Obituaries

SIKESTON — Martin Gale Lane, 83, died March 24, 2023, at Day Break Nursing Center in Miner, Missouri. A private service will be held at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Dorothy Louise McAfee Coffer, age 96, of Charleston died Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 17, 1926, in the Texas Bend Community of Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late James Patterson McAfee and Lillie Inez Brookman McAfee, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life and was retired from the Brown Shoe Company in Charleston after 40 years of employment. ...

SIKESTON — Co-Pastor Ernestine Bonner, age 68, was born in Hollywood, Mississippi, to the late Percy Baker Sr. and Rosie Mae Baker on June 23, 1955, and she departed this life on March 19, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was preceded in death by her parents and one son, Johnathan Horton...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Carmen Louise Robertson, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Mrs. Robertson was born July 5, 1930, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Ora T. and Beulah (Baker) Tallent.

BLODGETT, Mo. — Jason Heath Wilkerson, 37, of Blodgett passed away on March 16, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri. Jason was born on Nov. 7, 1985, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Mary Morefield and Timmy Wilkerson. Jason loved to go fishing anytime he could. He was always there to help the family and any of his neighbors anytime he was able. He worked various jobs feeding livestock over the years and doing whatever job that was needed...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Shirley Ann (Williams) Owens, age 85, died March 16, 2023, from injuries sustained in a car wreck a week prior. She was a retired schoolteacher and taught at Southeast Elementary School in Sikeston, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, Finley and Hallean (Oliver) Williams; and husband, Arthur “Archie/Art” Owens...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mae Marie Passley Bowles, 85, died March 18, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Priscilla Ann Patton, 94, died March 17, 2023, at her home in Portageville. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 20 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, where services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 21 with the Revs. Barron Willer, Danny Stevens and Reggie Grant officiating...

SIKESTON — Patricia Jean Moore Riley,75, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died March 16, 2023, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Monday, March 20 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. David Dowdy will officiate. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston.

SIKESTON — Carol Janis Green-Bates, age 82, passed away March 13, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 16, 1941, in Bell City, Missouri, daughter of the late Marion Ace Green and Ida Bell Pixley-Green. Carol was a member of Bell City Southern Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing, ATV riding, working in her garden, taking care of animals and spending time with her grandchildren. She worked as a sewing machine operator for Thorngate before retiring...

PENDLETON, Ind. — Cynthia Ellen Bird Zilafro, 65, died Jan. 22, 2023, at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. Graveside committal services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...

LILBOURN, Mo. — John Wayne Reynolds Sr., 80, died March 15, 2023, at his home in Lilbourn. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, where services will be at noon Saturday, March 18 with the Rev. Larry Gammons officiating...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Lily Beth Babb, 22, died March 15, 2023, near Portageville. Visitation is from noon until service time at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Charlie Thacker officiating.

BELL CITY, Mo. — Burley Wayne McIntyre, age 59, passed away on March 14, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on Aug. 14, 1963, in Indio, California, to Burley and Janice Jackson McIntyre. On Aug. 27, 1983, in Oran, Missouri, he married Leslie Hastings McIntyre who survives of the home in Bell City...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Della Mae Phillips, age 83, passed away on March 9, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Sept. 24, 1939, in Alicia, Arkansas, to the late Tillman and Esther Kell Williams. She retired in 2002 as a CNA at the Missouri Veteran’s Home in Cape Girardeau...

LaCENTER, Ky. — Bernard Joseph Anselm, age 99, went home to be with our Lord and Savior 12:49 a.m. on March 15, 2023. Bernard, better known as “Sonny,” was born on Dec. 2, 1923, in Charleston, Missouri, to Barney and Bena Anselm. Sonny graduated from St. Henry High School in Charleston. He married Helen Lucille Lovelace on Sept. 24, 1945. Together they raised six children...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Lloyd A. Willis, 76, died March 14, 2023, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

STEELE, Mo. — Norvil Wayne Ward, 84, died March 13, 2023, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Friday, March 17 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri, with the Rev. David Lewelling officiating...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Thomas Earl Wigfall Sr., 54, died March 11, 2023, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital. Visitation is from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 18 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Rube Sutton, 88, died March 10, 2023, at General Baptist Nursing Home- Campbell. Visitation was from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 13 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Dave Dittman officiating...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Sandra Ritchey, 58, died March 11, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 16 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Charlie Thacker officiating...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Graveside services for Carl Allred, 80, who died March 13, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri, were at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15 at Bloomfield Veterans Cemetery. Burial with full military honors followed. DeLisle Funeral Home of Portageville was in charge of arrangements...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Wilma Ruth Corneila Ogles (nee Johnston), age 95 years and 8 days, passed away on Friday, March 10, 2023, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Craighead County, Arkansas, on March 2, 1928, to the late Arthur and Lydia Ann Johnston (nee Winn), on a little farm in a community called Goobertown. She was the eighth of 12 children...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Leah Beth Somers, age 66, passed away on March 12, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born on April 29, 1956, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Donnie and Kaye Seymour Johnson. On Oct. 17, 2007, in Poplar Bluff, she married Wallace Somers who preceded her in death on Sept.22, 2022...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mable Anderson, 71, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, at her home in Nashville surrounded by her loved ones. She was born Feb. 25, 1951, in Swan Lake, Mississippi, to the late Ollie Mae Starnes and Alec Herron...

BENTON, Mo. — Jerry Peters, son of the late John Albert Peters and Mabel Ann (Woods) Peters, was born on Sept. 15, 1946, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed his life on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at his residence in Benton at the age 76 years. He was a graduate of Charleston High School and Draughon Drafting College. ...

SIKESTON — Jerry Patterson Sr., age 85, was born Oct. 11, 1937, and passed away March 12, 2023, at Daybreak Nursing Home. He was raised by his aunt and uncle, Jewell and Sadie Patterson, from the age of 10. On Dec. 13, 1958, he married the love of his life, Merilyn Crowell Patterson, she preceded him in death Dec. 31, 2010...

JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. — Dr. Stephanie Michelle Byrd Rouse, 43, formerly of Bertrand, Missouri, died March 2, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. Services will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17 at the United Methodist Church in Charleston. Information is courtesy of McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston...

KEWANEE, Mo. — Myra Roberta Patterson Kent, 90, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died March 11, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Kewanee.

SIKESTON — Della Mae Phillips, 83, died March 9, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — Erma Jean Bodimer Braswell, age 91, of Sikeston died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand, Missouri. She was born Sept. 9, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Benjamin Albert Bodimer Sr. and Nellie Elizabeth Kay Bodimer. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Edward Ray “Ed” Jackson, 79, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Born Jan. 17, 1944, he was the son of the late Z.T. and Mary Jackson. He is survived by his wife; one sister, Sharon Statler of Covington, Tennessee; one son, Keith (Rebecca) Jackson of California, Missouri; one daughter, Gina Jackson of Grandview, Missouri; two granddaughters, Micca (Jacob) Belke of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Jessica Smith of Kansas City, Missouri; nephews, Brian Young of Tucson, Arizona, Scott (Teresa) Young of Olive Branch, Mississippi; niece, Michelle (Jeff) Thompson of Covington, as well as cousins across the country and many friends including his best friend, Merrill (Janet) Hafner.. ...

SIKESTON — George Thomas Parker, age 77, of Sikeston died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born July 22, 1945, at Glasgow, Kentucky, to the late Robert Henry Parker and Nora Elizabeth Boles Parker, he grew up in central Kentucky. ...

SIKESTON — Mary Lou Taylor, age 85, of Sikeston died Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 9, 1937, in rural Scott County, Missouri, to the late Roy James Lovett and Lucille Pobst Lovett, she grew up in rural Scott County and was a graduate of Diehlstadt High School.

LILBOURN, Mo. — Clover Bankhead Williams, 69, resident of Lilbourn, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, died Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Clearview Care Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born May 1, 1953, in Murphysboro, Illinois, to the late Johnnie Bankhead and the late Annie Pearl Cole Bankhead...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Patricia LeeAnn Martin, 33, of Belleville passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023, at her residence. Patricia was born Oct. 5, 1989, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Gary Donald and Greta Vaughn Martin. After attending Bloomfield, Missouri, High School, she applied for and was accepted into the Building Union Diversity Program with the Trades Union of St. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Travis Andrew Williams, age 46, died peacefully at his home in Charleston Sunday, March 5, 2023. Travis was born Aug. 1, 1976, at Sikeston, Missouri, to David and Deborah Leigh Shelby Williams and was a 1995 graduate of Charleston High School.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Jaquata Yvonne Stewart, 91, died March 5, 2023, at New Madrid Living Center. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 7 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Charlie Thacker officiating...

SIKESTON — Debra Lynn Standridge, age 69, passed away on March 1, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. She was born on Oct. 24, 1953, in Sikeston, to the late Leon and Betty Bailey Clay. On April 17, 1999, in Sikeston, she married Terry Standridge who preceded her in death on May 8, 2012...

AMARILLO, Texas — Mary Evelyn Johnson (83) peacefully passed away at home in Amarillo at 1:08 a.m. on Dec. 19, 2022. She was born in Charleston, Missouri, on Jan. 7, 1939, to Elmer and Addie (Henson) Brothers. She was the stepdaughter of Eugene Champion...

TULSA, Okla. — Dr. Wallace Danforth Joslyn, 83, of Tulsa died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Dan was born on April 13, 1939 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Lewis Danforth Joslyn and Margaret Bernice Gallup Joslyn. Dan enjoyed running, track and field, travel, photography, history, carpentry, investing and staying abreast of sports, political and scientific progress. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Byron Wilson McDowell, age 91, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Dec. 19, 1931, at Fruitland, Missouri, to the late C. Wilson McDowell and Mildred Tant McDowell. Byron was a 1950 graduate of Charleston High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954 and was stationed at the Azores Islands and Colorado Springs Air Force Base. Byron was honorably discharged in 1954...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Clyde Eugene Woodworth Jr., 71, died Feb. 25, 2023, at University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. Monday, March 20 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Eddie Linhart Jr., pastor of Hope Community Church in Carlineville, Illinois, will officiate...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Thomas Edmond “Jake” Fisher, loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to many passed away at age 80. Jake, as everyone knew him, leaves behind a massive footprint that will forever be remembered. When he entered a room, his presence was felt by everyone. He never met a stranger, commonly referred to those friends he met as “Pal” and truly had a heart of gold...

BENTON, Mo. — Rose Ann Scherer, 84, of Benton, went to meet her loving husband, Charlie, on Feb. 28, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born Oct. 22, 1938, in Oran, Missouri, the daughter of the late Roman and Marie Ressel. On June 8, 1958, at Guardian Angel Church in Oran, she married the love of her life, Charlie Scherer...

LaFORGE, Mo. — Ray Fowler of Laforge left this earth for his heavenly home on Feb. 28, 2023, peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on March 24, 1937, to W.B. And Bessie Beatrice Barbre Fowler on his great-grandfather’s farm in Laforge...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Jerry Pearson, age 77, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away on Feb. 28, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 2, 1945, in Sikeston, to the late Howard and Doris Anderson Pearson.

SIKESTON — Debra Lynn Standridge, 69, died March 1, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

SIKESTON — Alma Jain Hearn Cowan, 68, died Feb. 28, 2023, at the SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — David Lynn “Bo” Evans, age 54, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at his home in Sikeston. He was born on Dec. 18, 1968, in Sikeston, to the late David and Wanda Marie Osburn Evans. He is survived by one sister, Sonya (David) Worthington of Cape Girardeau, Missouri...