Juan Solis

SIKESTON — Juan A. Solis, age 75, passed away March 17, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born Feb. 1, 1947, in Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatamala, son of the late Juan Bautista-Solis-Manzo and Ester Castro Lopes De Solis. Juan was a member of The Sanctuary and Christ to the World Ministry.

He is survived by his wife, Deborah Dowdy Solis, of the home in Sikeston.

Other survivors include: four children, Noel Lazcano, Beatriz (Jose) Flores, Renee (Larry) Gammons and Claudia Ester Solis-Mendosa; two brothers, Herbert Misael Solis-Castro and Efrain Solis-Castro; four sisters, Martha Consuelo Solis-Castro, Ethelvina Solis-Castro, Emma Rosuara Solis-Castro, and Martha Omery Solis-Castro; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Juan was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Hermosinda Solis-Castro and Sara Solis-Castro.

Visitation will be held Monday, March 21 from noon until time of funeral services at 1 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Rick McNeely and Pastor Jay Teague will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie, Missouri.