Obituaries

PINHOOK, Mo. — Maudest Lucille Peebles, 92, died Aug. 14, 2020, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Born July 1, 1928 in Henson, to the late George Weldon and Birdie Bass Cooper, she was a beautician and homemaker. She was a lifelong member of the First Christian Church of East Prairie...

SIKESTON – Carolyn Ann Jackson, 68, died Aug. 14, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO. Born Sept. 24, 1951, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of Thelma Miller Shipp of Sikeston and the late Jessie Shipp. On April 7, 2001, in Sikeston, she married Raymond Jackson...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Daniel Arlan “Dan” Cashion, 78, died Aug. 12, 2020. Born Oct. 28, 1941, in New Madrid, son of the late Arlan Cashion and Edith Waltrip, he graduated from New Madrid High School 1959. He went to Southeast Missouri State University where he obtained a degree in industrial arts and a master’s degree in special education. ...

TY TY, Ga. – Floretta Maude Brewer, 91, of Ty Ty, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, at Tift Regional Medical Center, Tifton, Georgia. A graveside funeral service and burial will be held in Missouri at a later date. Born April 25, 1929, in Matthews, Missouri, Mrs. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Gwendella “Gwen” Nelson, 67, died Aug. 10, 2020, at her sister’s home in New Madrid. Born June 25, 1963, in New Madrid, daughter of the late Oscar and Laura Bartlett Nelson, she was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in New Madrid where she served as an usher and choir member...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — James Faust “Jamie” Randall, 51, died Aug. 6, 2020. Born Aug. 17, 1968, in Charleston, Missouri, son of Juanita Simmons Randall of Corpus Christi and the late Clarence Herman "Buddy" Randall, he was a graduate of Charleston High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University. ...

VAN BUREN, Mo. — Ashley Elizabeth Weaver (Hoener), daughter of Christy Dawn (Dawson) Gillespie and Jonathan Nipper, was born Aug. 5, 1991, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on Aug. 11, 2020, in Van Buren. She had attained the age of 29 years and six days...

HAYTI, Mo. — Johnnie Vest Myles, 54, died July 29, 2020, at Pemiscot County Hospital in Hayti. Born Aug. 4, 1965, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, he was the son of the late Rubie Lee Washington Stevenson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Crystal Myles; and one sister, Deloris Washington...

SIKESTON — Robert Leigh Henley, 80, passed way Aug. 11, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Aug. 11, 1940, in Sikeston, son of the late William Robert and Ira Dorene Leigh Henley, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Sikeston. He worked at Bridger Construction Co. as a bookkeeper before retiring from Montgomery Bank as a courier.

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Archie Winford Jr., 55, died Aug. 3, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis.Born May 10, 1965, in Lilbourn, Missouri, he was the son of the late Irma Mae Walker and Archie Winford Sr.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Buddy Gene Cave, 84, died Aug. 12, 2020, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Aug. 17, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Tom and Nana Belle Jackson Cave, he had been employed in maintenance at Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, and had also worked with Raymond Cornwell...

TALLAPOOSA, Mo. — Ruth Mae White, 87, passed away peacefully on Aug. 10, 2020, at her home in Tallapoosa. Born Nov. 16, 1932, in Lake County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Charles William and Bertha Lambert Wagner.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Alma Gertrude Bradshaw, 89, died Aug. 9, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 30, 1930, in Risco, Missouri, daughter of the late W.P. and Mabel Rooker Smelser, she was a member the Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. On June 25, 1955, in Risco, she married William T. Bradshaw, who survives of the home in Cape Girardeau...

FENTON, Mo. — Karen Sue Diamond Killebrew, a loving wife, mother, sister, and grandmother, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away at her home on Aug. 8, 2020, at the age of 78. She was born on April 10, 1942, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Andy and Sarah Henson Kappler...

SIKESTON — Charles Edward "Charlie" Fodge, 94, died Aug. 11, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 31, 1925, in Mississippi County, Missouri, son of the late Charles Louis and Fanny Lou Peck Fodge, he joined the Navy in 1942 and served in the South Pacific during World War II. He returned home in 1946 and spent most of his life driving truck deliveries for Cotton Springs, Potlatch and Midway Wholesale Florist. He was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Michael A. Richards, 65, died Aug. 9, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Jan. 21, 1955, in Manhattan Island, New York, he was the son of the late Louis and Marjorie Lee Richards. Survivors include: one brother, Daniel Richards of St. Genevieve, Missouri; and one sister, Diana Davis of Sikeston...

SIKESTON — Hope Terrell, 88, died July 30, 2020. Born Feb. 13, 1932, daughter of the late William and Martha Edwards, she attended Sikeston High School, she was a lifelong resident of Sikeston and past president of the Council on the Arts. She was an original board member and active in Sikeston Little Theatre for over 60 years, directing 13 musicals. She worked as a realtor, executive secretary for Sikeston Housing Authority, and Malone and Hyde and for Dr. Leo Bruce...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Leomia Newman-Simpson, 78, died Aug. 4, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 24, 1942, in Hughes, Arkansas, daughter of the late L.C. and Daisy Mae (Walker) Newman, she moved to Sikeston in 1958. She joined the St. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Our beloved mother and grandmother, Lura Elizabeth Gates entered her heavenly home with the love of her family surrounding her on Aug. 10, 2020, at the age of 94 years. Lura will be dearly missed by her children, David Gates, Diane Sindle, Larry and Pam Gates, David and Christie Parden; 11 grandchildren; 20 (plus one) great-grandchildren; 7 (plus two) great-great grandchildren; and former daughter-in-law, Rhonda Gates as well as numerous other family members and friends...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Dr. Donald A. Raithel, 84, died Aug. 11, 2020. Born April 3, 1936, in St. Louis, son of the late Forest and Frances Virginia Raithel, he served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves from 1954 to 1958. He worked in the aerospace industry at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft before graduating from Logan College of Chiropractic in 1962. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — William Harold Furgerson, 71, died Aug. 10, 2020 at his home in East Prairie. Born Dec. 15, 1948, in East Prairie, son of the late William Frank Furgerson and Annie Newman Furgerson, he was a retired farmer and veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during the Vietnam War. He had attended St. James Missionary Baptist Church in East Prairie...

SIKESTON — Glenda Kay Holmes, 68, died Aug. 8, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born July 22, 1952, in Troy, Tennessee, she was the daughter of Linnie Quinn Holmes of Sikeston and the late Thomas E. Holmes. In addition to her mother, she is survived by two sisters, Demetria Gale Ryan of Texas and Melody Prino of Jackson, Missouri...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Robert Warren, 84, died Aug. 9, 2020, at his home in East Prairie. Born Jan. 12, 1936 in Reeves, Tennessee, son of the late Nealy and Mary Alice Cribbs Warren, he had been engaged in farming most of his life and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Terry Louise Hutchison, 66, died Aug. 7, 2020, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 4, 1954, in Perryville, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late William L. and Willa M. Menz Bohannon. Survivors include: one brother, John Bohannon of Sikeston; one niece, Karen Johnson of Fletcher, North Carolina; three nephews, Ben Bohannon of Houston, Texas, Justin Bohannon of Sikeston, Missouri, and Philip Bohannon of Bloomfield, Missouri; a great-nephew and two-great nieces.. ...

HAYSVILLE, Kan. — Stephen Lynn Lingle, 63, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, died Aug. 6, 2020, at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

SIKESTON — Harold Glen Hollis, 92, died Aug. 7, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 14, 1928, at Grayridge, Missouri, son of the late Thomas Wesley Hollis and Gladys Genevive Carr Hollis, he was a U.S. Navy veteran and went on to serve in the Naval Reserve. After his military service, he settled in Anderson, Indiana, and took a position with the Container Corporation of America where he worked until he retired in 1990. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the U.S. Steel Worker’s Union. In 2002, he and his wife returned to Southeast Missouri, living in the Sikeston and Miner area.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Ruth Mayberry, 87, died Aug. 7, 2020, at Pemiscot Memorial Health System. Born March 16, 1933, in Arkansas, daughter of the late Mattie Francis White Gribble and Tom Gribble, she was of the Baptist belief. Her husband, J.L. “Bud” Mayberry, preceded her in death on Sept. 5, 1994...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Helen Aliene Stallings, 99, died Aug. 7, 2020, at her home in East Prairie. Born July 22, 1921, in New Madrid County, Missouri, daughter of the late Louis and Nora Wilburn, she graduated high school in 1939 from a one-room school building outside of East Prairie, where she became the teacher the very same year. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Sam "Pete" Miller, 82, died Aug. 8, 2020, at his home in East Prairie, Born April 17, 1938, in James Bayou Community, son of the late Jimmie and Birtha Miller, he worked as a farmer on the family farm on Crescent Plantation in Waterproof, Louisiana, as well as the Tensas Parish Water Works also in Waterproof and as an ironworker being involved in the construction of the St. ...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. — Patricia Ann McElroy Happe, 79, died Aug. 4, 2020. Born Dec. 18, 1940, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Ralph McElroy and Ila Mae (Gestring) Williams, she was a 1958 graduate of Sikeston High School and obtained a master’s degree in business education at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Gary M. Arnold, 81, died Aug. 3, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 2, 1939, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to William Henry Arnold and Beatrice Taylor Sutton, he was a 1965 graduate of Sikeston, Missouri, High School. He was owner of Gary M. Arnold Construction and previous owner of Imperial Interiors. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Norma Steward, died July 30, 2020, at the New Madrid Nursing Center in New Madrid. Born Aug. 9, 1932, in Newport, Ark., to the late Lee and Mamie Coleman Steward, he was employed and Laclede Steele of Alton, Ill., until his retirement...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Monica Paulette Parr Burney, 69, died Aug. 4, 2020, at her home in East Prairie. Born Jan. 18, 1951, in East Prairie, daughter of Delma Fern Purl Parr and the late Charles Paul Parr, she had lived in East Prairie her entire life and was a 1968 graduate of East Prairie High Schoo. She attended cosmetology school.   On Aug. 10, 1968, she married Rex Edward Burney, who survives of the home...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — George Adolph DeRousse, 89, died Aug. 4, 2020, at Tishomingo Manor in Iuka, Mississippi. Born Dec. 30, 1930, in Pemiscot County, Missouri, son of the late Thelma Ethel Pigg DeRousse and Ollie DeRousse, he was a member of the Hayward Baptist Church and a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Korean War...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Larry Briggs, 71, died July 29, 2020. Born March 18, 1949, in St. Louis, Missouri, son of the late Eunice Briggs and Dorothy Briggs Jacobs, was a 1967 graduate of Charleston High School. He was a member of the starting five for Charleston High School’s first team to win a regional championship and a state playoff game during the 1966-1967 season. ...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Dottie Sue Lutes, 73, of Morehouse, received her glorious angel wings on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Born Oct. 2, 1946, in Sikeston, to the late Alive D. and Maggie Tillman Wyatt, she had lived in the Sikeston area most of her life where she had worked at Houchin Donuts for over 20 years and was currently employed with Always First Home Care.

SIKESTON — Michele Knickman, 62, of Sikeston, Mo., passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020. Michele was born April 28, 1958, in Avon, South Dakota, to Herb and Sharon (Bessel) Yost. She attended the University of South Dakota where she met her husband. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Ramona Rose “Monee” Copeland, 53, died Aug. 3, 2020, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Born Oct. 15, 1966, in Hayti, Mo., daughter of the late Louise Norwood Robbins and Glindel Allen Robbins, she worked as a licensed practical nurse at the New Madrid living Center...

MINER, Mo. — Imogene Clark, age 85, passed away on Aug. 2, 2020, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. She was born Sept. 12, 1934, in New Madrid County, to the late Roy and Bertie Johnson Edwards. She worked at Missouri Delta Medical Center from 1985 until retiring in 2002...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Hettie A. Rogers, 92, died Aug. 2, 2020, at her home in Lilbourn. Born Aug. 27, 1927, in Dogwood, Missouri, daughter of the late Jess Dalton and Dovie Jane Woods Douglas, she lived in Marston until moving to Lilbourn.

SIKESTON — Edith Faye Grainger, 82, died Aug. 2, 2020, at her home near Sikeston. Born Jan. 29, 1938, in Osceola, Arkansas, daughter of the late Arthur Edgar Ergle and Evis Savannah Horton Ergle, she had lived many years in the Matthews area. On Dec. 10, 1981, she married Albert Leonard “Al” Grainger, who preceded her in death on June 18, 2017.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Patricia “Pat” Carden, daughter of the late Ruben Carden and Mary Margaret Wainscott Martin, was born on April 18, 1950, in Dorena, Missouri, and departed this life on July 31, 2020, at her residence in East Prairie, Missouri, at the age of 70 years...

TEXARKANA, Ark. — Robert Forrest Chandler, 78, died July 28, 2020, at his home in Texarkana. Born Oct. 17, 1941, in Charleston, Missouri, son of the late Laudie Forrest and Elzetta Jordan Chandler, he grew up in Charleston and attended Charleston Public Schools. ...

SIKESTON — Sarah Rae Doss Cross, 33, died Aug. 2, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born July 13, 1987, in Madison, Florida, daughter of William Ray Doss Sr. and Faith Annette Owen Doss, she had lived in East Prairie, Missouri, 20 years before moving to Sikeston. She was a member of Gospel Assembly of East Prairie and had been a den mother for the Cub Scouts. She was employed as an in-home care provider for SADI Home Health Care Agency...

MORLEY, Mo. — Stanley Ray Southard, 58, died July 31, 2020, at his home in Morley. Born Sept. 6, 1961, in Lilbourn, Missouri, son of the late Theodore "Teddy" and Frances Maxine Caudle Southard, he was employed as a maintenance technician at Wal-Mart...

CAIRO, Ill. — Marvin F. Wolford, 81, formerly of the Dorena, Missouri, Community, died July 30, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 16, 1939, in Dorena, to the late Aaron and Christine Cole Wolford, he was a self-employed farmer in Alexander County for many years.  He attended First Baptist Church in Mounds, Illinois...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Patricia P. Copeland, 66, died July 28, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 16, 1954, in Portageville, she was the daughter of the late Martha Meinz Cook and Henry Cook. On Feb. 16, 1968, in Portageville, she married Freddie Copeland; he preceded her in death Aug. 17, 2012...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Kyle Matthew Hart, 39, died July 17, 2020, in a Chattanooga healthcare facility. Born Dec. 16, 1980, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, son of Roy Hart of Desoto, Missouri and Velva (Tommy) Butler of Lafayette, Georgia, he was a 1999 graduate of Northwestern High School...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Jimmy Dee Hailey, 86, died July 29, 2020, at the VA Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Born June 15, 1934, in Conran, Missouri, son of the late Mattie Mae McArthur and James William Hailey, he was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving in the United States Marine Corps. He was of the Baptist belief...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Janet Ruth Harp, 75, died July 28, 2020, at her home in Morehouse. Born Oct. 20, 1944, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Lawrence Edward Pfifer and Sybil Harmon Pfifer, she retired from the housekeeping department at Sikeston Health Care. In 2000, she won the Airplay International King Eagle Golden Pen Award...