OBITUARIES
Bill Matthews
Jun 25, 2020
William Matthews of Bloomfield, son of the late Newt Matthews and Freda Bryant Matthews Aslin, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri, on January 12, 1928, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on June 26, 2020, at the age of 92 years.. On December 3, 1989 he was married to Willene Gibbs, in Missouri; she precedes...
Vernon Johnson
Jun 12, 2020
Vernon "Smoky" Johnson of Parma, son of Rubel and Lottie May (Burch) Johnson, was born in Catron, Missouri, on October 11, 1922 and passed away at the Missouri State Veteran's home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, June 12, 2020, at the age 97 years 8 months 1 day. He had been a resident of Parma for many years. He had worked...
Dorothy Sayre
Jun 8, 2020
Dorothy Louise Sayre Dorothy Louise Sayre of Dexter MO, daughter of the late Luther and May Cates, was born in Bloomfield, MO on October 15, 1925, and passed away at her home in Dexter, MO on June 8, 2020, at the age of 94 years. She lived in the Dexter area most of her life. Dorothy enjoyed being a housewife,...
Loretta Medlin Morgan
Jun 8, 2020
Loretta Medlin Morgan, 66, of Dexter, passed away June 8, 2020 at her home in Dexter.She was the daughter of the late Clifford Medlin and Wilma Shipman. Loretta was born in Dexter, Missouri and spent most of her time in Dexter, and Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was in marketing with cable companies and SBC. She enjoyed sewing, art, gardening and...
Laverne Snider
Jun 7, 2020
Margie “Laverne” Snider, the daughter of the late John and Freeda (Powell) Rodgers, was born in Mingo, Mo. on August 28, 1927, and passed away at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo. on June 7, 2020, at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 10 days. On January 25, 1947, she married Floyd Snider in Bowling Green, Ohio....
Chuck Curry
Jun 3, 2020
Kenneth (Chuck) Charles Curry Jr., formerly of Morehouse, Missouri was born to Bonnie L. Bruce Curry and the late Kenneth Charles Curry Sr. on April 5, 1961 in Festus, Missouri. Chuck had been a resident of Morehouse, and Sikeston, area for years before moving to Jefferson City, Missouri. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, golfing and especially his guitar. Surviving are his...
Loran E. Pruett
May 29, 2020
Loran E. Pruett of Bloomfield, son of the late Johnny and Mary Osburn Pruett, was born in Bloomfield Missouri, on March 29, 1930, and passed away at his residence in Bloomfield on May 29, 2020, at the age of 90 years.. On March 6, 1954 he was married to Annie E. Gromer in Holly Springs, Mississippi; she precedes him in...
Larry J Dowdy
May 26, 2020
Larry J. Dowdy of Dexter, son of the late Andrew Jackson and Edna Marie Dempsey Dowdy, was born in Essex, Missouri on April 21, 1947, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on May 26, 2020, at the age of 73 years. Larry enjoyed going fishing and hunting with his son. He worked at Purolator Manufacturer...
Barbara Jean Ramey
May 17, 2020
Barbara Ramey of Dexter, daughter of the late Pete and Catherine Reeves Kiger, was born in Brosley, Missouri on April 8, 1950, and passed away at the Evelyn House in Creve Core, Missouri on May 17, 2020, at the age of 70 years. Barbara married Jesse Ramey on January 5, 1975 in Malden, Missouri She enjoyed being a home maker...
Margaret Shelby
May 15, 2020
Margaret (Maggie) Shelby of Advance, daughter of the late John P. Jeffrey and Minnie Louise Johansmeier, passed away May 15, 2020 at St Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Maggie was a member of the Puxico First Baptist Church in Puxico Missouri. She enjoyed working and delivering food for the Puxico Nutrition Center. Margaret was a very loving person...
Bea McKillip
May 13, 2020
Bernice McKillip of Cauthersville, daughter of the late Erick and Antonia Uishener Lindblad, was born in Mitchell, South Dakota on May 30, 1921, and passed away at the Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter on May 12, 2020, at the age of 98 years, 11 months and 12 days. She had lived in Mitchell South Dakota, Iowa, and Hamilton Missouri,...
Cletus Ray Counts
May 9, 2020
Cletus Ray Counts Jr. of Sikeston, son of Cletus Ray Counts Sr. and the late Nell Hall Counts, was born in Charleston, Missouri on April 9, 1965, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on May 9, 2020, at the age of 55 years, 1 month. He had lived in Mississippi before moving to Sikeston. He had...
Dessie B. Hill
Apr 27, 2020
Dessie B Hill of Malden, daughter of the late Jobe H. and Sarah Marie Thompson Ratliff, was born in Malden, Missouri on August 17, 1928, and passed away in Malden Nursing & Rehab Center in Malden, Missouri on April 27, 2020, at the age of 91 years 8 months 11 day. Dessie enjoyed attending and participating in Sunnyvale General Baptist...
Beth Haw
Apr 24, 2020
Elizabeth (Beth) VanKleek Haw, of Arkansas, the daughter of Diane (Kay) VanKleek and the late Robert (Bob)VanKleek was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on April 12, 1975 and passed away April 24, 2020 at UAMS Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. Elizabeth loved being outside doing day trips with Nick, she and Nick were married on April 16, 2017. Elizabeth is survived by...
Michelle Starnes
Apr 19, 2020
Bobbi Michelle Starnes of Dexter, daughter of the Bobby and Jo Ann Graham Smithson, was born in Dowagiac, Michigan on March 10, 1971 and passed away at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis on April 19, 2020, at the age of 49 years, 1 month and 9 days. She had lived in the Dexter and Bernie most of...
Emma Kimbrel
Apr 19, 2020
Emma Nell Kimbrel of Bloomfield, 74 daughter of Arvel F. and Frances Fay Ranklin Williamson, was born in Leora, Missouri on September 30, 1945, and passed away on April 19, 2020, at her residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, surrounded by her family. On November 8, 1975 she married Donald Joe Kimbrel,in Dongola, Illinois. Surviving are her husband, Donald J. Kimbrel he...
Gean Burnett
Apr 14, 2020
Burlis Gean Burnett of Dexter, daughter of the late Burl "Watermelon" and Maudie Mae Davis Smith, was born in Cardwell, Missouri on October 8, 1940, and passed away at her home in Dexter on April 14, 2020, at the age of 79 years, 6 months and 6 days. She had lived in the Dexter and Dudley area most of her...
Janice McCollom
Apr 12, 2020
Ora Janice McCollom of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Lester and Mildred Hudgens Stoker, was born in Dexter, Missouri on December 29, 1941, and passed away at the Bloomfield Living Center in Bloomfield on April 12, 2020, at the age of 78 years, 3 months and 14 days. She had lived in Bloomfield most of her life. She had attended...
Martha Blankenship
Apr 11, 2020
Martha Fay Blankenship of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Willie Barry and Zelma Cleta Lemons Bennett, was born in Advance, Missouri, on December 20, 1952, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on April 11, 2020, at the age of 67 years, 3 months and 22 days. She had lived in the Marble Hill and Zalma area...
Doris June Strickland
Apr 10, 2020
Doris June Strickland, daughter of the late George David and Georgianna Mae Bafen Hott, was born in Decatur, Illinois on January 7, 1955, and passed away at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico, Missouri on April 10, 2020, at the age of 65 years, 3 months and 9 days. She had worked as a CNA at the Crowley Ridge Care...
