OBITUARIES
Carolyn Sue Lacy
Feb 22, 2017
Carolyn Lacy of Sweet Springs, daughter of the late Stephen Morris and Ludie Mae Burress Clark, was born in Kokomo, Indiana on November 26, 1950, and passed away in Sweet Springs, Missouri on February 22, 2017, at the age of 66 years, 2 months and 27 days She had lived in the Sweet Springs, Missouri area for many years. She...
Evelyn V. Jordan Diaz
Feb 19, 2017
Evelyn Diaz of Kansas City, daughter of the late Carl Edgar and Opal Clara Hawley Needham, was born in Essex, Missouri on November 2, 1927, and passed away at the North Kansas City Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri on February 19, 2017, at the age of 89 years, 3 months and 17 days. Mrs. Diaz grew up in Essex, lived...
Margie Ann Mathis
Feb 19, 2017
Margie Ann Mathis of Dexter, daughter of the late Ralph and Fanny Siler Griffy, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on December 24, 1938, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 19, 2017, at the age of 78 years, 1 month and 26 days. Mrs. Mathis had lived in the Bloomfield and Dexter...
Jess Marion Brown, Jr.
Feb 12, 2017
Jess Marion Brown, Jr. of Dexter, the son of Jess Marion, Sr. and the late Lura Mae Wilson Brown, was born in Frisco, Missouri on February 29, 1928, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 12, 2017, at the age of 88 years, 11 months and 15 days. Mr. Brown grew up...
Katteena "Tina" Borders
Feb 9, 2017
Katteena "Tina" Borders, daughter of the late George Edward and Flo Magnolia Cawhorn Plunk, was born in Marston, Missouri on April 5, 1968, and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 9, 2017, at the age of 48 years, 10 months and 4 days. Mrs. Borders had lived in the Dexter area all of...
Onia Faye Hendley True
Feb 6, 2017
Onia Faye Hendley True of Poplar Bluff, daughter of the late Burl "Watermelon" and Maudie Mae Davis Smith, was born in Kennett, Missouri on June 23, 1944, and passed away at her daughter's home in Poplar Bluff on February 6, 2017, at the age of 72 years, 7 months and 14 days. She had lived in the Wappapello and Dexter...
Lloyd E. Harris
Feb 5, 2017
Lloyd “Red” Harris of Bloomfield, son of the late Manuel Everet Harris and Annie Rona Simmers Harris Scowden, was born in Sturdivant, Missouri on March 28, 1931, and passed away at the Bloomfield Living Center Bloomfield on February 5, 2017, at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 8 days. Lloyd had lived in Puxico for many years until...
James Freeman Hampton
Feb 5, 2017
James Freeman Hampton, son of the late James Willie "Buddy" and Ruby Mae Halcrombe Hampton, was born at Trail Back near Essex, Missouri on February 18, 1947, and passed away at the Ridgeview Living Center in Malden February 5, 2017, at the age of 69 years, 11 months and 16 days. Mr. Hampton had lived in Essex and Sikeston most...
Marjorie Ann Crites
Feb 3, 2017
Marjorie Ann Crites of Oran, daughter of the late Raymond Virgil and Lucy Opal Sweet Ward, was born in Wappapello, Missouri on August 4, 1941, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on February 3, 2017, at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 30 days. Mrs. Crites had lived in the Puxico area...
Arthur LeRoy Dykes
Feb 2, 2017
Arthur "Art" Dykes, Jr. of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, son of the late Arthur LeRoy, Sr. and Ethel Fay Buffington Dykes, was born in Witchita, Kansas on June 29,1961 and passed away on February 2, 2017, at St. Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis, at the age of 55 years, 7 months and 28 days. Arthur had lived in Poplar...
Johnnie N. Davis
Jan 31, 2017
Johnnie Davis of Grayridge, daughter of the late John William and Jessie Jane Dorney Scott, was born in Hartman, Arkansas on August 1, 1933, and passed away at her residence in Grayridge on January 31, 2017, at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 29 days. She had lived in the Grayridge area for several years. She worked for...
Dennis Lee Taylor
Jan 31, 2017
Dennis Lee Taylor of Bloomfield, son of the late Lonnie Emerson and Dolly Ann Pearcy Taylor, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on August 2, 1948, and passed away at his home in Bloomfield, Missouri on January 31, 2017, at the age of 68 years, 5 months and 29 days. Dennis had lived in Bloomfield most of his life. He had...
James Excellent Thomas
Jan 27, 2017
James Excellent "J. T." Thomas of Parma, son of Katherlene Exson Thomas and the late Sidney Thomas, was born in Lilbourn, Missouri on July 14, 1965, and passed away at the Ridgeview Nursing Center in Malden, Missouri on January 27, 2017, at the age of 51 years, 6 months and 13 days. J. T. was raised in the Parma area,...
Gloria Kathreen Robinson
Jan 14, 2017
Gloria Kathreen Robinson of Dexter, daughter of the late James Melvin and Letha Pearl Martin O'Dell, was born near Bloomfield, Missouri on August 19, 1928, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on January 14, 2017, at the age of 88 years, 4 months and 26 days. She had lived in the Dexter area all of...
Jimmy Lynn Smith
Jan 9, 2017
Jimmy Lynn Smith of Parma, son of the late Willie Bon & Wilma Dean Reavis Smith, was born in Malden, Missouri on July 20, 1955, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on January 9, 2017, at the age of 61 years, 5 months and 20 days. Jimmy had lived in the Parma area all...
Virgie Alexander
Jan 9, 2017
Virgie Alexander of Dexter, daughter of the late Clinton Scowden and Ruth McConnaughhay Scowden Hardin, was born in Grayridge, Missouri on January 4, 1941, and passed away at her home in Dexter on January 9, 2017, at the age of 76 years and 5 days. She had lived in the Dexter area most all of her life. She had worked...
Melba J. Sherfield
Jan 8, 2017
Melba J. Sherfield of Dexter, daughter of the late Willie Aubrey and Grace Chasteen Fulkerson, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on August 15, 1921, and passed away at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on January 8, 2017, at the age of 95 years, 4 months and 24 days. She had lived in the Dexter area all her life....
Walter Samuel Wyman
Jan 7, 2017
Walter Samuel Wyman of Essex, son of the late William Oscar and Nancy Delena Payne Wyman, was born at Trailback, Missouri on June 16, 1928, and passed away peacefully at his home in rural Essex, Missouri on January 6, 2017, at the age of 88 years, 6 months and 21 days. Walter had lived in the Essex area all of...
Dwight Leon Cookson
Jan 6, 2017
Dwight Leon Cookson of Puxico, son of the late James Otto and Beulah Klaffer Cookson, was born in Puxico, Missouri on November 1, 1932, and passed away at Advance Assisted Living in Advance, January 6, 2017, at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 6 days. Mr. Cookson had lived in the Puxico area most of his life. He...
Donald Glen Volz
Jan 5, 2017
Donald Glen Volz of Marston, son of Vera Lee March Sanders and the late Donald Glenn Sanders, was born in Dexter, Missouri on March 5, 1974, and passed away at the Pemiscott Memorial Hospital in Hayti, Missouri on January 5, 2017, at the age of 42 yearsand 10 months. Donald had lived in the Dexter and Essex areas most of...
