Obituaries

SIKESTON — Harold A. "Bo" Hoskins, 85, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at his home near Sikeston. He was born Dec. 20, 1934, at Conway, Ark., to the late Norman Lee and Abbie (Baremore) Hoskins. Bo was a longtime resident of this area and had been a forklift operator at Potlatch/Tetra Pak, and he was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas —Tommie J. “T.J.” Shoffner, 65, formerly of East Prairie, Mo., died Sept. 12, 2019, in San Antonio. Born Feb. 3, 1954, he was the son of the late Emmett and Inez Shoffner. On Oct. 30, 1971, he married Rachel Meeks, who preceded him in death on Dec. 16, 2009. He later married Raquel Gonzales, who survives...

SIKESTON —Bobby Taylor, 85, died Jan. 14, 2020, at Delta South Nursing Care in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

DEXTER, Mo. — Pauline M. Duke, age 99, formerly of Dogwood, Missouri and Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born March 3, 1920, in Marston, Missouri, daughter of the late Lee and Emma Heath Matthews, and was a member of Dogwood United Methodist Church in Dogwood...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Bernice Scott Gilmore, 81, died Jan. 4, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Born March 25, 1938, in Conrand, Ark., to the late Algen and Essie Bruce Scott, she was a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in New Madrid. She was employed as a Head Start Aide many years ago, and she was a homemaker until she retired. She was a caregiver for many years...

YUMA, Ariz. — Deborah Joyce Edwards, age 67, died Jan. 12, 2020, at her home in Yuma. Born Jan. 10, 1953, in East Prairie, Mo., daughter of the late Ernest Lee Hanor and Betty Jean Childers-Edsall, she was retired from Thorngate Manufacturing in Cape Girardeau, Mo. On Sept. 4, 1971, in Sikeston, Mo., she married Arvil Lee Edwards, who preceded her in death on May 31, 2016.

JACKSON, Mo. — Ashley Marie Howard, 22, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. She was born Oct. 25, 1997, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the daughter of Cecil and Vicki (Lopas) Smith. Ashley worked at the AT&T call center as a sales representative. She enjoyed playing pool, hanging out with friends and family and loved to decorate. She was a “doer” and had a giving heart. Her family was very important to her...

SIKESTON — Larry Chappell, 72, died Jan. 14, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 23, 1947, in East Prairie, son of the late Noah and Lorene Cork Chappell, he had worked as a brew setter for Lewis Bakeries and then worked for Duckett Truck Center before retiring...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Larry Ray Parker, 69, died Jan. 13, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 13, 1950, in Ridgley, Tenn., he was the son of the late Billy Ray and Virginia Kuykendall Parker. Survivors include: his wife, Michelle Monday of Bertrand; one son, Michael Parker of Wickliffe, Ky.; one stepson, Paolo Dipersico of Vancouver, Canada; four daughters, Trevia Parker of Cleveland, Ohio, Jamie Rae Arellano of Plymouth, Calif., Bobbie Sue Westmoreland of Finley, Tenn., and Billie Jo Woods of Jackson, Tenn.; one brother, Bennie Parker of Mason Hall, Tenn.; and seven grandchildren.. ...

SIKESTON — Betty Jane Martin, 75, passed away Jan. 14, 2020, at her home in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Nov. 12, 1944, in Reyno, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late William M. Bellah and Georgia Bellah Poyner and a 1963 graduate of Anniston High School. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Sharon Silman Mullins, 62, died Jan. 11, 2020, at Portageville. Born June 24, 1957, in St. Louis, she was the daughter of the late Mucy Belle Muse Silman and Jerry Dale Silman. On Aug. 28, 1981, in Portageville, she married Richard Lee Mullins, who preceded her in death on Feb. 6, 2006...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Margie A. Mickel, 85, died Jan. 12, at at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. until time for memorial services at 7p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in East Prairie.  Steve Douglas and Mark Douglas will officiate...

SIKESTON — Felicia Faye McCurry Harden, 46, died Jan. 12, 2020.Born May 28, 1973, at Chattanooga, Tenn., she was adopted and raised by Don and Beverly McCurry.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Richard Allen “Dusty” Nelson, 78, died Jan. 13, 2020, at his home in Charleston.

MALDEN, Mo. — Martha Dean Daugherty, 92, died Jan. 12, 2020, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born May 7, 1929, in Lou Ann, Ark., daughter of the late Mary  Rowen and Charles Rowen,she worked for years for the New Madrid Tourism through the state of Missouri...

SIKESTON — Terry Lee Artrip, 62, died Jan. 10, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 18, 1957, in Barberton, Ohio, son of the late Sonja Artrip, he was a member of Cornerstone Church in Bertrand, MO. Terry was a truck driver for Midwest Logistics...

JACKSON, Mo. — Reba W. Ward, 87, died Jan.10, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 28, 1932, in Dexter, daughter of late Freda Frank "Pete" and Ella Miller Brazel, she lived in Dexter most of her life and moved to Jackson four years ago. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter. She had worked at Hamra's and Stovall's Department Stores and later was a rural mail carrier...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Jeanette Bugg, 85, died Jan. 10, 2020, at her home in Portageville. Born July 14, 1934, in St. Louis, daughter of Isabelle Schoenhard Kniker and Albert William Kniker, she was the owner and operator of the original Portageville Flee Market, a den mother of the Cub Scouts, and she also started the C.B. Club of Portageville. She was a member of the Church of God in Portageville...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Harold Eugene Morse, 76, died Jan. 9, 2020, at his home in Morehouse. Born Oct. 11, 1943, in Morehouse, Mo., son of the late Harvey and Rosie Mcanelly Morse. Survivors include: three brothers, Steve Morse of Benton, Dale Morse of Idalia and Raymond Morse of Dexter; four sisters, Maxine Newell and Bonnie Hughes of Dexter, Ann Copeland of Sikeston and Brenda Condict...

BENTON, Mo. — Everett Michael “Mike” Smith, 57, died Jan. 8, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 7, 1962, in Rosiclare, Ill., son of Frances Januska Smith and the late Everett Wendell Smith, he was a material handler at Verdesian Life Sciences and attended Morley Baptist Church...

NEW MADRID, Mo. —Margaret Sebourn, 75, died Jan. 9, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardaeu. Born Jan. 29, 1944, in Campbell, daughter of the late John S. and Evelyn Miller Nolen, she was employed for many years at the Bank of New Madrid until her retirement...

DEXTER, Mo. — Tom Fairchild, 93, died Jan. 7, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 13, 1926, in Dexter, son of the late Orvial Fairchild and Hattie Pry Fairchild, was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in World War II. He was a retired carpenter...

SALEM, Ill. — Blanchette Sue (Davenport) Davis, of Salem, Illinois, formerly of Pocahontas, Illinois, departed this life on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, at Hitz Memorial Home, Alhambra.  She had attained the age of 80 years, 5 months and 12 days. Sue was born on July 24, 1939, in Sikeston, Missouri. She was the daughter of James A. and Velma M. (Mays) Davenport. On Sept. 14, 1962, she was united in marriage to Howard Wray Davis, Sr. and he preceded her in death on July 23, 2007...

WYATT, Mo. —John Patterson Brown, 48, died Jan. 8, 2020, at his home in Wyatt. Born Oct. 23, 1971, at Charleston, son of the late C.D. Brown and Carman Louise Snider Brown, he had lived in Charleston most of his life, moving to Wyatt 18 years ago. He had been employed as a commercial truck driver and was of the Pentecostal belief...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Paul Davis Watson Sr., age 89, passed away Jan. 6, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 21, 1930, in East Prairie, Missouri, the son of the late Charles and Ruth Barnhill Watson. He was a member of Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and worked with experimental defense aircraft and in the space program at McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing before, retiring...

SIKESTON — Monroe Young Sr., 80, died Jan. 3, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  Born April 2, 1939, in Batesville, Miss., to the late Earnest and Alma (Kuykendall) Young, he attended public school in Batesville and Sardis, Miss.. and spent many years working at auto mechanic shops where he painted and detailed cars and he also was skilled at landscaping lawns...

SIKESTON — Peggy Lou Harris Ham, 90, died Jan. 7, 2020. Born Nov. 21, 1929, to Doug and Nevelle Harris, she was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Floyd Ham; and daughter, Donna Cox...

SIKESTON — Brenda Fowler, 70, died Jan. 7, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON — Doris Imogene Livingston, 89, died Jan. 7, 2020, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 3, 1931, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Luther and Alpha Baker, she was a member of Miner Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had worked as a secretary for Bank of Sikeston before retiring...

SIKESTON — Ronnie Lenal Walker, 58, died Jan. 3, 2020, in Nebraska. Born May 24, 1961, in Steele, son of Mary E. Scott-Walker and the late Aron Calvin Walker and, he lived in Sikeston most of his life. He was an over-the-road truck driver for Potashnick Transportation in Sikeston...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Maurice Lionel “Markie D” Butler, 52, died Dec. 30, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 12, 1967, in Charleston, son of the late Willie Jarrett and Maedine Butler, he was a 1985 graduate of Charleston Public Schools and attended Three Rivers College and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, receiving a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. ...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Jettie Mae “Peanut” Daniel, 89, died Jan. 1, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 12, 1930, in Marianna, Arkansas, daughter of the late James and Louise Hicks, she was a professional cook and employed at Cross Truck Stop in New Madrid and 76 Truck Stop in Matthews. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Martha Green, 72, died Dec. 29, 2019, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Facility in Charleston. Born Dec. 21, 1947, in Charleston, daughter of the late Manuel and Margrett Dickson Clemons, she attended Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Catherine Hayden Dawson Cook, 87, died Jan. 5, 2020, at her home in New Madrid. Born Aug. 23, 1992, in Caruthersville, daughter of the late J.A. “Peck” and Letha Hayden, she was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Madrid. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — John Turner, 29, formerly of Sikeston, died Dec. 30, 2019, in Fayette. Born July 22, 1990, in Sikeston, son of Rose Faulkner of Sikeston and John Turner of Haywood City, he attended Sikeston High School in Sikeston and was employed at Tyson Food in Dexter before relocating to Columbia...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Eugene Bishop, 91, died Dec. 30, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 16, 1928, son of the late Henry and Janie Bishop, he was educated in the public schools of Lilbourn and graduated from high school in Sikeston. ...

SIKESTON — Brenda Marquetta Boyer, 73, formerly of East Prairie, died Jan. 6, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 18, 1946, in Phoenix, Arizona, daughter of the late Johnny Anderson Nipp and Ruby Estelle Perdue Nipp, she was raised in Phoenix and moved to East Prairie in 1989, recently moving to Sikeston...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Billy Dean Lee, 86, died Jan. 4, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born April 14, 1933, in Toppertown, son of the late Steve and Pearl McDowell Gibbs, he was adopted by the late Charlie and Maud Cook Lee following his parents’ death. ...

ORAN, Mo. — Thomas Lee Senciboy, 66, died Jan. 5, 2020, at his home. Born Sept. 6, 1953, in Oran, son of the late Truman and Christine Senciboy, he worked for 40 years for Priggel Farms. On Aug. 13, 2001, he married Rita Stacey, who preceded him in death on Oct. 31, 2003...

MONETTE, Ark. — Martha Mae Barnes was born July 31, 1928, and passed away Jan. 4, 2020, of natural causes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Thomas H. Barnes Jr. She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Dr. Thomas Michael Barnes (Jane); her daughter, Pam Barnes Essary (Bryan); her grandchildren, Dr. Alyson Fish (Mike), Stacy Barnes, Christen Essary (Brian), Kelly Benton (Mat), Joshua Nowell, Allison Courtois (David); and 13 great-grandchildren...

SIKESTON — Shirley Kay Chance, 67, died Jan. 4, 2020, at her home in East Prairie. Born Dec. 24, 1952, in East Prairie, daughter of the late Joe B. and Kathleen Couch Myers, she had lived in East Prairie her entire life and had attended Blessed Assurance Ministries. ...

DEXTER, Mo. — Dean Thomas Stump-Main, 31, died Dec. 30, 2019, in Dexter. Born July 19, 1988, in Barrien Springs, Mich., he was the son of James Daniel Stump Lucille of New Madrid and Jeanette Gambill Gribble of New Madrid. He was preceded in death by one brother, Andrew Dykes, his grandmother, grandfather and great-grandparents...

BENTON, Mo. — Larry James Pluhar, 72, passed away Dec. 20, 2019, another victim of Vietnam (Agent Orange). Born Aug. 26, 1947, in Jordan, Montana, he was a gentle, kind and soft-spoken man. He loved to go fishing, camping and hunting and was always willing to teach and help others with all things mechanical...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Mary Sue Hicks, 75, died Dec. 31, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 3, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Robert Wells and Faye Gilmore Clark. On Nov. 15, 1991, she married Cecil Hicks, who survives of the home...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Rita Diane Dowdy, 63, died Jan. 1, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.  Born July 22, 1956, in East Prairie, daughter of the late William and Mary Elizabeth Boswell Denton, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist belief...

FLORISSANT, Mo. — Tomazine Moore, 93, died Dec. 30, 2019, at her daughter's home in Florissant. Born June 29, 1926, in Cash, Ark., daughter of the late George and Hattie Harris, she was a longtime member of Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. She was the head housekeeper at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sikeston for several years. She was a trained meat cutter and worked at the Crenshaw Meat Packing Plant in Charleston for many years. In 2013 she moved to Florissant...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Hardy “Big H” Crawford, 54, formerly of Wilson City, Mo., died Dec. 23, 2019, in St. Louis. Born Oct. 10, 1965, in Wyatt, son of the late William and Earline Crawford, he grew up in Wilson City, where he was one of the original and founding members of the “WCGs” of Wilson City. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Lanora Skinner Mitchell Ham, 88, formerly of Wickliffe, Ky., and Charleston, Mo., died Jan. 1, 2020, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Born Jan. 6, 1931, at Charleston, daughter of the late James Doris “J.D.” Skinner and Ella Gertrude Terrell Skinner, she had lived most of her life in Charleston and Ellsinore where she was a member of the Bellevue Baptist Church. She owned and operated a consignment shop in Charleston a number of years...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Norma Gean Stroup, 93, died Jan. 1, 2020, at her home near Bloomfield. Born Nov. 22, 1926, in the Buckhorn Community, daughter of the late Henry and Martha Cates Phillips, she had lived in Bloomfield and Aquilla all of her life and worked at Elder Manufacturing as a seamstress for 46 years. She was a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia...

FESTUS, Mo. — Darrell D. Lorenz, 68, died Dec. 29, 2019, at his home. Born Nov. 14, 1951, in Perryville, Mo., son of Berniece D. Schlimpert Lorenz of Jackson, Mo., and the late Edgar R. Lorenz, he was was an eighth grade teacher for the Sikeston R-6 School District and later a financial advisor and insurance broker for 40 years. ...