Obituaries from September 2017

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Robert E. Martin, 91, died Aug. 30, 2017, at his home in Wappapello. Born Aug. 26, 1926, in St. Louis, son of the late George L. Martin and Neva Brooks Martin Moore, he lived in St. Louis for many years and worked as a dental technician. He moved to Wappapello in 1989...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Charles Arthur Grissom, 65, died Aug. 31, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 7, 1952, at East Prairie, to Frankie Adkisson Grissom of East Prairie and the late Charles "Gunner" Grissom, he attended East Prairie Schools and had lived in Mississippi County his entire life. He was employed with Noranda a number of years and later did commercial trucking and worked for Burke Farms...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Charlotte Tilley, 60, died Aug. 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Born Sept. 30, 1956, in Chicago, daughter of the late Charles and Ona Mae Schrodar Edwards, she was retired from Unilever Ice Cream plant in Sikeston. On April 4, 1990, she married Kenneth Eugene Tilley, who preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 2008...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- William Henry "Bill" Shaw, 92, died Aug. 25, 2017. Born March 10, 1925, in Illmo, son of the late William Henry and Rose Missouri Shaw, he graduated from Illmo High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, as part of the 240th Field Artillery Battalion, in World War II and was awarded four bronze stars for campaigns in France, Belgium and Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Lurline Nell Crump, 84, died Sept. 3, 2017, at her daughter's home. Born April 1, 1933, in DeQuincy, La., daughter of the late Henry Joseph and Mae Elizabeth Landry Lambert, she was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church in Chaffee...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Leslie Ann Breedlove, 43, died Sept. 2, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Born Dec. 31, 1973, in Sikeston, daughter of Mark and Karen Chapman Breedlove of Morley, she was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Sikeston. In addition to her parents, survivors include: one son, Jacob Wheatley of Morley; two daughters, Natalie Kindle and Emily Kindle of Chaffee; and a brother, Andy Breedlove of Joplin...

BENTON, Mo. -- Carl Ray Miller, 86, a resident of Benton, died peacefully surrounded by his girls on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 2, 1931, in Advance, to Jasper Utah and Alma Edith McClain Miller, he grew up in Diehlstadt and moved to Benton in 1962. ...

SIKESTON -- Michael Hadley, 68, died Sept. 5, 2017, in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

DEXTER, Mo. -- Claudia J. Wilson of Dexter, 72, died Sept. 3, 2017, at her home in Dexter. Born Aug. 11, 1945, in Memphis, Tenn., daughter of the late Chalmer Hayden and Lola Harriette Oddy Oyler, she had lived in Florida before moving to Dexter five years ago...

SIKESTON -- Collin Lester "CJ" Mosley Jr., 5, died Aug. 31, 2017, at Saint Louis University Children's Hospital in St. Louis. Born Nov. 1, 2011, son of Collin Mosley Sr. and Brittany Newell, he attended Scott County Central Elementary School where he was in kindergarten. ...

WILSON CITY, Mo. -- Rosie Lee Porter, 84, died Sept. 2, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Born March 16, 1933, in Milan, Tenn., to the late Arbie and Louise Drake Strayhorn, she was a member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Wolf Island, where she served on the Usher Board for many years and the adult choir...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Elizabeth Creasy, 97, died Sept. 5, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 8, 1920, in Union City, Tenn., to the late Ida E. Douglas and Bob Hawkins, On Nov. 23, 1946, in Hayward, she married Noah Columbus Creasy, who preceded her in death on July 16, 1975...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Alisha Petty Hagy of Wappapello, 33, died Sept. 2, 2017, in Memphis, Tenn. Born May 4, 1984, in Charleston, daughter of John Henry Sr. and Linda Sue Watson Petty of Wappapello, she had lived in Essex and Grayridge area most of her life before moving to Wappapello two years ago. She had worked at Dollar Tree...

BENTON, Mo. -- Judith Ann McCoy, 64, died Sept.1, 2017, at her home. Born Oct. 2, 1952, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., to Lafayette and Jeroleen Shrum McCoy, she worked in accounts receivable for Health Systems Inc. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with an accounting degree...

SIKESTON -- Tony Lee Raines, 59, died Sept. 3, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 22, 1958, in Sikeston, to the late Cordie and Evelyn Ryan Raines, he had been a scale operator at Tyson Foods in Dexter and was a member of Canalou Baptist Church...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Etta Mae Johnson, 93, formerly of Charleston, died Sept. 1, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau,. Born Nov. 19, 1923, in Caruthersville, to the late John Richard Yarbery and Helen Cook Cummings, she was a cook with the Charleston R-1 School District for many years. She was also a member of Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston and a missionary, deaconess and mother of the church...

SIKESTON -- Donnell "R. Kelly" Johnson, 56, died Aug. 26, 2017. Born June 24, 1961, in Detroit, son of the late Kelton Morris and Dorothy Johnson Cox, he was a member of One More Chance Ministries in Sikeston. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Calvin Johnson and Norman Cox Jr.; and one sister, Shielia Brownlee...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Dorothy Lorraine Ullom Edwards achieved her lifelong goal when she entered the gates of Heaven on Sept. 1, 2017, at the age of 97. Dorothy was born Oct. 29, 1919, in Carthage, to the late Chester and Gladys Ullom. While attending the University of Missouri she met her partner in life, John H. ...

SIKESTON -- Michael Hadley, 67, died Sept. 5, 2017, in Sikeston. Born Oct. 2, 1949, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde Hadley and Vivian Hessling Davis of Sikeston. He was a self-employed general contractor and served in the United States Marine Corp as a corporal during the Vietnam War...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Vera Scherer, 93, died Sept. 6, 2017, at St. Andrew's at Francis Place in Eureka. Born Oct. 28, 1923, in Portageville, daughter of the late Mary Eftink Scherer and Barney Scherer, she was a member of St Eustachius Catholic Church and the owner/operator of L and S Hardware Store in Portageville...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Jack Louis Hurt died Sept. 7, 2017, at his residence in Advance. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at IOOF Cemetery in Charleston. Shelby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

DESOTO, Mo. -- Officer Mark Hagen, 55, of Desoto, formerly of Sikeston, died Aug. 8, 2017, at Mercy Jefferson Hospital in Crystal City. Officer Hagen worked for Dyna Corp. (International Narcotics Law Enforcement) where he served in Afghanistan for four years. ...

BERNIE, Mo. -- Fern Davenport Moss, 73, died Sept. 7, 2017, at her home in Bernie. Born June 28, 1944, in Sikeston, to the late James and Velma Mays Davenport, she attended Assembly of God at Bernie and worked as a nurse's aide at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston and Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau before retiring...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Betty Lou Russell, 75, died Sept. 7, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 29, 1941, in Fisk, to the late Bill and Mary Lou Gay Minehart, she was a retired riverboat cook and of the Pentecostal belief. On April 28, 2012, she married Steve Russell, and he survives of the home...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Kenneth Alvin McCullough, 75, died Sept. 8, 2017, at his home in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 20, 1942, at Charleston, to the late Walter A. and Audrey Mae Baker McCullough, he was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ in Sikeston and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of Airman First Class. He worked for Coca-Cola for 40 years before retiring in August 2004...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Claudette Cecil, 80, died Sept. 9, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 15, 1936, in Caruthersville, to the late Marvin and Flora Vickers Malin, she was of the Baptist belief and had been a supervisor at Division of Family Services until retirement...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Missie Olene Cochran, 81, died Sept. 8, 2017, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. Born Feb. 7, 1936, in Tennessee, to the late George Odle and Ester Shanns, she lived in Portageville, Mo., and was a member of First Assembly of God until she retired and moved to be with her children in El Dorado. There she became a member of First Assembly of God in El Dorado...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Canella Doris Hoggard, 89, died Sept. 8, 2017, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Arrangements are incomplete at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.

ST. PETERS, Mo. -- James W. Anderson Sr., 84, died Sept. 8, 2017, at his home in St. Peters. Born Oct. 7, 1932, in Beach Corenr, son of the late James Floyd and Mary Jane Rickman Anderson, he had lived in the Bloomfield area most of his life and moved to St. Peters 12 years ago. He attended the New Beginnings Church in St. Peters and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Bonnie Sue Walker Dyer died peacefully in her home in Sikeston on Sept. 9, 2017, at the age of 82. Bonnie is survived by her husband, Jerry Dyer, of the home; her children, Patricia Gail (Bobby) Coon of Charleston; Rick Dyer of Sikeston; Leslie (Kevin) Blaine of Rutledge, MO; and brother, Herb (Sheri) Walker of Valley View, Texas. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Shirley Townsend Dugan, 87, of Charleston, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 3, 1930, at Charleston, to the late Edward Downs Townsend and Grace Prosser Townsend, she grew up in Charleston where she attended the Charleston United Methodist Church and was educated in the Charleston schools graduating in the class of 1947. ...

MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Alma Pace, 91, died Sept. 8, 2017, at her home in Matthews. Born June 29, 1926, in Bismarck, to the late John W. and Barbara E. Wallen, she attended the aquatic arthritis class at ReStart in Sikeston for 15 years and was the head leader for the past year...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Barbara A. Lawrence, 75, died Sept. 11, 2017, at her home. Born Nov. 14, 1941, in Morehouse, daughter of the late Marshall and Mavis (Brawley) Bryant, she was of the Protestant belief and a retired registered nurse. O n May 22, 1959, in Circle City, she married Raymond Lawrence, who survives of the home...

RINGWOOD, Oklahoma -- Mr. Ollie McWaters of Ringwood, Oklahoma, passed peacefully from this life at home surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, August 27, 2017. He was born on August 30, 1943, in Charter Oak, Missouri, and was a 1961 graduate of Gray Ridge High School in Gray Ridge, Missouri. ...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John "Phillip" Payne, 74, formerly of Sikeston, died Sept. 12, 2017, at Woodland Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill. He was born Jan. 23, 1943, in Sikeston, to the late Luther and Elphia (Kell) Payne. He had lived in Michigan and Hawaii for a while but most of his life he resided in Sikeston and Chaffee...

SIKESTON -- Bernice M. LaQuerre, 86, died Sept. 8, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Lois Rowena Farrenburg Russell, 99, died Sept. 11, 2017, at 6:50 p.m. at her home in East Prairie. Born Sept. 5, 1918, in the Farrenburg Community, to the late Eugene and Hattie Mary Ross Farrenburg, she had lived in the Mississippi County most of her life. She was a longtime member of the First Christian Church in East Prairie...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Edna Mae Deere was born Jan. 2, 1927, in Portageville, to Vivan and Daisy Downing. She passed on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 90 years. She and Edward Deere were married in 1949 in Hayward...

SIKESTON -- David Eugene "Gene" Day Jr., 65, died Sep. 12, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Nov. 24, 1951, in St. Louis, son of the late David E. Day Sr. and Betty Lou Thieman Day, he was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church and worked as a dispatcher for Reliable Freight and SEMO both in Sikeston and Faith Global in Bertrand...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- William Robert "BillyBob" Marcum, 55, died Aug. 15, 2017, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. Born Dec. 8, 1961, in Florida, to Ruth Marcum, he had worked in the farming industry. He is survived by two daughters, Star Burton of Scott City and Crystal Marcum of Sikeston; one brother, James "Jamie" Marcum of Malden; and four grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Jerry Lee Summers, 60, died Sept. 6, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born June 27, 1957, in Indianola, Mis., to Jessie Lee Freeman of Sikeston and Henry Lee Summers of Indianola, he was a member of Smith Chapel United Methodist Church of Sikeston. He attended Sikeston Public Schools and most recently worked at Schaeffer Manufacturing Company in St. Louis...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Robert Earl Mathews, 61, died Sept. 7, 2017, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born Jan. 11, 1956, in Walls, Miss., son of the late Syldora Mathews and George Brown Sr., he was was employed with hospital housekeeping services...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Canella Doris Hoggard, 89, died Sept. 8, 2017. Born Oct. 28, 1927, in Portageville, to the late Louis Baylous McAnally and Anna Mabel (Hurley) McAnally, she graduated from Portageville High School in 1947. She was a sales clerk at Marr's department store, a telephone operator, a secretary at Cypress Supply, an upholster at Stan's Upholstery, an office manager for Missouri Delta Council, a secretary at Portageville High School and for many years a secretary at Howard Tillman CPA.She had been a member of J.Y. ...

BENTON, Mo. -- Michael Ray Weems, 62, died Sept. 12, 2017, at Cotton Pointe Living Center in Matthews. Born Oct. 21, 1954, in Wyatt, to the late William Thomas and Julie Mallie Carlyle Weems, he was employed for over 30 years at Brown Shoe Company in Sikeston, where he was a supervisor...

SIKESTON -- Bernice M. LaQuerre, 86, died Sept. 8, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Sept. 25, 1930, in Meriden, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Nosal Halibozek. Her husband, Rene LaQuerre, preceded her in death on Aug. 24, 2001...

On August 12, 2017 God took his fallen soldier, 68-year-old Ray Douglas Brown, ISG retired, to his heavenly home. Ray was born January 10, 1949 in Portageville to Mary Lee Jones and Roland Brown, Sr. Preceding him in death were his grandmother, Mary Bennett; his father, Roland Brown, Sr.; his mother, Mary Lee Jones; and a brother, Roland Brown, Jr...

Missie Olene Cochran was born February 7, 1936 in Tennessee to George Odle and Ester Shanns. She passed away Friday, September 8, 2017 in Baptist Health Medical Center of Little Rock, Ark., at the age of 81 years. Our loving and wonderful mother, Olene Cochran passed from this world into Glory with Jesus. ...

Vera Scherer, 94, of Portageville, was born October 28,1922, in Portageville, to Barney Scherer and Mary Eftink Scherer, and departed this life September 6, 2017 at St. Andrew's at Francis Place in Eureka, Mo. Vera was known for her carmel pies, rose garden, card playing and her quilting. She and her sister, Georgia, were businesswomen and owned L & S Hardware and Lester Furniture Company in Portageville for many years. She was a member of St. Eustachius Catholic Church...

Visitation for Edna Deere will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday, September 15, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church in Portageville. Funeral services will immediately follow. A detailed obituary will be published next week.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anne Elizabeth Austine Wright, 83, formerly of Charleston, died Sept. 14, 2017, at The Estates of Perryville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born Jan. 25, 1934, at Hayti, to the late William C. and Essie Dotson Austin, she had lived in Charleston most of her life, later moving to Cape Girardeau and then Perryville. She had attended the Church of Christ and had been employed with the Brown Shoe Co. and Gates Rubber Co. in Charleston until her retirement...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Janet Linda Schnaath, 80, died Sept. 14, 2017, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid. Born Aug. 9, 1937, in St. Louis, to the late William Weinreich and Ida Sieveking Weinreich, she was of the ELCA Lutheran belief. Her husband, Earl Schnaath, preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 2005...

SIKESTON -- Henrietta Foster, 91, died Sept. 13, 1917, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 13, 1926, in Blodgett, to the late Annie Whitt Stanley, she was a member of Vanduser Church of God, had worked at the Hat Factory in Oran and the White Elephant in Sikeston before retiring...

PARMA, Mo. -- Audrey Marcella Pulling, 96, died Sept. 14, 2017, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Born July 11, 1921, near Essex, daughter of the late Otto and Edna Ruth Zile Coffey, she had lived in Essex until 1959 when she moved to Parma. She had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Parma where she had taught training union, was Sunday school director, adult director for and a member of the W.M.U at the church. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Calvin Morgan passed away Sept. 12, 2017, at his home in New Madrid at the age of 83 years. He was born June 11, 1934, to the late Bob and Fronie Lee Morgan in Matthews. On Jan. 17, 1952, in New Madrid, he married Emma Lou McDaniel, who survives of the home...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Connie Louise Dock Smith, 66, died Sept. 14, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born Aug. 8, 1951, in Sikeston, to the late Murrell and Stella Beavers Gosnell, she was of the Baptist belief and had been a beautician at several beauty shops in the area. She had also worked at Randy's Pharmacy...

SIKESTON -- Brenda Perry, 66, died Sept. 15, 2017, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born May 25, 1951, in Sikeston, to the late Earl and Joan Britt Riley. Survivors include: one son, Walter Perry of Sikeston; one daughter, Delina Cureton of Sikeston; two brothers, Tommy Riley of Sikeston and Lester Riley of Illinois; two sisters, Shirley Knight of Morley and Theresa Summers of Sikeston; and one grandchild...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Flint Menard Pritchett, 89, formerly of East Prairie, died Sept. 15, 2017, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born March 14, 1928, in East Prairie, to the late Harley and Eugenia Day Pritchett, he was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was employed by McDonnell Douglas before retirement...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Raymond Patrick, 72, died Sept. 15, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born April 10, 1945, in Dorena, to the late Robert Hearold and Quincy Dorthula Staggs Patrick, he had worked as a farmhand most of his life. He was a member of New Life Apostolic Church in Bertrand...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Vadola Martin, 95, died Sept. 15, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 30, 1922, in McGee, daughter of the late Richard Overton and Lula Jackson Overton Hodge, she had lived in the Puxico area all of her life. She was a member of the Life Chapel Assembly of God Church in Puxico. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary...

ORAN, Mo. -- Kenneth Billy Ray Hopper 68, died Sept. 16, 2017, at Sikeston. Born Dec. 6, 1948, in Huntsville, Ala., to the late George Oscar and Katie Mae Robinson Hopper, he retired as a truck driver for LaPlant Trucking in East Prairie and served in the United States Army...

BERTRAND, Mo. -- Earnest Milton Laymon Sr., 73, died Sept. 16, 2017, at his home in Bertrand. Born Jan. 25, 1944, in Canalou, to the late Walter Monroe and Ruby May Wren Laymon, he was a member of Living Waters Pentecostal Church in Sikeston and had been a mechanic at Plaza Tire before his retirement...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Robert Perry "Bob" Johnson Jr., 66, passed away on Sept. 15, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Robert was born July 14, 1951, to the late Robert Perry Johnson and Evelyn Upton Johnson. Bob was a teacher/coach and engaged in the family farming operation for many years. He spent his life devoted to his wife and family...

SIKESTON -- Brenda Rolwing, 67, died Sept. 16, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 5, 1949, in Frisco, daughter of the late Richard Caldwell and Dorothy Rowe Caldwell, she was a former secretary at Saint Henry's Church and School, a former clerk at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, a former librarian at the Sikeston Public Library. She was raised in the Pyletown Community and was a 1967 graduate of Dexter Senior High School...

LILBOURN, Mo. -- Ricky Joe Patton, 61, died Sept. 16, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 5, 1956, in Blytheville, Ark., to the late Clifton Patton and Mary Ann Adams Wilkerson, who survives of Lilbourn. On Aug. 28, 2010, at the First Church of God in Lilbourn, he married Kimberly Shelby, who survives of the home...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Douglas Paul Morlan, 33, died Sept. 14, 2017, in Poplar Bluff. Born Nov. 13, 1983, in Kennett, son of Tommy Morlan of Florence, Ariz., and Paula Shankle Morlan of Portageville, he loved MMA, baseball and fishing. In addition to his parents, survivors include: his son: Hayden Douglas Morlan of Louisiana; two daughters, Brianna Paulyn and Erin Presley Morlan of El Mirage, Ariz., and their mother, Joselyn Shiverts Hardin of El Mirage; his grandmother, Connie Shankle of Portageville; his sisters, Heather Lynn Morlan of Florence and Ashley Lacey of Portageville; and his brother, Brandon Lacey of Caruthersville.. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Alva Mae Hicks, 95, of East Prairie, died Sept. 17, 2017, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Oct. 18, 1921, in Camden, Tenn., to the late Willie and Berdie McMurtry Hicks, she had worked for Budget Laundry in East Prairie and also at Charleston Manor before retiring...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- John Joe Aycock, 72, died Sept. 16, 2017, at Miner Nursing Center. Arrangements are pending with Shelby Funeral Home of East Prairie.

SIKESTON -- Betty E. Leible died Sept. 19, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home.

CLIFTON, Ohio -- Anthony Gerald Armstrong, 51, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sept. 16, 2017, at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek. Born Sept. 9, 1966, to Julia Armstrong-Tate of rural Wyatt, Mo., and the late Ernest Love, was of the Baptist belief. After graduating from Charleston High School, he went to California to pursue truck driving which he did for several years. Later, he moved to St. Louis...

SIKESTON -- Jayne Moore, 54, died Sept. 16, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Sept. 23, 1962, in Sikeston, to Gary Nicholson of Orlando and Sharon Gill Nicholson Morris of St. Louis, she was a member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston and a registered nurse, having worked for Missouri Delta Medical Center, V.N.A and Sells Rest Home...

SIKESTON -- Denson Lee "Denny" Boner Sr., 77, died Sept. 17, 2017, at his home in Sikeston. Born Nov. 24, 1939, in Malden, son of the late William Borden and Mildred Margaret Dock Boner, he was a member of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and Reserve U.S. Navy Seabee and served during the Vietnam War. A member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston, he was a life member of the Navy Seabee of American and American Military Society...

LITHONIA, Ga. -- Thelma Butcher, 71, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sept. 13, 2017, at Heritage Hospice in Marietta. Born April 23, 1946, in Charleston, daughter of the late LeRoy Haynes and Willie Mae Treadwell Parker, she was a preschool teacher for over 25 years. She was a member of Living Word Christian Center in Chicago for many years before becoming a member of Berean Church in Atlanta...

SIKESTON -- Marion Louise Mainord, 88, died Sept. 19, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 14, 1929, in Jerusalem, Ark., to the late William Oscar and Lydia Adeline Venus Eddy, she had lived in Matthews until moving to Sikeston a year and half ago. She had been a secretary at Security Abstract in New Madrid and later at Scott-Huff Insurance Co...

HAYTI, Mo. -- David L. McCarter, 54, died Sept. 17, 2017, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1963, in Chicago, he was the son of the late Bonnie McDonald and Randle McCarter. He was also preceded in death by one son, David Lynn McCarter Jr.; and one brother, Donnie McCarter...

Edna Mae Deere was born January 2, 1927, in Portageville, to Vivan and Daisy Downing. She passed away September 11, 2017 at Southeast Hospital, in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 90 years. She and Edward Deere were married in 1949 in Hayward, Mo. Preceding her in death were her husband, her parents; daughter Janet Deere; son Dr. James Deere; and brothers Eugene, Joyce, Wayne, Terry, and Dwight Downing...

Canella Doris Hoggard went to her eternal home September 8, 2017, after a short illness, at the age of 89 years. She was born October 28, 1927, in Portageville, to the late Louis Baylous McAnally and Anna Mabel (Hurley) McAnally. She was united in marriage on July 13, 1948, in Piggott, Ark., to Lindell Hoggard, who preceded her death June 10 2009...

SIKESTON -- Betty E. Leible, 77, died Sept. 19, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 31, 1940, in Chaffee, she was the daughter of the late James F. Stringfellow and Lola Mae Ervin. Mrs. Leible was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Jeff T. Schoffner, 100, died Sept. 20, 2017, at his home in rural Charleston. Born Aug. 9, 1917, at Ashland, Miss., to the late Tom and Minnie B. Kizer Shoffner, he grew up in the Holly Springs, Miss., area moving to Mississippi County in 1941. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Ron Christopher Murphy Jr., 25, died Sept. 18, 2017, in New Madrid. Born Dec. 4, 1991, in Sikeston, son of Stacy Renee Turner Murphy of New Madrid and Ron Murphy of New Madrid, he was a 2009 graduate of New Madrid County Central High School...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Karen Eloise Moore Wright, 67, died Sept. 21, 2017, at the Charleston Manor. Born Feb. 9, 1950, at Charleston, to the late Byrd Thomas Moore and Willie Finley Traylor Moore, she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was of the Baptist belief...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- John Joe "Johnny Lightning"Aycock, 72, died Sept. 17, 2017, at Miner Nursing Center. Born June 19, 1945, in Charleston, to the late Clarence Son and Anna Ruth McCarty Countess, he was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston and had worked as a truck driver and in farming before retiring...

VANDUSER, Mo. -- Martha Sue Foster, 91, died Sept. 25, 2017, at her home in Vanduser. Born May 1, 1926, in Kenton, Tenn., to the late W.D. and Mamie Coker Moore, she attended Potters House in Sikeston. On Dec. 20, 1944, at Benton, she married Billy Coyle Foster; he preceded her in death Oct. 11, 2015...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- James Brackston "Bud" Small Jr., 80, died Sept. 24, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born July 30, 1937, in Wyatt, son of the late J.B. and Ethel Daniel Small Sr., he attended elementary school in Wyatt and graduated from Charleston High School in 1956. ...

SIKESTON -- Loretta Coady, 90, died Sept. 24, 2017, at Hunter Acres Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born June 27, 1927, in Jellico, Tenn., daughter of the late William and Roxie Sowder Vanderpool, she had been a homemaker and a member of the Wauchula Baptist Church in Wauchula...

SIKESTON -- Clyde James "Jimmy" Barnes Jr., age 80, died Sept.23, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born in Sikeston on Jan. 4, 1937, to the late Clyde James Barnes Sr. and Rubye Vaughan Barnes. On May 29,1959, in Jackson, he married Billie Marshall Barnes who survives of the home...

SIKESTON -- Alma "Jean" Harris, 71, a lifelong resident of the area, died Sept. 22, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 18, 1946, in Sikeston, to the late T.L. and Lillie Whittmore Coatney, she was a Sunday school teacher and member of Temple of Faith Church in Sikeston, had worked at the Cream Castle for 10 years and later at National Lock for 22 years...

SIKESTON -- George W. Gilmore Jr., age 69, died Sept. 26, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 23, 1947, at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., to the late George W. Gilmore Sr. and Mildred "Dooley" (DeField) Gilmore...

SIKESTON -- Floyd Don Jackson, 76, died Sept. 25, 2017, at his home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 4, 1940, in Thebes, Ill., to the late Francis and Susie Jackson. On Nov. 23, 1962, in Colorado Springs, Colo., he married Sharon Asbell, who preceded him in death on Oct. 26, 1994...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Carl Edward Christy, 96, died Sept. 24, 2017, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born May 8, 1921, in Bell City, to the late James Oliver and Louvina Leazenby Christy, he was a retired heavy equipment operator/mechanic with Lonestar Industries in Cape Girardeau and a member of First Baptist Church in Chaffee. He was in the United States Army stationed at Panama Canal during World War II...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Don Wesley Ables, son of the late Cline Ables and Nota Dover Ables, was born on Sept. 19, 1944, in Sikeston, and departed this life on Sept. 24, 2017, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 73. Mr. Ables was a Veteran of the United States Army, former employee with News America Marketing and Sales and member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Dexter. For 19 years he also helped and organized American Legion Boys State...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- June Annetta Jones Land, 81, died Sept. 23, 2017, at her home in Charleston. Born June 13, 1936, in Charleston, to the late Robert C. and Minnie G. Monroe Jones, she was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston and a graduate of Charleston High School. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Linda Mae Carter, 69, died Sept. 27, 2017, at the Estates of Bertrand in Bertrand. Born Aug. 21, 1948, in Charleston, daughter of the late George and Rita Sisk Vinson, she was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston. Survivors include: two sons and one daughter-in-law, Michael and Stephanie Vinson of Benton and Blake Vinson of Charleston; three brothers, Jesse Vinson and Tony Vinson of Charleston and Jerry Vinson of East Prairie; two sisters, Bertha Hedge and Donna Jones of Charleston; and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.. ...

SIKESTON -- Peggy Umfress, 76, died Sept. 27, 2017, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Born Aug. 17, 1941, in Sikeston, to the late Heartsill and Louise Sindle Newton, she was of Baptist belief. She retired from Sikeston Regional Center after 16 years of service...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Eric Josephus Richardson, 57, died Sept. 19, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 19, 1960, in Sikeston, to the late Willie B. and Grethel Allison Richardson, he was a 1978 graduate of New Madrid County Central High School in New Madrid and a member of the Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in LaForge. He was a lifelong farmer...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Karen Geer Recker, 68, formerly of Sikeston, died Aug. 9, 2017. Born Oct. 3, 1948, in Kansas City, daughter of the late Paul Geer and Patricia Geer, she was a special education teacher and taught in Sikeston for over 20 years. She retired from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida...

BENTON, Mo. -- Vincent Dean "Vinnie" Mansell, 62, passed away Sept. 17, 2017, at his dear friend, Linda Proctor Tamez's home in Benton, from breathing constrictions and double pneumonia. He was born Dec. 5, 1954, in St. Louis, to Delores Mansell. He graduated from Oran High School in 1973 and after, joined the U.S. ...

WYATT, Mo. -- Phillip Haywood Rowland, 86, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at his home in Wyatt. Born Dec. 8, 1931, at Belmont, to the late Albert and Dathel M. Hayden Rowland, he had lived in Wyatt most of his life and had been employed as a shipping clerk with Valley Steel in Cairo, Ill., and a former member the Local Aerospace Workers Union...

MESSLER, Mo. -- Charles Fred Arnold, 69, died Sept. 28, 2017, at his home. Born Oct. 24, 1947, in Perkins, son of the late A. Paul and Annabelle Head Arnold, he was a retired farmhand and a retired truck driver for Genesis Trucking in Cape Girardeau. ...

SIKESTON -- Martin Edward Pazdera Jr., 80, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born Aug. 7, 1937, at Dardanelle, Ark., to the late Martin A. Pazdera and Josephine Prochazka Pazdera, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and was a 1956 graduate of St. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Michael Jackson, 62, died Sept. 24, 2017, at Dexter Living Center in Dexter. Born Dec. 29, 1954, in Randles, son of the late Robert Cleveland and Alma Sue Crowden Jackson, he was a retired carpenter. His wife, Brenda Mason Jackson, survives of the home...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Jimmy Lamar Holdiness, 71, died Sept. 28, 2017, at his home in East Prairie. Born Jan. 3, 1946, in LaForge, Mo., to the late Lamar and Lois Moss Holdiness, he was a self-employed carpenter. In 1984, he married Brenda Georgette Marshall Holdiness who survives of the home...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Melvin Ardell Shoults, 90, died Sept. 29, 2017, at Memphis, Tenn. Born Dec. 18, 1926, in Ste. Genevieve, son of the late Nellie Cox Shoults and Harley Shoults, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Portageville and retired from Frisco Railroad Company...