Stories from Tuesday, October 3, 2023

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Maureen Rogers LaFont Anderson was born May 8, 1928, to Clarence and Maudie Rogers in Portageville, Missouri. She passed from this earth, at her residence in Cape Girardeau on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at 95 years young. In 1946, she married Samuel "Gene" LaFont at Saint Eustachius Catholic Church, Portageville...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Beverly “Rowena” Crafton Benson was born on July 6, 1932, in Portageville, Missouri, to the late Hugh Wallace Crafton and Pauline Adams Crafton. She passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at the Portageville Nursing Center at 91 years, two months and 24 days...

SIKESTON – Roger Clinton Elledge II, age 46, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30, 2023, at Southeast Hospital, surrounded by those dearest to him in life — his parents, Roger and Tamara Elledge, and his daughter, Madelyn Grace Elledge.  He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Marjorie Ruth McFerron and Howard Harry Hardman Jr., and paternal grandparents, Dorman Clint & Hester Agnes Elledge. ...

DIEHLSTADT, Mo. — Edward Leroy Davenport, 87, died Sept. 28, 2023, at his home. Private graveside services with full military honors were conducted Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri. Burial immediately followed...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — James E. “Jim" Cullison, age 81, of Charleston died Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from noon until the funeral hour at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, at the United Methodist Church in Charleston. Rev. Scott Moon, pastor, will officiate...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Jimmie Dale Russell, age 75, passed away Oct. 1, 2023, at his home in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born Dec. 8, 1947, in Malden, Missouri, son of the late Raymond Lee Russell and Thelma Omega Stocks-Russell. Jimmie was of the Baptist faith, and his forever home church was Canalou Baptist Church. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. — Emma DeMonia, age 84, passed away Sept. 29, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Jan. 26, 1939, in Little Rock, Arkansas, daughter of the late Cecil “C.V.” Garner and Ollie Mae Lusk-Garner. Emma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Morehouse and had...

FARMINGTON, Mo. — Darrin Joe McIntyre, age 43, of Farmington died Sept. 30, 2023, from injuries sustained in an ATV accident in Madison County, Missouri. He was born May 27, 1980, in Sikeston, Missouri, son of Bobby Joe McIntyre and Sharon Delene Williams-McIntyre...

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — Our dear mother, Vera Burger, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the age of 94 years. Mom will once again be with her beloved husband and our father Alex Jr., who passed away on Oct. 24, 1992, a day after his 65th birthday. She will also be reunited with her mother, Cecelia, who passed away when Mom was only 4 years old. We know that she must have welcomed her daughter Vera with open arms...