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Hazel Reams
(Obituary ~ 06/01/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- A graveside service for Hazel M. Reams, 84, who died Jan. 5, 2017, at the Chaffee Nursing Center, will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance. The Rev. Don Leggett will officiate. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Chaffee is in charge of arrangements...
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Carol Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 06/01/17)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Carol Hamilton, 81, died May 31, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 16, 1936, in Perkins, she was the daughter of the late William Barney and Jewel Miller Ervin. Her husband, James E. Hamilton, preceded her in death on Oct. 7, 2012...
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Kristen Sheubrooks
(Obituary ~ 06/01/17)
ATLANTA -- Kristen Nicole Hall Sheubrooks, 36, resident of Atlanta and native of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, May 30, 2017, surrounded by her loving and devoted family. Kristen, a caring mommy to her precious Jack and Zara, was a steadfast rock to her loving husband Rich, beloved daughter, sister, and friend and talented actor. ...
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Dr. Michael Wulfers
(Obituary ~ 06/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Dr. Michael Carl Wulfers, 64, of Cape Girardeau passed away on June 1, 2017 at his home. He was born Feb. 4, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to James F. Wulfers and Alene P. Dohogne Wulfers. He and Mary Eschmann were married Sept. 27, 1980...
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Jacqueline Marshall
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Jacqueline Webb Graham Marshall, 88, peacefully passed away Friday, June 2, 2017, at her home in Charleston, Mo. She was born on Nov. 27, 1928, in Paducah, Ky., to the late Julia Cooke and Robert Simpson Graham. She graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School and continued her education at the University of Kentucky. Miss Graham returned home to Paducah where she lived until her marriage to Edgar Calvin Marshall Jr. on April 29, 1950, at Broadway United Methodist Church...
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Danny Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Danny Kaye Bollinger, 69, died June 1, 2017, at his home. Born March 12, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, to Jean Milam Bollinger of Benton and the late Albert F. Bollinger, he was retired from the U.S. Air Force and a member of Cape County Cowboy Church and the American Legion in Benton...
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Ajante Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/03/17)
ST. LOUIS - Ajante' Kamar Johnson, 16, formerly of Charleston, died May 19, 2017, in St. Louis. Born Aug. 15, 2000, in Sikeston, to Rodney Johnson of St. Louis and the late Audrey Kay Cross, he attended Vashon High School and Gateway STEAM High School. He was a member of the Reserved Officer Training Corps program...
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Carol Morris
(Obituary ~ 06/04/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Carol Maxine Morris, 87, formerly of Sikeston, died June 2, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born near Chaffee, on Aug. 22, 1929, to the late William Henry and Virginia Minnie (Slinkard) White, she was a resident of this area most of her life. ...
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Victor Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/04/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Victor Jerome Miller, 59, died June 3, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Judith Scot
(Obituary ~ 06/04/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. - Judith Lee Scott, 74, died June 2, 2017, at her home. Born Jan. 25, 1943, in Bonne Terre, to the late Ralph and Ruby Shinn Ward, she was a registered nurse for the state of Missouri. She was a member of the Eastern Star and of the Southern Baptist faith. Also she was an instructor of the YMCA water aerobics program for five years...
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Sammy Isaacs
(Obituary ~ 06/05/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Sammy J. Isaacs, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 22, 1941, in West Frankfort, Ill., to Ralph and Ivern Daniels Isaacs. He and Rose Randol were married Nov. 13, 1960, in Morley, Mo...
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Victor Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/05/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Victor Jerome Miller, 59, died June 3, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born Nov. 14, 1957, in Gary, Ind., to the late Kenneth Eugene and Patsy Ann Martin Miller, he had lived in Charleston a number of years. In November 1998, he married Linda Marie Housman, who preceded him in death Sept. 12, 2003...
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Judith Shryock
(Obituary ~ 06/05/17)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Judith Ann Shryock, 78, formerly of Sikeston, died May 23, 2017, at the Ozark Manor in Fredericktown. Born Oct. 30, 1938, at Vanduser, to the late John Louis and Lura Beulah Parker Watkins, she was a 1956 graduate of Sikeston High School and of the Presbyterian belief...
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Shirley Housman
(Obituary ~ 06/05/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Shirley Housman, 64, died June 1, 2017, at her home in East Prairie. She was born April 14, 1953, in Lawrenceville, Ill., to the late Dave Martin and Emmer Smith Phillips. She was married to William Eugene Housman, who preceded her in death...
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Mary Curtis
(Obituary ~ 06/05/17)
SIKESTON - Mary Curtis, 82, died June 4, 2017, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Blanchard Funeral Chapel.
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Matilda Pulley
(Obituary ~ 06/05/17)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Matilda Agusta McNeely Pulley, 100, died May 28, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 8, 1916, in Clinton, Ark., daughter of the late William and Estella McCoy McNeely, she cleaned houses and was a member of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Malden...
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Glenda Baker
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
DELTA, Mo. -- Glenda Burnett "Boots" Baker, 87, died June 6, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 16, 1930, in Morley, to the late Cecil Thomas and Flora Belle Fisher Minner. On Nov. 1, 1947, she married James W. Burnett, and he preceded her in death on Oct. 20, 1977. She married Ralph K. Baker on Sept. 15, 1990, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 25, 2008...
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Viola Curtis
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
SIKESTON -- Mary "Viola" Curtis, 82, died June 4, 2017, at her home near Sikeston. Born Aug. 13, 1934, at Kennett, to the later Porter and Nancy Ann (Frost) Pipkin, she had been a resident of this area since 1952 and was a member of New Beginnings Church at East Prairie...
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Frances Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Frances E. Williams, 87, died June 5, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Dec. 8, 1929, in Mississippi County, to the late Thomas J. and Stranda Tinnell Givens, she was a member of the Assembly of God Church in East Prairie. ...
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Juanita Newsome
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Juanita Newsome, 87, died June 5, 2017, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Dec. 13, 1929, in Hickman, Ky., to the late Henry and Nellie Everett, she was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of East Prairie...
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Lucille Jackson
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
OZARK, Mo. - Lucille Lett Jackson, formerly of East Prairie and Charleston, Mo., passed away on June 4, 2017, at the age of 90. She was born on Nov. 25, 1926, in Bertrand, Mo., to Thomas LaFayette Lett and Minnie Evelyn Golightly, and baptized in the Bertrand Methodist Church...
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Dennis Wolfe
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
MATTHEWS, Mo. - Dennis Wolfe, 61, died June 5, 2017, at his home in Matthews. Born March 31, 1956, in Hayti, to the late Louie and Virginia Wolfe, he was a veteran of the United States Navy and was engaged in farming most of his life. On Nov. 5, 1976, he married Mamie Counts, who survives...
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Mary Puckett
(Obituary ~ 06/07/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The world lost a little bit of light and love on June 2, 2017, with the passing of Mary Lee Puckett. She was born on May 11, 1928, in St. Louis, Mo., to Claude John and Marie E. Jameson and spent her youth in Sikeston, Mo. Mary Lee had incredible accomplishments in her professional life. ...
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William Thompson
(Obituary ~ 06/07/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- William Wesley Thompson, 89, died June 7, 2017, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Born Sept. 12, 1927, in Hughes, ARk., son of the late John D. and Nora Thompson, he ad lived in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., before moving to Southeast Missouri. He had lived in the Dexter and Malden areas for more than 60 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War ll...
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Berneice Schuerenberg
(Obituary ~ 06/07/17)
SIKESTON - Berneice Schuerenberg, 93, died June 3, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Born April 5, 1924, in Sikeston, the daughter of the late Roy and Mary Zofe Chaney, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Dexter, and had retired after many years as a bookkeeper with the John Deere Dealership in Sikeston...
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Oddie Long Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/07/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Oddie Alexander Long Sr., 98, died June 1, 2017, at his home. Born April 23, 1919, in Wolf Island, to the late Artie and Ollie Cassell Long, he served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church where he was the secretary for many years...
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Donnie Huffman
(Obituary ~ 06/08/17)
SIKESTON -- Donnie Huffman, 70, died June 7, 2017, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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Lilly Berry
(Obituary ~ 06/09/17)
JACKSON, Mo. - Lilly Jolie Berry, 7, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Cardinal Glennon in St. Louis. She was born March 23, 2010, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jobi L. and Stella Wells Berry. Lilly was looking forward to being a second grader at Orchard Elementary School in Jackson. ...
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Nadine Grooms
(Obituary ~ 06/09/17)
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - Nadine Grooms, 94, of Blue Springs, Mo., formerly of Festus, Mo., passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at The Parkway Senior Living community in Blue Springs. She was born May 3, 1923, in Hardin, Ky., the daughter of the late Ginny Jewel (nee Wells) and Hannibal Drew Sweet...
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David Bruch
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
SIKESTON -- David Allen Bruch, 60, died June 10, 2017, at his home near Sikeston. Born Aug. 22, 1956, in St. Louis, to Seltania Kay Wood Bruch Tate of Eminence and the late Dale E. Bruch, he was a longtime resident of the Sikeston area. He was a heavy equipment mechanic and owned and operated Tri-State Crawler Service in Miner...
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Lucille Jackson
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
OZARK, Mo. - Lucille Lett Jackson, formerly of East Prairie and Charleston, Mo., passed away on June 4, 2017, at the age of 90. She was born on Nov. 25, 1926, in Bertrand, Mo., to Thomas LaFayette Lett and Minnie Evelyn Golightly, and baptized in the Bertrand Methodist Church...
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Clyde Doublin
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Clyde L Doublin, 76, died June 10, 2017, at Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center in Puxico. Born June 20, 1940, in Puxico, son of the late Kenneth Neal and Cloa Gray Doublin, he had lived in Shell City for several years before moving to Puxico in 1966. He was a member of Kinder Chapel...
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Linda Long
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
IDALIA, Mo. -- Linda Long, 60, died June 10, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born April 10, 1957, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of Barbara Elen Brown Bradfield of New Madrid and the late Harold Bradfield Sr., she was raised in Campbell and had lived in Idalia for many years. She had worked at Brown Shoe in the lasting department...
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Susan Farrar
(Obituary ~ 06/12/17)
MORLEY, Mo. - Susan Farrar, 75, died June 9, 2017, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 16, 1941, in Sikeston, to the late Virgil and Virginia Oller Dalrymple, she was a retired librarian for Sikeston Middle School in Sikeston and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Morley...
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'Deon' Thompson
(Obituary ~ 06/13/17)
HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. - Dennis Damion "Deon" Thompson, 39, formerly of Oran, died June 11, 2017, in Jefferson City. Born March 17, 1978, in Miami, Fla., to Patricia Thompson-McBride of Cape Girardeau and Dennis Thompson of Louisville, Ga., he attended the Blissett Temple Church of God in Oran and Higher Dimension Ministry International in Jefferson City. He graduated from Scott County Central High School in 1997...
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Jerry Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/13/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Jerry Don Williams, 56, died June 9, 2017. Born Aug. 26, 1960, in Mississippi County, to the late Cecil and Alma Doris Edwards Williams, he was a member of the First Baptist Church of East Prairie. On Sept. 23, 1978, he married Claudia Dunn, who survives of the home...
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Kathryn Alcorn
(Obituary ~ 06/13/17)
SIKESTON - Kathryn Alcorn, 89, died May 27, 2017, at Sikeston. Born Nov. 4, 1928, at Advance, the daughter of Early and Loraine Drum Proffer, she was a homemaker. In 1942, she married Leon A. Shell, who preceded her in death in February 1994. Survivors include: a son; Robert Shell of Bowling Green, Ky.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...
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Peggy Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/13/17)
AUSTIN, Texas - Margaret Elizabeth Bronson "Peggy" Smith, 93, died April 15, 2017, in Austin after a brief illness. Born Nov. 25, 1923, in Dayton, Ohio, to the late Helen Sellers Bronson and James Bartle Bronson. She grew up in Rolla and was a 1945 graduate from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. ...
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Clifford Brooks
(Obituary ~ 06/13/17)
MATTHEWS, Mo. - Clifford "Cliff" Brooks, 84, died June 12, 2017, at Cotton Point Caring Center in Matthews. Born Sept. 28, 1932, in Doniphan, to the late Henry Washington Brooks and Mary May Catlet Brooks, he was a member of Crow Congregational Methodist Church, Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310 AF&AM, Sikeston OES Chapter of the Eastern Star and was a self-employed electrician for many years before retiring...
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Donnie Huffman
(Obituary ~ 06/13/17)
SIKESTON -- Donnie Ray Huffman, 70, died June 7, 2017, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Born July 28, 1946, in Miner, to the late Edward and Lillie Kaiser Huffman, he was of Baptist faith. He retired from General Motors Corporation after 33 years of service...
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Peggy Cruchon
(Obituary ~ 06/14/17)
SIKESTON -- Peggy Lain Shelby Cruchon, 75, died June 10, 2017, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Blanchard Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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Debra Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/15/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Debra Carol Noland Smith, 60, died June 14, 2017, at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born Nov. 26, 1956, in St. Louis, daughter of the late Carroll David Noland & Helen Bernice Crest Noland Payton, she had lived in the St. ...
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Ricky Jackson
(Obituary ~ 06/15/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Ricky Jackson, 61, died June 13, 2017, at his home. Born Oct. 12, 1955, in Benton Harbor, Mich., to Allene Elizabeth Bright Jackson of East Prairie and the late Russell Elmo Jackson, he was employed as a riverboat worker for 29 years. He was a member of the First General Baptist Church of East Prairie...
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Cynthia Ramsey
(Obituary ~ 06/15/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Cynthia Ramsey, 56, passed away June 14, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born Oct. 25, 1960, in Dexter, she was the daughter of Letha Landers Jones and the late Jerry Jones. Survivors include: one son and one daughter-in-law, Dustin and Shannon Ramsey of Poplar Bluff; one daughter, Nakeesha Williams of Poplar Bluff; one brother, Jerry Jones II of Michigan; one sister, Melisa Bishop of Sikeston; five grandchildren, Kencin Ramsey of Poplar Bluff, Justice Williams of Poplar Bluff, Dustin II, Nick and Andrew Ramsey of Poplar Bluff; and many nieces and nephews.. ...
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Leverta Whitt
(Obituary ~ 06/15/17)
BERWYN, Ill. -- Leverta Whitt, 74, died June 13, 2017, at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn. Arrangement are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Mo.
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Ronnie Bye
(Obituary ~ 06/15/17)
FULTON, Ky. -- Ronnie D. Bye, 74, died June 14, 2017, at the Baptist Health of Paducah. Born to the late Carl Bye and Martha Earlene Blue Bye Sweet, he had retired from the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Union City, Tenn., and was a United States Army veteran where he served in Vietnam. He was a life member of the NRA...
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Austin Varvell
(Obituary ~ 06/16/17)
PUXICO, Mo. - Austin Tyler Varvell, 18, died June 14, 2017, at Big Baptist Health Center in Little Rock. Born April 4, 1999, in Poplar Bluff, son of Robbie and Tammy Santos Varvell of Puxico, he had lived in Puxico all his life and was a member the Puxico General...
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Jo Coffman
(Obituary ~ 06/19/17)
MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Elizabeth D. Jones Robertson "Jo" Coffman, 77, died June 17, 2017, at the home of her daughter in East Prairie. Born June 20, 1939, at Hohenwald, Tenn., to the late Frank H. Jones and Mary Vera James Hensley Jones Thomas, she was a member of Cornerstone Church in Bertrand and had been a teacher at Sikeston Head Start for over 20 years, retiring in 1998. She and her husband Leo then owned and operated E J Pilot Escort Service until his death in 2011...
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Shawn Foulk
(Obituary ~ 06/19/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. - Shawn Anthony Foulk, 44, died June 17, 2017, at the family home in Chaffee. Born Oct. 8, 1972, in Chaffee, son of Dean Foulk of Chaffee and the late Mary Alice Slayton Foulk, he was a forklift operator for Rubbermaid in Jackson. On July 17, 1999, he married Mandy Puckett, who survives...
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Louise Taylor
(Obituary ~ 06/19/17)
LILBOURN, Mo. - Louise Taylor, 89, died June 17, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
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Albert Grainger
(Obituary ~ 06/19/17)
SIKESTON -- Albert L. Grainger, 88, died June 18, 2017, at his home near Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Blanchard Funeral Chapel.
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Mildred Brown
(Obituary ~ 06/19/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Mildred Juanita Brown, 91, died June 17, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 11, 1926, in Portageville to the late John and Clara Carson Negler, she was a member of the Portageville First Church of God, where she served as a Sunday school teacher and was a member of the W.C.G club...
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Rebecca Horstkoetter
(Obituary ~ 06/19/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Rebecca Horstkoetter, a wife to one husband for 44 years and dedicated mother to four children for nearly four decades, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. She was 66. Born to Annie and Aubra Wrather in May of 1951, Becky grew up in Portageville. ...
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Lillie McCray
(Obituary ~ 06/20/17)
ST. LOUIS - Lillie Mae McCray, 77, formerly of Charleston, died June 15, 2017, at St. Louis University Hospital. Born Sept. 6, 1939 in New Madrid, to the late Roosevelt and Elnora Johnson Evans, she attended the Salvation Army Church in St. Louis. She was married to George McCray, who preceded her in death in July 2005...
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Phillip Porter
(Obituary ~ 06/20/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Phillip Porter Jr., 55, died June 17, 2017, at his home. Born May 30, 1962, in Pinhook, to Rosie Lee Strayhorn Porter of Wilson City and the late Phil Porter Sr., he graduated from East Prairie High School in 1981. A professional truck driver and a general farm worker, he was employed with Raffety and Company for many years...
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William Carver
(Obituary ~ 06/20/17)
MCGEE, Mo. - William Eugene Carver, 86, died June 20, 2017, at the VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born March 11, 1931, in Missouri, son of the late William Franklin and Lillian Versie Walker Carver, he had lived in the Puxico and McGee areas all of his life. The owner and operator of Carver Pallet Mill and Carver Log Homes, he was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during the Korean War and attended the Berrong Baptist Church near Gipsy...
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Al Grainger Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/20/17)
SIKESTON - Albert Leonard "Al" Grainger Jr., 88, died June 18, at his home near Sikeston. Born March 24, 1929, in Trenton, N.J., to the late Albert L. Sr. and Ruth Marie (Reim) Grainger, he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A phone repairman and installer for Southwestern Bell for over 30 years, he was a member of the Matthews Missionary Baptist Church...
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Bertrand Welch Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/20/17)
DEKALB, Ill. - William F. "Bertrand" Welch Jr., 87, formerly of Wyatt and Bertrand, Mo., died at 7:20 a.m. Jan. 27, 2017. Born June 21, 1929, in Decaturville, Tenn., to the late Floyd and Druie Welch, he was a heavy equipment operator with A.A. Conte and Son. A member of Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers for more than 50 years, he was also a member of the North Avenue Baptist Church...
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Louise Taylor
(Obituary ~ 06/20/17)
LILBOURN, Mo. - Louise Taylor, 89, died June 16, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 25, 1927, in Dale, Ark., to the late John Hammond and Rosie Lee Cunningham. On Jan. 12, 1948, she married Louis Taylor Jr., who preceded her in death on Jan. 14, 1989...
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Cyd Parham
(Obituary ~ 06/21/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Cyd Charisse Parham, 48, died June 18, 2017, at her home in Charleston. She was born Oct. 20, 1968, in Harvey, Ill., to Roosevelt Parham Sr. of Harvey, Ill., and the late Barbara Ann Jones Parham. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her granddaughter, R'shaunti Parham, her sister, Alysia Parham, and her brother, Roosevelt Parham Jr...
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Roger Gamble
(Obituary ~ 06/21/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Roger Benten Gamble, 73, died June 20, 2016, at his residence in Charleston. Born in Lake City, Ark., to the late "T.B." and Louise Gamble, he had lived most of his life in Charleston and a self-employed farm equipment dealer. He was of the Baptist faith...
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Leverta Whitt
(Obituary ~ 06/21/17)
SIKESTON - Leverta Whitt, 74, died June 13, 2017, at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill. Born June 6, 1943, in Lexington, Miss., to the late Durden and Lenora Marshall Freeman, she was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church in Sikeston. On June 19, 1961, in Lexington, Miss., she married James Whitt, who preceded her in death on June 5, 2011...
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Tara Greer
(Obituary ~ 06/22/17)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Tara Greer, 45, died June 21, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 2, 1971, in Sikeston, to Tommy Joe Greer and Patsy Lenderman Greer of Morehouse, she was a member of First General Baptist Church of Morehouse and a home health care worker...
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Norman Fuller
(Obituary ~ 06/22/17)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Norman Fuller, 40, died June 14, 2017, at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born April 20, 1977, in Covington, son of Truman (Ted) Dayton Fuller of Memphis and Brenda Kay Hartman Fuller of New Madrid, Mo., he was an employee of University of Memphis until his retirement...
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Tara Greer
(Obituary ~ 06/22/17)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Tara Greer, 45, died June 21, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home.
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Lois Elledge
(Obituary ~ 06/23/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Lois Imogene Elledge, 87, died June 22, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 21, 1929, in Zalma, to the late Willard Morgan and Florence Jones Glasener. On Feb. 12, 1947, in Piggott, Ark., she married Ernest Elledge, who survives of the home...
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Sharon Morgan
(Obituary ~ 06/23/17)
BRECKENRIIDGE HILLS, Mo. - Sharon K. Morgan (nee McClanahan), age 71, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, June 22, 2017. She was born on Saturday, June 23, 1945, in Sikeston, the daughter of the late Wyatt and Ola (nee Groves) McClanahan...
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Richard Hearnes Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/23/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Richard Warren Hearnes Jr., 78, died May 12, 2017. Born March 20, 1939, in Charleston, son of the late Richard Warren Hearnes and Dorothy Brown Hearnes, his family moved frequently and lived in Maine; New Jersey; West Virginia; Shreveport, La.; and Independence. ...
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Nita Bedell
(Obituary ~ 06/23/17)
HOUSTON, Texas - Nita (Danita) Arlene Ham Bedell, 62, died June 19, 2017, at her home in Houston. Born July 5, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., she attended Dexter Public Schools and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University in 1985. ...
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Lois Elledge
(Obituary ~ 06/23/17)
SIKESTON - Lois Elledge, 87, died June 22, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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Nan Curtis
(Obituary ~ 06/23/17)
SIKESTON -- Glenell "Nan" Curtis, 87, formerly of Conran, died June 22, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born April 2, 1930, in Senath, daughter of the late Joe and Ethel Stanfield Palmer, she was a member of the Living Waters Church of Christ in Sikeston, where she loved attending services. She also loved crossword puzzles and watching Fox TV and being with her family...
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Tony LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 06/24/17)
SIKESTON - Emil "Tony" LeGrand, 82, died June 23, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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David Tilley
(Obituary ~ 06/24/17)
ESSEX, Mo. - David Wayne Tilley, 40, died June 22, 2017, at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Born Oct. 18, 1976, in Dexter, son of Larry Tilley and Carol Hoss Tilley of Essex, he was a foreman at Craftsman Trailers in Sikeston. He was currently engaged to his long-time girl friend, Melissa Wright, who survives...
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Carolyn Schaefer
(Obituary ~ 06/24/17)
BELL CITY, Mo. - Carolyn Schaefer, 71, died June 24, 2017. Born Feb. 2, 1946, in Rockview, to George Moit of Benton and the late Betty Jane Moit, she was a homemaker and a member of Chaffee V.F.W. Post 3127 and American Legion Post 389. Surviving in addition to her father and husband are: two sons, Cleo Schaefer Jr. ...
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Marie Cardwell
(Obituary ~ 06/26/17)
SIKESTON -- Marie Renfrow Cardwell, 100, formerly of Morgantown, Ky., died June 18, 2017, at the Miner Nursing Center. Born May 6, 1917, in Butler County, Ky., daughter of the late Richard N. and Erba Snodgrass Renfrow, she was a member of Ohio Valley Baptist Church in Barlow, Ky., and a homemaker...
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Dortha Halter
(Obituary ~ 06/26/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Dortha Marion Halter, 95, died June 25, 2017, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Born March 3, 1922, in Perkins, to the late James and Clara Phillips Shoemaker, she was a homemaker and member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran...
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Jim Lohr
(Obituary ~ 06/26/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Jim L. Lohr, 82, died June 24, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Jim was born in Colchester, Ill., on Sept. 22, 1934. He was the oldest son of Loren and Katherine (Jarvis) Lohr. Jim lived his early life in Colchester, later moving to Poplar Bluff, Mo., where he graduated from high school...
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'Rusty' St. John
(Obituary ~ 06/26/17)
SIKESTON - Edwin R. "Rusty" St. John, 66, died June 25, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Oct. 20, 1950, in South Weymouth, Mass., to the late Floyd St. John and Mary Wilson St. John. Rusty was a self-employed carpenter before retiring...
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Tony LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 06/26/17)
SIKESTON - Emil (Tony) LeGrand, 82, passed away on June 23, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. On June 22, 1957, he married Mary Frances (Bollinger) LeGrand at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton. He was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston. His hobbies included playing golf, watching golf and talking golf...
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Kathryn Ethridge
(Obituary ~ 06/27/17)
SIKESTON - Kathryn Ethridge, 71, died June 26, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 17, 1946, in Vidor, Texas, to the late Lennie and Myrtle Henderson Williams. Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Maria Munoz of Sacramento, Calif.; three daughters and one son-in-law, Kristina Munoz of Port Arther, Texas, and Kass Day and Mike Ward and Kacy and Chad Evans, all of Sikeston; two brothers, Don Williams of Vidor and Bobby Williams of Nederland, Texas; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.. ...
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J.W. Nelson
(Obituary ~ 06/27/17)
SIKESTON - John "J.W." Nelson, 82, died June 26, 2017, at Regional One Health Care in Memphis, Tenn. Arrangements are incomplete with Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
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Amy Oakley
(Obituary ~ 06/27/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. - Amy Dawn Oakley, 36, died June 27, 2017, at the family home. Born Jan. 16, 1981, in Chaffee to Walter and Margaret Jane Miller Obermann, she was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Chaffee. On Dec. 31, 2016, she married Danny Oakley, who survives of the home...
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John Watts
(Obituary ~ 06/27/17)
MCCORMICK, S.C. - John Allard Watts, 79, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died June 24, 2017, at University Hospital Born May 13, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the late John S. and Pearl Watts, he graduated from Sikeston High School and attended Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Mo. In 1996, he retired from his position as manager for Fleming-Potter printing company and moved to McCormick, where he was a member of the McCormick Methodist Church...
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Nellie Proffer
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
HOLLISTER, Mo. - Nellie Ruth Proffer, 73, of Hollister, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2017. She was born July 30, 1943, in Sikeston, the daughter of Floyd and Nellie May Karnes. Nellie was joined in marriage Sept. 1, 1965, to Maurice Proffer. Nellie enjoyed sewing, fishing and she was a wonderful cook. Most of all, she loved her family and was a loving wife, mother, sister and aunt. Nellie will be missed by all who knew and loved her...
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J.W. Nelson
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
SIKESTON -- John Walter "J.W." Nelson, 82, died June 26, 2017, at the Firefighters Burn Center at Regional Health One in Memphis, Tenn., from complications after suffering accidental burn injuries. He was born Aug. 16, 1934, to the late Lytle Orville and Irene Griffin Nelson. He graduated from Sikeston High School in 1952...
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Robert Laminack
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
SIKESTON -- Robert Earl Laminack, 62, died June 27, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 9, 1954, in Dexter, son of the late Gordon Edward and Mary Sue Kitchen Laminack, he was originally from the Morehouse area and had attended the First Oneness Pentecostal Church. He had been an oil field worker in Oklahoma, then a welder and steel fabricator at Al Stevens Steel in Overland Park, Kan. He later worked as a machine operator at Gold Bond Ice Cream in Sikeston...
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Loretta Warren
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
SIKESTON - Loretta Warren, 68, died June 25, 2017, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 18, 1948, in Dorena, to the late Ed and Beula (Shelby) Warren, she was educated in the East Prairie school system and worked in food service for many years...
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William Speed
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
SIKESTON - William Franklin Speed, 67, died June 23, 2017. Born Jan. 25. 1950, in Hughes, Ark., to the late Woodrow Wilson Speed Sr. and Estella Joyce Speed Jackson, he was a New Madrid County Central graduate and a member of Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Olive Branch, Miss. He was self-employed...
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John Shrader III
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
SIKESTON -- John Wesley Shrader III died at the Sikeston Convalescent Center on June 27, 2017. He was born Sept. 1, 1939, at home at Ingram Ridge 12 miles west of Hayti, Mo., before Hayti had a hospital. Mr. Shrader (Sonny) was a retired farmer. He lived his entire life in the Hayti area having attended Hayti public schools through high school...
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Myrtle Green
(Obituary ~ 06/28/17)
SIKESTON -- Myrtle Marie Green, 96, died June 27, 2017, at Missouri Delta medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 9, 1921, in Hoxie, Ark., to the late Oscar and Callie Hibbs Decker, she was a member of Bement Baptist Church. She worked at International Shoe Factory for 20 years and in the dietary department at Missouri Delta Medical Center until her retirement in 1982...
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Michael Anthoney Hopkins
(Obituary ~ 06/29/17)
Was born March 8, 1967 in Hayti, MO to Billy E. Hopkins and Bonnie Cross Hopkins, He passed from this life to his eternal home on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at his home in Wardell, MO at the age of 50 years, 3 months, and 16 days. On April 23, 2003, he was united in marriage to his loving wife, Laura Hopkins, who survives of the home...
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Sandra Gifford
(Obituary ~ 06/29/17)
VANDALIA, Mo. -- Sandra Anne Hurley Gifford, 59, formerly of Mississippi County, died June 28, 2017, at her home in Vandalia. Born June 8, 1958, at Charleston, to the late William Cecil Hurley and Janice Dickerson Phillips, she was a longtime resident of Mississippi County...
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