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Connie Foust (7/26/24)MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Connie Foust, age 75, passed away July 25, 2024, at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Missouri. She was born Aug. 8, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of the late Charles Merl Little and Alma Murphy Spikes. She was a member of Morehouse Pentecostal Apostolic Church. ...
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Tony Smith (7/26/24)MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Steven Anthony "Tony" Smith, a dedicated firefighter and beloved community member, passed away on July 24, 2024, at his home in Morehouse. Born on April 18, 1962, in Los Angeles, California, to the late Tom Smith and Jean Driskell Smith. ...
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Michael Woods (7/25/24)BERTRAND, Mo. — Michael Dean Woods, 51, formerly of Anniston, Missouri, died July 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Monday, July 29 at the Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston, Missouri, with the Jon Archie, pastor, officiating...
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Linda Mae Castleberry (7/25/24)SIKESTON — Linda Mae Castleberry, affectionately known as “Mama Lynn,” was born Dec. 5, 1951, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Alvin Seuell and Lavern Simmons. She was one of 10 children on her mother’s side and one of eight children on her father’s side. Her parents; four brothers, Gene Autry Bradley, Robert Seuell, Alvin Seuell Jr., Donald Jay Seuell; and two sisters, Glendoria Seuell Adams and Ernestine Simmons, preceded her in death...
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Lisa Michelle Reed (7/25/24)LILBOURN, Mo. — Lisa Michelle Reed, age 57, of Lilbourn passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024, surrounded by her family at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Lisa was born in Sikeston, to Sandra Holland and Dennis Townsend, on Sept. 26, 1966. She was lovingly raised in Lilbourn by her mother Sandra Giddens and Jon Giddens...
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Allen Rand (7/25/24)PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Allen Rand, 75, died July 14, 2024, in St. Louis, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 27 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.
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Rhonda Ward (7/24/24)BERTRAND, Mo. — Rhonda Denean Ward, age 56, of Bertrand went to be with her Lord on July 23, 2024. Born Dec. 23, 1967, in Morrilton, Arkansas, Rhonda loved her family and spending time with her grandchildren. She also enjoyed taking mission trips with the church. She was a member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Sikeston, Missouri.
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Gordon Jones (7/24/24)SIKESTON — Dr. Stanley Gordon Jones passed away Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 66 years old.Born Sept. 9, 1957, in St. Louis, to the late Stanley G. Jones and Patricia Yeldell Jones, he grew up in Bonne Terre, Missouri, graduating from North County High School in 1975.
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Thomas Wiley Jr. (7/23/24)SIKESTON — Thomas "Poochie" Wiley Jr., 62, of Sikeston passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024. in Sikeston. He was born on Jan. 29, 1962, in New Rochelle, New York, to the late Thomas Wiley Sr. and Louise Jones Wiley. He is survived by two sons, Demetris Williams and Terrance Williams; one daughter, Thomeshia Perry; one sister; four grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends...
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Barbara Yancy (7/23/24)SIKESTON — Barbara Jean Harper Yancy, 67, died July 23, 2024, at Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston. A private family service and burial will be held at the Harper Cemetery at Maynard, Arkansas. McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements...
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Leroy Blasingain Sr. (7/22/24)EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Leroy James Blasingain Sr., 67, died July 16, 2024. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri,. Keith Cook of East Prairie will officiate. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...
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Brenda Westmoreland (7/19/24)CARRIERE, Miss. — Brenda Payne Westmoreland, daughter of the late Alvin and Iva Payne, was born on Thursday, July 6, 1950, in Risco, Missouri, and departed this life on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at her residence in Carriere at the age of 74 years, 10 days...
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Wanda Scarbrough (7/19/24)SIKESTON — Wanda Lee Nelson Scarbrough, age 99, passed away July 16, 2024, at her home in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 15, 1924, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Walter Nelson and Ethel Duke Nelson. On Oct. 5, 1943, she married William Lee Scarbrough Sr.; he preceded her in death Feb. 17, 2017...
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Judith Queen (7/18/24)AURORA, Mo. — Judith Wallace Layton Queen, 83, of Aurora, formerly of French Village, Missouri, went to her heavenly home on Friday, July 12, 2024, while at Mercy Hospital in Aurora after a brief illness. Judy was born on Sept. 11, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the proud parents Carl Banks Wallace and Francis Mae Johnson Wallace...
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Eric Rainey (7/18/24)SIKESTON — Eric Lynn Rainey was born on Feb. 15, 1984, in Blytheville, Arkansas. He passed away on Dec. 8, 2022, at his home in Sikeston. He was 38 years of age. He was preceded in death by his father, Marty Rainey; grandparents, Robert and Mae Russell and uncle, Bryan Russell...
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Elisha Williamson (7/17/24)SIKESTON — Elisha Williamson made her transition on the afternoon of July 15, 2024, at the age of 34. Born and raised in Sikeston, Elisha spent her life surrounded by family and friends who cherished her deeply.
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Lisa Brown (7/16/24)MATTHEWS, Mo. — Lisa Kay McKinley Brown, 62, died July 16, 2024, at the Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday, July 18 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. Graveside services will immediately follow at the Dogwood Cemetery. Her nephew, Scott Branam, will officiate...
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Richard Adams (7/16/24)EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Richard Gordon Adams, 61, died July 15, 2024, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. A private memorial and celebration of life for immediate family and close friends will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...
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Tonya M. Keller (7/16/24)ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Tonya M. Keller, 45, of Allentown passed away Thursday, July 11, 2024, in the St. Luke’s University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus. She was the wife of Joseph S. Keller. They celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary last April. Tonya was born Dec. ...
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Merle Gelsheimer (7/15/24)CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Merle Edwin Gelsheimer, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, July 13, 2024, at his residence. Merle was born Feb. 11, 1931, in Springfield, Missouri, to the late Henry and Mora Cain Gelsheimer. He was a 1949 graduate of Central High School in Springfield and then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. He was honorably discharged and returned home to Springfield...
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Ladonna Morgan (7/15/24)SIKESTON — Ladonna Morgan, 44, of Sikeston passed away on Monday, July 8, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on Oct. 19, 1979, in Sikeston, to Donna E. (Marks) Morgan and the late Rodell G. Jackson. In addition to her mother, she is survived by three brothers, Mark Marks, Paul Marks, Matthew Morgan and a host of other relatives and friends...
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Vonda Barnes (7/15/24)SIKESTON — Vonda N. Barnes passed away on the evening of July 13, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born on June 25, 1929, in Morley, Missouri, to William A. and Beulah O’Neal Foster On Jan. 20, 1952, she married Harley E. Barnes Jr. at the First Baptist Church in Sikeston...
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Philip Blackman (7/14/24)DOGWOOD, Mo. — Phillip Daniel Blackman, 71, died July 12, 2024, at his home near the Dogwood Community. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until service time at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Ruth Estes (7/14/24)BERTRAND, Mo. — Ruth Lynn Richardson Eggers Estes, 94, died July 13, 2024, at her son's home in Sikeston. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston...
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Billy Borders (7/13/24)Billy Lloyd Borders, 85, died July 12, 2024, at his home in East Prairie. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at the First Church of God in East Prairie. Dawn Walters, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in the Anniston Cemetery under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston...
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Wanda Dixon (7/12/24)SIKESTON — Wanda Dixon, 55, passed away on July 8, 2024, at her home in Sikeston. Visitation will be held Friday, July 19, 2024, beginning at noon until time of funeral service at 1 p.m. at Life Church of Sikeston, MO. Timothy Randle will be officiating the service...
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Pollie Newman (7/11/24)ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Pollie Mae Newman, 74, passed June 28, 2024, at SLU Hospital. She was born Nov. 19, 1949, to the late L.C. and Daisy Mae Newman. Visitation is at 11 a.m. July 15 at Mount Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.
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John Groesbeck (7/11/24)SIKESTON — John Walley Groesbeck, age 89, of Sikeston passed away at Missouri Delta Medical Center on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. He was born Jan. 9, 1935, at Loyalton, California, to the late John William Groesbeck and Ruth Etta Morgan Jones and was the stepson of Harry Leroy Jones. He was raised in Salem, Illinois, before moving to Sikeston...
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Donna Carter (7/10/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. — Donna Rae Carter, 73, died July 10, 2024, at her home in Charleston. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Monday, July 15 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where the funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Jon Archie of the Elm Street Baptist Church will officiate...
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Elder Donald Easley (7/9/24)SIKESTON — Elder Donald E. Easley, 65, of Sikeston died Thursday, July 4, 2024, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 20, 1958, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late John W. Easley Sr. and Annie Mae Easley. He is survived by his wife, Lisa Easley; two sons, Donald (Latasha) William of St. Louis and Walter Lee (Jerrica) Scott of Malden, Missouri; two sisters; two brothers; and a host of other relatives and friends...
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Matthew Trotter Jr. (7/9/24)PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Matthew Lee Trotter Jr., 53, died July 4, 2024, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti, Missouri. Visitation is from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 13 at Good Hope Church in Marston, Missouri, with the Rev. Nobel Nelson officiating...
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Michael Coaker Sr. (7/8/24)SIKESTON — Michael Jerome Coaker Sr. of Sikeston, the son of Jerome (Evon) Howard Beasley, was born in Sikeston on March 3, 1981. Michael passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in New Madrid County, Missouri, at the age of 43 years old. Michael was one of four siblings: two boys and two girls. Michael is preceded in death by his loving mother, Evon Howard Beasley...
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Margaret Morrow (7/8/24)SIKESTON — Margaret Jane Morrow, 93, formerly of Bertrand, Missouri, died July 6, 2024, at Arbors of WestRidge Place Senior Living Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour at noon Wednesday, July 10 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Johnny Hester will officiate...
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Grace Ray (7/5/24)MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Grace Elizabeth Ray, 85, died July 4, 2024, at her home in Morehouse. Private family services will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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Don Edmonds (7/5/24)COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Donald "Don" Edmonds, 73, died June 29, 2024, at his home in Columbia, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 13 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. The Rev. Scott Moon, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Charleston, will officiate...
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Shirley Ann Shoemaker (7/5/24)PERKINS, Mo. — Shirley Ann Shoemaker of Perkins passed away at her residence surrounded by her loved ones on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at the age of 81. She was born on Oct. 1, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Julius Joseph Trost and Norma Maxine (Pippen) Trost...
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Billy Vaughn (7/3/24)DIEHLSTADT, Mo. — Billy Gene Vaughn, 71, died July 2, 2024, at his home in Diehlstadt. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until service time at 8 p.m. Friday, July 5 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.
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Fred H. Thornton (7/2/24)SIKESTON — Dr. Fred Howell Thornton passed away May 26, 2024, at the age of 86. Fred Howell Thornton was born July 29, 1937, to Fred and Hazel Thornton in Piggott, Arkansas. He was predeceased by Fred and Hazel Thornton and sisters, Janice Rice Haas and Helen Christianson Hilton...
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Shirley Turner (7/2/24)HAYWOOD CITY, Mo. — Shirley Ann Turner, 78, resident of Haywood City, died Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in her home. She was born Aug. 17, 1945, in Springfield, Arkansas, to the late Alfonzo Toney and the late Elizabeth Davis. Visitation is Saturday, July 6, 2024, 11 a.m. until the funeral hour of noon at Green Memorial Church of God in Christ in Sikeston, Missouri, with Associate Pastor Mark Jones of St. John Missionary Baptist Church officiating...
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Lillie Newson (7/2/24)NEW MADRID, Mo. — Lillie B. Newson passed away peacefully the morning of Saturday, June 29, 2024, with the love of her family surrounding her. She was born Dec. 12, 1945, in Tate County, Mississippi, to the late Jessie and Annie B. Woods Newson Sr. A Celebration of Lillie’s Life will be held on Saturday, July 6, 2024, with visitation starting at noon and the funeral at 1 p.m. at the New Madrid Baptist Church, 1240 Scott St., New Madrid...
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Charles Hunter (7/2/24)PARMA, Mo. — Charles Edward Hunter, 56, resident of Parma, died Thursday, June 20, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Dexter, Missouri. He was born March 9, 1968, in Catron, Missouri, to the late Margaret Greer and the late Robert Patton. Friends may come Saturday, July 6, 2024, from 11 a.m.. until the funeral hour of noon at First Baptist Church of Catron in Catron with Pastor Richard Houston officiating...
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Stephen Klein (7/2/24)BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Stephen Blanton Klein of Birmingham, who left us peacefully and surrounded by his loving family on June 30, 2024, at the age of 72. Steve was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on March 4, 1952. ...
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Jeffrey Bryan (7/1/24)SIKESTON — Jeffrey Allen Bryan, age 51, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born Sept. 23, 1972, in St. Louis, to the late Bobby Gene Bryan Sr. and Alice Loraine Ward. Jeff was of the Christian faith and a member of the Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston. He was employed by Unilever in Sikeston. Jeff loved fishing and car shows and he especially loved his children. They were his best friends...
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Zeta Freeland (7/1/24)VALPARAISO, Ind. — Zeta Jewell Freeland, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died at 2:53 a.m. June 29, 2024, in Valparaiso. Zeta was born Dec. 21, 1933, to the late Rufus and Viola White. She was 90 years old at her passing and had been suffering from memory issues for the past few years...
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Paul Crossno (7/1/24)PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Paul Wendall Crossn was born on July 13, 1940, in Steele, Missouri, to the late Lois Barker Crossno and Samuel H. Crossno. He passed away on Friday, June 28, 2024, at Southgate Living Center, in Caruthersville, Missouri, at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 15days.
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Bonnie VanNoy (6/28/24)WICKLIFFE, Ky. — Bonnie Jo VanNoy, 75, of Wickliffe passed away at her residence on June 26, 2024. Bonnie Jo VanNoy, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, was born on Oct. 20, 1948, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to the late James and Bertha Wise Spight. She was a member of the Charleston Assembly of God and worked as an office manager for several auto dealerships. ...
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Tamara Nast (6/28/24)MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Tamara Denise Nast, age 65, passed away on June 27, 2024, at her home in Morehouse. She was born on March 6, 1959, to the late Robert Henry and Mary Helen Landers Lowery. On Nov. 8, 2010, in Canalou, Missouri, she married Howard “Howie” Nast who survives of the home in Morehouse...
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Peggy Witthoft (6/28/24)MORLEY, Mo. — Willidean “Peggy” Witthoft, daughter of the late Arnold Crowden and Ruby (Cochran) Nelson, was born on Sept. 1, 1948 in Randles, Missouri, and departed her life on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at her daughter’s residence in Morley at the age of 75...
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Kathy Crosier (6/28/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. — Kathleen “Kathy” Crosier, a cherished wife, mother, and grandmother passed away peacefully on the evening of May 12, 2024, at her home in Arizona. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, Norbert and Marcella Beffa. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Larry Crosier; her sons, Kevin Crosier (Facunda), Scott Crosier (Tracie) daughter Amy Blackman (Brad); and several grandchildren: Ethan, Madeline, Brielle, Blake, Brady, Landrie and Cally, along with stepgrandchildren: Christian, Kate, Aurora and Zahira, Kathy’s sisters Karen Faris, Chris Hardwick, Noreen Elkins (Ernie); and her brothers, Mike Beffa (Carlene) and Tim Beffa (Jeanne); and several nieces and nephews.. ...
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Megan Parker (6/27/24)SIKESTON — Megan Grace Parker, daughter of Lisa Kelley of Sikeston and Jeremy Parker of East Prairie, Missouri, was born on Sept. 21, 2001, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on June 26, 2024, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 22 years...
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