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Jesse Kirk (4/19/24)SIKESTON Jesse Burnette Kirk was born Feb. 29, 1936, and passed from this earth on April 17, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was the first child of Jesse F. and Lillian Kirk. He graduated from Fisk-Rombauer High School in 1954. ...
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Rita Pierce (4/19/24)SIKESTON Rita Fay Pierce, 64, died April 17, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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Frank Reid (4/19/24)BELL CITY, Mo. Frank Reid, 77, died April 18, 2024, at his home in Bell City. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Missouri.
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Bobby Stinnett (4/18/24)SIKESTON Bobby Clyde Stinnett, age 82, of Sikeston passed away on April 17, 2024, at 6:20 p.m. at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on Nov. 11, 1941, in Linden, Tennessee, to the late Rube and Hazel Dunn Stinnett.
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Harriet Small (4/18/24)EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. Harriet Marie Herwig Small, 74, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died April 17, 2024, at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Her grandson, Rylyn Small, youth pastor at Elm Street Baptist Church, will officiate...
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Wilson Adams (4/18/24)DIEHLSTADT, Mo. James Wilson Adams, 63, died April 17, 2024, at his home in Diehlstadt. Graveside services will be held at a later date at the Maynard Cemetery near Diehlstadt. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...
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Brenda Nimmo (4/18/24)SIKESTON Brenda Gale Nimmo, age 74, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Nov. 29, 1949, at Sikeston, to the late Cleatus Pete Curtis and Burlene Wait Curtis, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life where she attended the Shady Acres Church of Christ. ...
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Sharon Elwell (4/17/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Sharon Evelyn Elwell, age 75, of Bertrand, met her Lord and God on Friday, April 12, 2024, while residing at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born April 28, 1948, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Wayne Jackson Haines and Evelyn Marie Stephenson Haines...
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Shirley Hamra (4/16/24)MALDEN, Mo. Shirley Louise George Hamra was born April 14, 1940, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Louis and Olivia Kahalley George. She passed peacefully at her home in Malden on Friday, March 8, 2024, at the age of 82 years. A graduate of Osceola, Arkansas, High School, Shirley attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then went on to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelors degree in psychology...
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Freda Conley (4/16/24)CHESTERFIELD, Mo. Freda Lucille Conley, age 108, passed away early April 12, 2024, in Chesterfield at Delmar Gardens on the Green surrounded by family. She was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, Grandma and Great-Grandma. She is survived by her children, Paul Howard and Lewis Wesley; her daughter-in-law, Cheryl; her grandchildren, Christopher (Teresa), Jason (Erika), David, Andrew and Hannah; and her 10 great-grandchildren...
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James Griffin Jr. (4/15/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. James Jeffery Griffin Jr., 73, died April 13, 2024, at his home in Charleston. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 27 at the United Methodist Church in Charleston. The Rev. Ronnie Mack will officiate...
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Howard Gipson (4/15/24)SIKESTON Howard Gipson, age 82, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on June 6, 1941, in Canalou, Missouri, to the late Jonas and Bertha Stovaugh Gipson. On June 6, 1964, in Sikeston, he married Linda Reed Gipson who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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Ruth Reeves (4/15/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Ruth Nunn Reeves, age 89, of rural Charleston died Friday, April 12, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Jan. 26, 1935, at Anniston, Missouri, to the late Otha Nunn and Gertie Smith Nunn, she was a 1952 graduate of Anniston High School where she had played on the basketball team. ...
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Douglas Pemberton (4/12/24)ANTIOCH, Calif. Master Sergeant Douglas Wayne Pork Chop Pemberton, age 70, died on April 3, 2024, in Antioch. Douglas proudly served our country for 24 years in the United States Air Force. Born Jan. 20, 1954, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Elzie and Elena Mae Hill Pemberton, he was raised in the Sikeston-Charleston, Missouri, area...
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Charlotte Vincent (4/11/24)ESSEX, Mo. Charlotte Faye Vincent, age 70, passed away on April 9, 2024, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on May 7, 1953, in Evadale, Arkansas, to the late William and Helen Collins Oakes. On June 30, 1977, in Benton, Missouri, she married Irwin Vincent who survives of the home in Essex...
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Ed Pope Sr. (4/10/24)DEXTER, Mo. Edward Ed Pope Sr. was born on July 1, 1937, in Durant, Mississippi, and departed his life on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter at the age of 86 years. He was the son of the late Floyd Allen Pope and Katherleen (Smith) Pope. ...
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Edward Farr (4/10/24)LILBOURN, Mo. Edward Farr, 68, resident of Lilbourn, died Saturday, April 6, 2024, while at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Jan. 31, 1956, in Matthews, Missouri, to Clennon Jim Farr of Howardville, Missouri, and the late Lorene Cook Farr...
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Mickey Washington (4/10/24)WYATT, Mo. Eddie May Washington, affectionately known as Mickey, 58, resident of Wyatt, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 2, 2024. She was born July 19, 1965, in Charleston, to the late Percy Foster and the late Eula Mae Washington...
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Bertha Chism (4/10/24)CATRON, Mo. Today we celebrate the life of Mother Bertha L. Chism. Mother Chism, affectionately known and called by so many as Lil Mama, was born on April 1, 1927, to George Dewey and Viola West in Mound City, Illinois. She passed away on her birthday, 97 years later...
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Christopher Vinson (4/9/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Christopher Dylan Vinson, 28, died April 6, 2024, in rural Mississippi County, Missouri. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. Friday, April 12 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Rocky Walker (4/7/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Rocky Bruce Walker, age 72, died Saturday, April 6, 2024, at his home in rural Charleston. Born April 16, 1951, at Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Alferd LeRoy Walker and Winona Evonne McAdoo Walker, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life.
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Buz Sutherland (4/6/24)SIKESTON Frank Russell Buz Sutherland III of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Mercy-Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.He was born Dec. 3, 1949, to the late Frank Russell Sutherland Jr. and Daisy Barfield Sutherland. On March 24, 1984, he married Tammy Carolyn Beaty, his loving wife of 40 years.
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Jerry Naile (4/5/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Jerry Don Naile, 86, died April 4, 2024, at his home in Bertrand.
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Wendell Griswell (4/4/24)SIKESTON Wendell A. Griswell, 60, died April 4, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. Private services will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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Bill Smith (4/4/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. William Chester Bill Smith was born on April 26, 1968, to Troy Arthur Smith and Sue Hunt Smith in Charleston. Bill passed on April 2, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his mother, Sue Smith of Charleston; sisters, Alice (Joel) Haddock, and Toni (Matt) McCaffrey; daughter, Aaren Barton; two grandchildren, Aubrey and Mason; and nephews, Joshua Haddock and Dalton Haddock...
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Marilyn Kranawetter (4/4/24)JACKSON, Mo. Marilyn Kaye Kranawetter, 79, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born March 31, 1945, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Harry B. and Lois Farrenburg Russell. She and Ervin Kranawetter were married July 1, 1989, in East Prairie...
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Patricia Stallings (4/2/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Patricia Ann Stallings, 89, died March 31, 2024, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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German Padilla (4/2/24)BRENTWOOD, N.Y. German Tito Padilla, 73 years of age, of Brentwood, New York, passed away on March 10, 2024, at Maria Regina, Brentwood. He was born Oct. 11, 1950, in Puerto Rico, to Ramon and Rosa Padilla. He served nearly 21 years in the United States Air Force before retiring at the rank of Tech Sergeant. He then went on to work in the public sector in positions that included security, shipping and distribution, finally retiring from Sunrise Medical Laboratories...
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Karen Williams (4/2/24)POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. Karen Faye Williams, age 80, passed away on March 29, 2024, at her sons home in Poplar Bluff. She was born on June 23, 1943, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Charles and Fredia Davis Wyrick. On July 14, 1961, in Morehouse, Missouri, she married Gerald Williams who passed away on Oct. 31, 2018...
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Linda Blissett-Smith (4/2/24)COLUMBIA, Mo. Linda Carroll Blissett-Smith departed this life on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the University of Missouri Columbia Hospital in Columbia. She was born on April 15, 1956 in Earle, Arkansas, to the late Johnnie and Maybelle Blissett. Linda graduated from Scott County Central High School in 1974. She later graduated from Cosmetology School in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Patsy Bridges (4/2/24)SIKESTON Patsy Jane Bridges, age 86, passed away March 31, 2024 at her home in Sikeston. She was born April 2, 1937, in Clarksville, Arkansas, daughter of the late Baxter Lee Bridges and Velma Mae White-Bridges. Patsy worked as a secretary for Fitzgerald Accounting before retiring. She loved going to her second home on the Van Buren River. She was the best auntie and sister ever! She was very loved, stubborn, and will be greatly missed...
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Louie Griffin Jr. (4/2/24)SIKESTON Louie Dotson Griffin Jr., age 75, a resident of Sikeston passed away March 26, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 23, 1948, in Osceola, Arkansas, son of the late Louie Dotson Griffin Sr. and Reberta Georgia Grimes-Griffin...
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Judith Still (4/1/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Judith Dale Still, 70, died April 1, 2024, at her home in Bertrand. Services will be held at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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Shelby Kneezle (3/29/24)SIKESTON Shelby Jean Kneezle, age 86, passed away on March 27, 2024, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born on Jan. 22, 1938, in Risco, Missouri, to the late Christine Dockins.
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Gary Divinny (3/29/24)SIKESTON Gary Lee Divinny, age 64, passed away March 28, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. He was born on Aug. 21, 1959, in Sikeston, son of the late George and Betty Johnson Divinny. Gary enjoyed bowling and had worked in the cutting room of Grove Manufacturing and later Thorngate Ltd. before retiring...
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Charles Baker (3/29/24)SIKESTON Charles A. Baker, 67, died March 29, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri.
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Edith Lough (3/29/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Edith Lindsey Lough, 97, died March 28, 2024, at Memory Lane Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri. Private family service will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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Jim Clark (3/28/24)SIKESTON James Len Jim Clark, age 59, passed away March 23, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. He was born July 4, 1964, in Sikeston, the son of Clare Siggers-Staggs and the late Tommy Staggs. Jim was a graduate of New Dawn State School. He enjoyed coloring, word searches, riding around, traveling to New Orleans and going on long hauls with his dad, Tommy Staggs...
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Mozelle Hager (3/27/24)SIKESTON Mozelle Nellie Mays Hager, 98, died March 25, 2024, at her home in Sikeston.
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Jonnie Fennell (3/27/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Jonnie Lee Fennell, 75, died March 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Robert Cowboy Alsup (3/26/24)AMORY, Miss. Robert M. Cowboy Alsup, 87, passed away peacefully at his residence in Amory and began his new glorious life in heaven on March 25, 2024. He was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on May 24, 1936, to the late Rufus and Nona Mae King Alsup.
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Harlen Terrell (3/26/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Harlen Bruce Terrell, 91, died March 26, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Greg Whitlock, pastor, will officiate...
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Michael Gipson (3/26/24)SIKESTON Michael "Pooh Pooh" Gipson, 37, died March 20, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. Visitation is from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024, at the Travelers Rest M.B. Church in Sikeston. Burial will follow in the New Morning Star Cemetery in Haywood City, Missouri...
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Carolyn Melrose-Dow (3/26/24)SIKESTON Carolyn Ann Melrose-Dow, age 63, passed away on March 24, 2024, with family by her side in her hometown of Sikeston. She was born in Sikeston on Nov. 21, 1960, to the late William Dale and Carolyn Chaney Hall. On Feb. 2, 2006, she married James Jim Dow who survives their home in Sikeston...
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Buddy Newton (3/26/24)SIKESTON Earl Buddy Newton, age 84, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Mercy Jefferson County Hospital in Festus, Missouri. He was born on Sept. 24, 1939, in Sikeston, to the late Heartsill and Louise Sindle Newton. On June 20, 1961, he married Shirley Alsup Newton who passed away on May 9, 2017...
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Maggie Deuster (3/26/24)SIKESTON Maggie Ann Deuster, age 85, passed away on March 21, 2024, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand, Missouri. She was born on June 1, 1938, in Roland, Oklahoma, to the late Rudolph and Dorotha Hollman Day. In Fort Smith, Arkansas, at the Immaculate Conception Church she married Philip Deuster Sr., who proceeded her in death on March 24, 2024...
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Philip Deuster Sr. (3/26/24)SIKESTON Philip Deuster Sr., age 85, passed away on March 24, 2024, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on April 25, 1938, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Frank and Lucille Mivelaz Deuster. In Fort Smith at the Immaculate Conception Church, he married Maggie Ann Day who preceded him in death on March 21, 2024...
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Larry Coffer (3/25/24)EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. Larry Wayne Coffer, 80, died March 22, 2024, at his home near East Prairie. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 26 at the Diehlstadt General Baptist Church. David Belk and Kris Alexander will officiate...
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Dale Harris (3/22/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Robert Dale Harris, 74, died March 21, 2024, at his home in Charleston. Visitation will be from 5.m. until service time at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial with full military honors will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 29 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...
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Pamela Vess (3/21/24)SIKESTON Pamela (Martens) Vess, 63, of Sikeston died Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Hunter Acres in Sikeston. She was born April 29, 1960, in Sacramento, California, to Kenneth Dale and Sue Martens. She is survived by a son, Justin Martens of Las Vegas, Nevada; two daughters, Jessica Herren of Haughton, Louisiana, and Christie Anderson of Louisiana; one brother, Donald Martens; one sister, Tami Martens; eight grandchildren and nieces and nephews...
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