OBITUARIES
Charles Boyles
Aug 29, 2018
Charles Boyles of Fisk, son of the late Harry (Silas) and Myrtha Juanita Abney Boyles, was born in Dexter, Missouri on December 1, 1931, and passed away at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff on August 29, 2018, at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 28 days.
He also married Norma Glenn on June 25,1955 in Dexter...
Elmer Gene Blankenship
Aug 27, 2018
Elmer Gene Blankenship of Bloomfield, son of the late Elmer Edward and Helen Geraldine Probst, was born in Advance, Missouri, on February 17, 1946, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on August 27, 2018, at the age of 72 years, 6 months and 10 days.
Elmer had lived in the Marble Hill area before moving to Bloomfield...
Patricia Faye Freed
Aug 11, 2018
Patricia Faye Freed of Dexter, daughter of the late Clarence Rufus and Nora Lee Gribble Powell, was born on September 29, 1963, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and passed away at her home in Dexter, Missouri on August 11, 2018, at the age of 54 years, 10 months and 13 days.
She had lived in Dudley and Wappapello before moving to Dexter...
Harold "Butch" Grasham
Aug 2, 2018
Harold "Butch" Grasham of Truesdale, Missouri, son of the late Raymond and Imogene Truell Grasham, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 11,1961 and passed away on August 2, 2018, at St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles, Missouri, at the age of 57 years, 5 months and 22 days.
Mr. Grasham had lived in Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Wappapello, Missouri and...
Shirley Dunivan
Jul 25, 2018
Shirley Dunivan of Puxico, Missouri, daughter of the late Coda and June Lane Brown, was born in Fredericktown, Missouri on June 8,1930 and passed away on July 25, 2018, at her home in Puxico, at the age of 88 years, 1 month and 13 days.
Mrs. Dunivan lived in Brownwood, Missouri, then moved to Puxico in 1956. She was a member...
Harold M. Gaines
Jul 23, 2018
Harold M. Gaines, son of the late Curtis Edgar and Winnie Mable Skelton Gaines, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on April 17, 1922, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston on July 23, 2018, at the age of 96 years, 3 months and 6 days.
Mr. Gaines had lived in Bloomfield all his life. He had worked...
Junior Ray Parker
Jul 23, 2018
Junior Ray Parker of Morehouse, son of the late James Andrew and Mollie Rose Ann Warren Parker, was born in Kiser, Arkansas on June 16, 1932, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston on July 23, 2018, at the age of 86 years, 1 month and 7 days.
He had lived in the Morehouse area most of...
Jerry Dale Townsend
Jul 17, 2018
Jerry Dale Townsend of Dudley, son of the late James and Myrtle Irene Williams Townsend, was born in Fisk, Missouri on October 20, 1944, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County on July 17, 2018, at the age of 73 years, 8 months and 27 days.
He had lived in the Dudley area most of his life....
Randall Ramsey
Jul 16, 2018
Randall Ramsey, the long time Mayor of Parma, died peacefully in his sleep on July 16, 2018. In addition to being Mayor, he owned & operated W.L.Ramsey, Inc. a farm equipment dealership for more than 30 years. Randall was preceded in death by his parents, W.L. and Lorene (Dawson) Ramsey, his brother W.L. Ramsey, Jr. (Cowboy). He was also preceded...
Phillip Ray Frazier, Sr.
Jul 13, 2018
Phillip Ray Frazier, Sr. of Dexter, son of Ray Frazier and the late Edith Maye Frazier, was born in Hartford, Maryland on June 30, 1962, and passed away at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis on July 13, 2018, at the age of 56 years and 13 days.
He had lived in the Dexter area most of his life....
Brenda D. Watson
Jul 8, 2018
Brenda Watson of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Arnold Alvin and Bessie Mae Whittley Case, was born on February 24, 1947, in Circle City, Missouri and passed away at her home in Bloomfield on July 8, 2018, at the age of 71 years, 4 months and 14 days.
She had lived in in the Essex & Bloomfield areas most of her...
Jo Anne Morgan
Jul 2, 2018
Jo Anne Morgan of Dexter, daughter of the late Veda Mae Edwards, was born on August 28, 1934, near Bloomfield, Missouri and passed away at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on July 2, 2018, at the age of 83 years, 10 months and 4 days.
She had lived in Stoddard county all of her life and was a...
Dale Vaughn
Jul 1, 2018
Dale Vaughn of Essex, son of the late Arthur Lee and Ruby Edna Maze Vaughn, was born on August 24, 1956, in Parma, Missouri and passed away at his home in Essex on July 1, 2018, at the age of 61 years, 10 months and 7 days.
He had lived most of his life in the Southeast Missouri area with the...
Jimmy Lynn Casey
Jun 28, 2018
Jimmy L. Casey of Dexter, son of the late William Opal and Lavern Louise Casey Triplett, was born on April 1, 1952, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and passed away at his home in Dexter on June 28, 2018, at the age of 66 years, 2 months and 27 days.
He had lived all of his life in the Stoddard County area....
Louise Ellis
Jun 18, 2018
Louise Ellis of Edwardsville, Illinois, formally of Bernie, the daughter of the late Nathan Alexander and Cora Jane Fox Bennett, was born in Fisk, Missouri on December 4, 1927, and passed away at the Rosewood Care Center in Edwardsville, Illinois on June 19, 2018, at the age of 90 years, 6 months and 15 days.
Mrs. Ellis had lived in the...
Edna Lee Hester
Jun 17, 2018
Edna Lee Hester, daughter of the late George Buchanan and Ethel McKeller, was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on October 16, 1942 and the Lord called her name on June 17, 2018, at the age of 75. The Angels quickly assembled to begin preparation for her homecoming. God drew her breath and Momma peacefully closed her eyes, surrendering unto our Lord,...
Alfred Coleman
Jun 13, 2018
Alfred Coleman, son of the late Robert Clint and Georgia W. Russell Coleman, was born in Dexter on January 15, 1926, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on June 13, 2018, at the age of 92 years, 4 months and 29 days.
Alfred had lived in Dexter all of his life, worked as a carpenter and built...
Lonnie Lee Mallory
Jun 11, 2018
Lonnie Lee Mallory of Canton, Mississippi, son of the late Melvin and Irene Runyon Mallory, was born in Dudley, Missouri on August 31, 1947, passed away in Canton, Mississippi on June 11, 2018, at the age of 70 years, 9 months and 11 days.
Lonnie was raised in Dudley and spent twenty-one years in the U. S. Air Force, and was...
Leon Watkins
May 28, 2018
Leon Watkins of Puxico, formerly of Essex, son of the late William Harrison and Treecie Lorene Kirtley Watkins, was born in Morehouse, on January 3, 1944, and passed away at his home in Puxico on May 28, 2018, at the age of 74 years, 4 months and 25 days.
Leon had lived in Essex before moving to Puxico three years ago....
Debra Ann Harlan
May 24, 2018
Debra Ann Harlan of Grayridge, daughter of the late James Eugene and Naomi Joyce Ross Dougherty, was born on January 6, 1959, in St. Louis, Missouri and passed away at her home in Grayridge, Missouri on May 24, 2018, at the age of 59 years, 4 months and 18 days.
She had worked as a custodian at the Jackson Schools and...
