Obituaries

Brenda Marcus

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Brenda Marcus, 74, of Matthews passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at her home in Matthews. On Oct. 4, 1946, in Conway, Arkansas, she was born to the late, Milburn Love and Johnie Mae Lovelady Love. On Oct. 3, 1981, in Matthews, she was united in marriage to Larry Marcus, who survives of the home...
Iva Dill

EMELLE, Ala. — Graveside services for Iva Dill, 93, of Emelle were held Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at 10 a.m. at the Central Cemetery in Emelle with Rev. Wilson Kilpatrick officiating. Mrs. Dill passed away at Sumter Health and Rehab on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. She was born Sept. 11, 1927, in New Madrid, Missouri. She will be greatly missed by her loving family and everyone who had the privilege of knowing her...
Bertha Bibb

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Bertha Bibb passed away Feb. 21, 2021, at the New Madrid Nursing Center in New Madrid at the age of 89 years. She was born Feb. 21, 1932, in Malden, Missouri, to the late Lee and Evoline McCollum Redman. She was preceded in death by her parents; sons, Tony Redman and Jerry Bibb; sisters, Faye Givens and Linda Wright; and brothers, Junior Redman and Jack Redman...
Hazel Dacus

SIKESTON — Hazel Marie Dacus, 93, died Feb. 23, 2021, at her home in Sikeston. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until service time at 2:30 p.m. Friday at First Church of God with the Rev. George Carol officiating. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery with DeLisle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...
Victor Hornburg (2/24/21)

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Victor Lee Hornburg, 58, died Feb. 15, 2021, at Portageville. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Portageville Cemetery with DeLisle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Jeanie Whigham (2/24/21)

PIPERTON, Tenn. — Florrie Jean “Jeanie” Whigham, 78, died Feb. 15, 2021, at her home. Visitation is after 12:30 p.m. Saturday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in New Madrid, Missouri.
Karla Thacker (2/23/21)

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Karla Kay Thacker, 55, died Feb. 20, 2021, at Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery...
Reba Ryan (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Reba Ryan died Feb. 23, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.
Ruby Shanks (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Ruby Smith Shanks, 74, died Feb. 21, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Services will be held Wednesday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.
Michael Forrester (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Michael Forrester, 63, died Feb. 20, 2021, at his home in Sikeston. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Wednesday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Mounds Park Cemetery.
Gene Knight (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Bobby Eugene "Gene" Knight Jr. went on to his heavenly reward on Feb. 21, 2021. He was born July 28,1952, in Paducah, Kentucky, to Bobby Eugene Knight Sr. and Vanace Ann "Baker" Knight. He graduated from Sikeston High School in 1970. Gene married the love of his life, Shirley Jean Knight, on March 10, 1975. ...
Pecola Wofford (2/23/21)

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Pecola Wofford was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Kewanee, Missouri, to the late Jessie Lee and Willie Mae Jones and died Feb. 19, 2021. She married the late simon Wofford III on Feb. 8, 1947, in New Madrid. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie Lee and Willie Mae Jones; her husband, Simon Wofford III; three daughters, Alberta Farr, Dorothy Wofford and Sharon Iola Wofford; and one son, Simon Wofford IV...
Johnnie Davis Sr. (2/23/21)

RENTON, Wash. — Johnnie Lee Davis Sr. was born in New Madrid, Missouri, to Sherman and Lula Mae Davis on July 22, 1937, and he died Feb. 3, 2021. He was preceded in death by both parents; one sister, Norva Lee Cole; nine brothers, Percy Davis, Louis Davis, Monroe Davis, Charles Lee Bobby Joe Davis, Owen Foster Jr., Robert Foster, Ezell Davis, Dwayne Wright, Walter Davis, Marvin Davis and Roger Davis...
Korinne Dannenmueller (2/23/21)

ORAN, Mo. — Korinne Lyn Dannenmueller, daughter of James Dannenmueller and Vicky Kieffer Dannenmueller of Oran was born on March 27, 2001, at Sikeston, Missouri, and passed away on Monday, Feb., 22, 2021, at her residence in Oran at the age of 19 years...
Virginia Wright (2/23/21)

SEARCY, Ark. — Virginia Rae (Thompson) Wright of Searcy, Arkansas, went to Heaven on Feb. 21, 2021. She was born and raised in Charleston, Missouri, where she married her high school sweetheart, Charles Wright, on April 10, 1954. She raised five sons and one daughter...
Derrick Ellis (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Derrick James Ellis, 40, died suddenly Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, while visiting relatives in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born March 27, 1980, in Sikeston, to the late Mary Ellis-Harris and Danny Jimerson. He attended public schools in Sikeston and worked many years as a cook for several restaurants in the Sikeston and Columbia, Missouri, area...
Jacob Moore (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Jacob Gareth Moore, 19, resident of Sikeston, died Feb. 18, 2021, in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 19, 2001, in Sikeston, to Jalanda Venee Winfield-Fennell and Gareth Moore. Jacob was a student in the Sikeston Public School District and received his high school diploma in May 2020. He was a volunteer at Westfield Nursing Center...
Donald Kay Merrick (2/23/21)

SIKESTON — Donald Kay Merrick of Sikeston was born to the late E. Dewey and Emma Merrick on Sept. 18, 1945, in Stoddard County, Missouri, and passed away on Feb. 18, 2021, in Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Donald had been a resident of Sikeston all of his life. He enjoyed spending time with his family...
Gloria Causey (2/22/21)

MALDEN, Mo. — Gloria Jean Causey, 64, died Feb. 18, 2021, at Gideon Care Center. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri.
Marsha Roberts (2/21/21)

SIKESTON — Marsha Christine Roberts, age 70, passed away Feb. 19, 2021, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born July 30, 1950, in Kennett, Missouri, daughter of the late Andrew Knotts and Annabel Prance Knotts. Marsha was a member of the Red Hats Society, an avid cruise participant, and worked in Patients Accounts for Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...
Dacota Carter (2/21/21)

ORAN, Mo. — Dacota Blaze Carter, age 17, passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at his home in Oran. He was born Sept. 22, 2003, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Douglas L Carter, Jr. and Tiffany N. Campbell Carter. He had attended the New Dawn State School. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Katelyn Carter of Oran...
Jerold Kimbro (2/19/21)

SIKESTON — Jerold Kimbro, age 64, passed away on Feb. 18, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 8, 1956, in Eau Claire, Michigan, to the late Wiley and Wilma Sisk Kimbrough. On Nov. 22, 1988, in Sikeston, he married Teresa Holman Kimbro who survives of the home in Sikeston...
Norman Woods (2/19/21)

SIKESTON — Norman Stanley Woods went home to his permanent address with his heavenly Father on Feb. 18, 2021. "Do not send me a letter," he says, "Come and visit me! Jesus provides the vehicle, come and get on board!" Norman, or "Stormin' Norman" as he was affectionately known by his football players and students, was born Nov. 10, 1938, in the front bedroom of his Grandma and Grandpa Dye's home in Sikeston, Missouri to his father, Stanley Bedford Woods, and his mother, Anita Marie Beal Woods. ...
Jerry Wayne Holland (2/16/21)

BERTRAND, Mo. — Jerry Wayne Holland, 86, died Feb. 12, 2021, in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Oct. 8, 1934, in East Prairie, Missouri, the second child of a set of fraternal twins to Carl Berry and Birdie (Holland) Gibbear, he worked at Del Farms, Knight’s Department Store, Barkett’s Grocery, McKinnie’s Grocery, Charles Todd/Aramark Uniform Company, and most recently he worked part-time as a bread deliverer for Lewis Bros. Co.
Evelyn Lucile Hodge (2/16/21)

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Evelyn Lucile Hodge, 80, passed away peacefully on Jan. 24, 2021. Evelyn was born on Oct. 6, 1940, to Ralph Francis and Vivian Lucile Jackson Potashnick. She grew up in Sikeston, Missouri, and graduated from Sikeston High School in 1958. ...
Ann Simpson (2/16/21)

LILBOURN, Mo. — Ann Naomi “Nanny” Simpson went to her heavenly home on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, surrounded by her family at her earthly home in Lilbourn at the age of 94 years, 5 months and 21 days. She was born on Aug. 22, 1926, at Higgerson Landing in New Madrid, Missouri, to the late Mattie Alice Boyd Porter and William Addison Porter...
Martha Keener (2/15/21)

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Martha Ann Farmer Keener, age 92, a resident of Charleston, was called to her Lord Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. She was born Oct. 15, 1928, in Charleston, to Charles Franklin and Cordia Sutherland Farmer. On April 6, 1955, she married Harry Elliott Keener who preceded her in death...
Bonnie Nicholas (2/12/21)

SIKESTON — Bonnie Nicholas, 75, died Feb. 10, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
Kenneth Ramsey (2/11/21)

BROSELEY, Mo. — Kenneth Dale Ramsey, age 62, of Broseley died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mr. Ramsey was born July 27, 1958, son of the late Harold Gene and Betty Jean (Owens) Ramsey. He is survived by one son, Dustin Ramsey; and one daughter, Nakeesha Williams both of Poplar Bluff; three sisters, Debby Adams of Wappapello, Teresa Roberts and Donna Malloy both of Sikeston, Missouri; and five grandsons, Kencin Ramsey, Dustin Ramsey II, Justice Williams, Nickalos Ramsey and Andrew Ramsey.. ...
LeRoy Huls (2/10/21)

SIKESTON — LeRoy Huls, age 87, passed away on Feb. 10, 2021, at his home in Sikeston. He was born March 19, 1933, in Sibley, Iowa, to the late Henry and Martha Huls. He is survived by one son, Russ Huls of Sikeston; and two grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters...
Mildred Mitchem (2/10/21)

WARDELL, Mo. — Mildred Jean Mitchem, 79, died Feb. 7, 2021, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 11:30 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri. Burial will be in the Wardell Cemetery...
Leda Wagner (2/9/21)

SIKESTON – Leda Jo Wagner, age 75, passed away Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Sikeston. She was born March 29, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, daughter of the late Roy McVay Swope and Anna Bell Bohnert. Leda was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ and had worked as a social worker for the Missouri Department of Family Services before retiring...
Betty McArthur (2/8/21)

SIKESTON — Betty McArthur, 93, died Feb. 7, 2021, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. There are no public services planned at this time. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Melany Buttry (2/8/21)

SIKESTON — Melany Dawn Buttry, age 56, passed away on Feb. 8, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Dec. 22, 1964, in Sikeston, to the late Thomas and Imogene Ross Massey. On July 4, 1995, in Sikeston, she married Phillip Buttry who survives of the home in Sikeston...
John Lance Jr. (2/8/21)

SIKESTON – John Alton Lance Jr., age 48, passed away Feb. 6, 2021, at his home in Sikeston. He was born June 7, 1972, in Paulding, Ohio, son of the late John Alton Lance Sr. and Christina Ann Jenkins Sumner. On Jan. 17, 1994, at the New Madrid Baptist Church in New Madrid, Missouri, he married Krystal Gayle Knight, who survives of the home...
James Powell (2/6/21)

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. —James Welton Powell, 65, died Feb. 4, 2021, at LaForge, Missouri. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until service time at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.
Dr. Nat Snider (2/5/21)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Dr. Nat M. Snider left us for heaven in the early hours of Feb. 4, 2021, in Springfield at the age of 96. Dr. Snider was born on Dec. 13, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was a decorated WWII soldier in the European Theatre and was awarded both the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Upon returning from the war, he became a doctor of optometry and practiced for many years in Sikeston, Missouri. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and overseas travel...
Randy Newton (2/5/21)

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Randy Allen Newton, 61, died Jan. 31, 2021, at his home in Portageville. Visitation is from 2 p.m. until service time at 4 p.m. Saturday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.
William Pigg (2/3/21)

SIKESTON — William Eugene Pigg, 65, died Jan. 31, 2021, in Sikeston. Visitation will be at noon until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden, Missouri. Burial will be in the Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Missouri.
Virginia Holsinger (2/3/21)

SIKESTON – Virginia Lee Holsinger, age 87, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born April 12, 1933, in Wyatt, Missouri, daughter of the late Claude and Lucy Kirkpatrick Lochridge. She was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church, Altrusa Club, J.C. Wives, and Lady Elks. She made custom draperies and then worked for J.C. Penney’s before retiring...
Faye E. Youngblood (2/3/21)

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Heaven gained at beautiful angel, Faye E. Conyers Youngblood, age 92, a resident of East Prairie. She passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at 12:47 p.m. at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born Feb. 2, 1929, in the Sugartree Community, to Fred and Bertha Bisher Conyers, Faye lived most of her life in East Prairie where she was a member of the First Baptist General Baptist Church. ...
Gladys Goodin (2/2/21)

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Gladys Jane Finley Goodin, age 81, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born March 23, 1939 in Charleston, to Harry S. and Geneva Greer Finley.
Larry Glenn (2/2/21)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Larry Wade Glenn, surrounded by his loving family, entered his eternal home on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. He was born on Nov. 28, 1947, to Charlie Leon and Ruby Walker Glenn, both of whom greeted him upon his arrival. On April 12, 1969, he married Pansy Minehart and shared a 50-plus year love affair with her. ...
William Duncan (2/2/21)

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — William L. Duncan, 95, of St. Charles passed away Jan. 27, 2021, at the St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles. He was born on Jan. 22, 1926, in Portageville, Missouri, to the late Ross W. Duncan and Rushie Marie Nale Duncan. He was also preceded in death by all of his brothers and sisters...
Jeff Davis Jr. (2/2/21)

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Jeff Davis Jr., 56, died Jan. 27, 2021, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 8, 1964, in St. Louis, to Mary Harris Jimmerson, (Mike Ross Sr.) and Jeff (Dorothy) Davis Sr. He attended Scott County Central High School...
Johnnie Ivy (2/2/21)

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Johnnie A. "Poncho" Ivy, 93, passed away peacefully Jan. 30, 2021, at the home of his son, Raymond, and his two granddaughters at his side. He was born Nov. 19, 1927, in Charleston, to the late Elder Berry B. and Lula (Scaife) Ivy. He attended public school in Charleston and was drafted into the U.S. Army in April 1946 and fought in WWII...
Jim Grimes (2/2/21)

BERGER, Mo. — Mr. Jim D. Grimes, of Berger passed peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and children on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. He had reached the age of 81 years, 3 months and 24 days. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2021, at the First United Methodist Church Cemetery, 867 Ming Drive, Washington, MO 63090. ...
John Ginther (2/2/21)

LILBOURN, Mo. — John Augustus Ginther, 75, died Jan. 28, 2021, at his home in Lilbourn. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at noon Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery.
Wayne Angle (2/1/21)

SIKESTON — Wayne Cornell Angle, age 83, of Sikeston passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, due to complications of heart surgery. He was born Sept. 22, 1937, in rural Scott County, Missouri, to the late Woodrow and Florence (Poe) Angle...
Judy Robinson (2/1/21)

SIKESTON — Judy Denise Robinson, age 56, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Jan. 27, 2021, at Kate B. Reynolds Home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was born March 9, 1964, in Matthews, Missouri, daughter of Willie Mae White Chamberlain of Sikeston and the late John Henry Davis...