home in Sikeston, MO.
Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, MO.
Larry Keith Lindsey
Aug 24, 2026
Larry Keith Lindsey, age 87, of Sikeston, MO, died Monday, August 24, 2026, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo.
Complete obituary information is pending.
Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until the funeral hour at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 28, 2026, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston. Mary McCord will officiate.
Interment with full military honors will follow in...
Jean Carolyn McCoy
Aug 19, 2026
Jean Carolyn McCoy, age 68, died Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at her home near Sikeston, MO.
Born July 28, 1958, at Fordyce, Arkansas, to the late Gene Golden and Martha Green Gardner, she was a graduate of Richland High School in Essex, MO and had lived in the Sikeston area most of her life.
On September 29, 1978, she married Abner Wayne...
James Allen Lovell
Aug 18, 2026
James A. Lovell
James A. Lovell (Jimmy), age 52, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at his home in Diehlstadt, MO to his final home on Heaven’s Shores.
He was born December 31, 1973, at Gallup, New Mexico to the late Micheal Benbow and late Beverly Stanton. He was adopted and raised in Lexa, Arkansas by Paul Lovell, the man he proudly...
Gordon Wayne Nall
Aug 18, 2026
Gordon Wayne Nall, 83, of Jackson, MO, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.
Born February 8, 1943, at East Prairie, MO, to the late George Andrew “Dutch” Nall and Nannie Lucille Noblin Nall, he was 1961 graduate of Charleston High School. Following his high school graduation, Gordon enlisted in the United...
Catina Leann Lara
Aug 16, 2026
Catina Leann Lara, age 53, of Sikeston, MO, died Sunday, August 16, 2026.
Born December 19, 1972, to the late Buster Brown Worley and Mary Inis Lee Cope, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life and had been employed in home health care.
She married Gabriel F. Lara, and he survives of the home in Sikeston.
Also surviving are her sons,...
Cindy Kay Byford
Aug 14, 2026
Cindy Kay Brown Joyner Byford, age 69, of Morehouse, MO, died Friday, August 14, 2026, at the Delta South Skilled Nursing Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born July 12, 1957, in Dunklin County, MO, to the late Wayne G. Brown and Delores M. Marler Brown, she had lived in Southeast Missouri and Morehouse a number of years.
She was married to Michael Byford...
Paulina Som Becker
Aug 12, 2026
Paulina Som Becker, of Sedgewickville, MO, was born May 6, 1969, in Cambodia, and passed away, Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at Cape Girardeau, MO, at the age of 57. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and the rock and soul of her family.
Paulina’s greatest joy was her family. She shared a beautiful life with her husband, Timothy Becker, and was...
Kimberly Kay Buttrey
Aug 9, 2026
Kimberly Kay Brown Buttrey
Kim was born March 27, 1963, in Charleston, MO, the daughter of the late Riley “Junior” Brown and Mamie Ruth Ketchum Brown and passed away, Sunday, August 9. 2026, at her home near Wyatt, surrounded by her family.
She was the loving wife of Larry Gene Buttey who survives of the home and the doting mother of three...
Malinda Lou Hacker
Aug 7, 2026
Malinda Lou Cochran Hacker, age 76, known to many as Mindy, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, August 7, 2026, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO surrounded by family.
Mindy was born on December 26, 1949, in Greensburg, KS, to the late Twylla and Kenneth Cochran. She graduated in 1968 from Greensburg High School. She was...
Jack Doyle Ezzell
Aug 6, 2026
Jack Doyle Ezzell, age 93, of Cape Girardeau, MO, died Thursday, August 6, 2026, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
Born September 23, 1932, in Belgreen, AL, to the late Charles V. Ezzell and Effie Pearl Mitchell Ezzell, he moved with his parents to Scott County, MO, in 1945 and was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School. After high school,...
Mary Kathryn Rolwing
Aug 4, 2026
Mary Kathryn Rolwing, 90, of Charleston, MO, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bertrand, Missouri.
She was born Mary Kathryn Thomason on September 28, 1935, in the Bridges Community, south of Charleston, Missouri, to the late Robert Loral Thomason and Mary Edith Johnson Thomason. She was the youngest of six children.
On August...
Mary Jo Rolwing
Jul 31, 2026
Mary Jo Walker Rolwing, age 93, of rural Charleston, died Friday, July 31, 2026, at the Delta South Skilled Nursing Center in Sikeston, MO.
Born January 4, 1933, in the Lusk Chapel Community north of Charleston, MO, to the late Thomas Glen Walker and Pauline Virginia Jeffries Walker, Mary Jo was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School. She had lived most...
Kenneth Jason Hunsperger
Jul 30, 2026
Jason Hunsperger
Kenneth Jason Hunsperger, age 53, of Charleston, MO, died Thursday, July 30, 2026, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Born June 12, 1973, to Connie Maxine Hunsperger Farrell, he had attended Charleston Schools and lived in Charleston most of his life. He was employed as a welder with Heartland Cookers at Sikeston
Surviving is his wife, Shar’ron Simpson Hunsperger;...
Joyce Hise Gilmore
Jul 28, 2026
Joyce Hise Gilmore, age 89, formerly of rural Charleston, MO, died Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at Columbia, MO.
Born May 31, 1937, at Mississippi County, MO, to the late Clifton Herbert Hise and Jewell Sybill Walker Hise, she was a graduate of Anniston High School. Joyce went on to further her education at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and...
Amanda Brooke Kolwyck
Jul 27, 2026
Amanda Brooke Martinez Kolwyck, age 34, of Sikeston, MO, died Monday, July 27, 2026, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Born April 24, 1992, at Cape Girardeau, MO, to the Scott A. Martinez and Catina Lee, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life.
On November 17, 2007, she married Brandon Lee Kolwyck, who survives.
Also surviving are her children,...
William Russell "Bill" Harris
Jul 24, 2026
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William “Bill” Russell Harris Sr., age 83, of Wyatt, entered his heavenly home on Friday, July 24, 2026, to join his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Born February 9, 1943, in Wyatt, MO, to the late Ivory Mack Harris and Flora Mae Rogers Harris, Bill lived in Mississippi County all his life. He grew up with his six siblings. Bill was...
Sue “Sue Roo” O’Connor
Jul 14, 2026
Sue “Sue Roo” O’Connor, 69, of East Prairie, MO, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2026, surrounded by her family and friends.
She was born in Charleston, MO, on January 23, 1957, to the late J.D. O’Connor and Dixie Lee Clark Counts and was also raised by her Step- Father, Kenny Counts. She was a lifelong resident of East Prairie, where...
Carolyn Elizabeth Peters
Jul 10, 2026
Carolyn Elizabeth Peters, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 10, 2026, on her 77th birthday, surrounded by her children.
She was born Carolyn Elizabeth Stricker on July 10, 1949, at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo, IL, to the late Lawrence S. and Maude Ellen (Williams) Stricker. She was the youngest of their three children and their only daughter. Carolyn grew up...
