Stories from Thursday, December 21, 2023

SIKESTON — Leta M. Lawrence Wise, 92, died Dec. 20, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. Private burial will be in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Missouri. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Walter Charnell Lewis, 67, of Charleston died Dec. 19, 2023, at the Charleston Manor in Charleston.

SIKESTON — Linda Carol Rassinier, 74, died Dec. 20, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Dotti Gardner, age 80, passed away on Dec. 20, 2023, at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews. She was born on Dec. 12, 1943, in Gideon, Missouri, to the late Gail and Dorothy Oakley Harrison. On Sept. 12, 1964, in Sikeston, Missouri, she married Larry Gardner who survives of the home in Matthews...

SIKESTON — Geraldine Karnes, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. She was born on Sept. 19, 1941, in Bell City, Missouri, to the late Earl Hassel and Christine Cantrell Scott. On Nov. 19, 1959, in Crowder, Missouri, she married Ival Gene Karnes, who preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 2023...

DEXTER, Mo. — Kay Jenkins, daughter of the late Charles Smith and Josie Grayum Smith, was born on Jan. 14, 1950, in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on Dec. 19, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 73 years...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. — George Leroy DePriest, 75, died Dec. 20, 2023, at his home Sedgewickville. Services will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, Missouri. is in charge of arrangements.