OBITUARIES
Jerry Dean Layton
Jan 24, 2016
Jerry Dean Layton of Dexter, son of the late William Burton and Elsie Tuttle Layton, was born in Essex, Missouri on September 14, 1936, and passed away at his home in Dexter on January 24, 2016, at the age of 79 years 4 months, and 10 days. Jerry had lived in Arnold, Missouri until moving to Dexter in 1990. He...
James D. Metcalf
Jan 23, 2016
James “J.D.” Metcalf, son of the late James Otto and Ethel Arlean Kelso Metcalf, was born in Himmel, Missouri on January 26, 1932, and passed away at his home near Bloomfield, Missouri on January 23, 2016, at the age of 83 years. He had lived in the Bloomfield area all of his life. He had worked for 37 years and...
Carl Hester
Jan 22, 2016
Carl Hester, son of the late Charles L. and Eva Lena Stevens Hester, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on February 7, 1925, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, Missouri on January 22, 2016, at the age of 90 years. He had lived in St. Charles, Poplar Bluff, Essex & Dexter; and had lived in Bloomfield for...
Sylvia La'Reese Herrion Borden
Jan 22, 2016
Sylvia La'Reese Herrion-Borden, daughter of Edna Wynn-Sims and Sylvester Herrion, was born in Dexter, Missouri on June 16, 1971, and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau on January 22, 2016, at the age of 44 years, 7 months and 6 days. Mrs. Borden had lived most of her life in Sikeston. She had worked as a...
Otis S. Cummings, Sr.
Jan 15, 2016
Otis S. Cummings, Sr. of Puxico, son of the late John Wesley and Kate R. Marion Cummings, was born in Fairview, Missouri on May 9, 1936 and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau on January 15, 2016, at the age of 79 years, 8 months and 6 days. Otis had lived in Fairview, Missouri most of...
Sheri Darlene DeJournett
Jan 14, 2016
Sheri Darlene DeJournett, daughter of Dorothy McCollum DeJournett and the late Wiley DeJournett, was born in Missouri on June 27, 1956, and passed away at her home in Dexter on January 14, 2016, at the age of 59 years, 6 months and 18 days. Mrs. DeJournett had grown up in Flat River, Missouri and had moved to Dexter in 2005....
David Lynn Davis
Jan 13, 2016
David Lynn Davis, son of the late Alfred and Essie Cookson Davis, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on February 2, 1952, and passed away at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on January 13, 2016, at the age of 63 years, 11 months and 11 days. Mr. Davis had lived most of his life in Puxico,...
Granville Hobart Northcutt, Jr.
Jan 10, 2016
Granville Hobart “Bob” Northcutt, Jr., son of the late Granville Hobart, Sr. and Daisy Northcutt, was born near Bell City, Missouri on September 30, 1927, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on January 10, 2016, at the age of 88 years. He had lived in the Bell City and Bloomfield areas all his life....
John L. Geary
Jan 8, 2016
John L. Geary, son of Lawrence Ray Geary and the late Shirley Davis Geary, was born in Dexter, Missouri on August 9, 1956, and passed away at his home in Aquilla, Missouri on January 8, 2016, at the age of 59 years. He had lived in Aquilla all of his life. He was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church...
Melvin Lee Cagle
Jan 8, 2016
Melvin Lee Cagle, son of the late Frank and Lula Elizabeth Triplett Cagle, was born in Essex, Missouri on February 11, 1925 and passed away at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on January 8, 2016, at the age of 90 years 10 months, and 27 days. Melvin had lived in Stoddard and New Madrid County for most of...
Bob Holford
Jan 7, 2016
Bob Holford, son of the late Roy Lee and Beulah Maybelle Mitchell Holford, was born near Cash, Arkansas on October 5, 1933, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on January 7,2016, at the age of 82 years. He had lived in Bloomfield since 1954. He was a member of the Link Church near Bloomfield....
Gordon Randall Jones
Jan 6, 2016
Gordon Randall :"Randy" Jones, son of the late Hillis Ulysses and Bonnie Mae Lackey Jones, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on March 5, 1953, and passed away at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on January 6, 2016, at the age of 62 years 10 months and 1 day. Gordon had lived in Puxico for many years, moved to...
Nellie Ruth Smith
Jan 5, 2016
Nellie Ruth Smith, the daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Allison Ashbaugh, was born in Puxico, Missouri on June 20, 1927, and passed away at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico, Missouri on January 5, 2016, at the age of 88 years, 6 months and 16 days. Mrs. Smith had lived in Puxico, Missouri since 1978. She was retired...
Pauletta Kay Warren Smith
Jan 5, 2016
Pauletta Kay Warren-Smith, daughter of the late Floyd Green and Erma Lee Melton Warren, was born in Dexter, Missouri on December 8, 1945, and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau on January 5, 2016, at the age of 70 years and 28 days. Mrs. Smith had lived in the Dexter area most of her life. She...
Loyd Snider
Jan 5, 2016
Loyd Snider, son of the late Riley and Grace Bridges Snider, was born in Essex, Missouri on August 12, 1918, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on January 5, 2016, at the age of 97 years. He lived in Bloomfield most of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church...
Helen Bernice Payton
Dec 31, 2015
Helen Bernice Payton, daughter of the late George Edward and Lavinia Elizabeth Porter Crest, was born in New Madrid, Missouri on February 5, 1937, and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau on December 31, 2015, at the age of 78 years, 10 months and 26 days. Mrs. Payton had lived in St. Louis before moving to...
Rebecca F. Cooper
Dec 31, 2015
Rebecca F. Cooper, 83, passed away December 31, 2015 at Wesley Acres Health Care Center surrounded by family and friends. Rebecca Cooper was born on April 18, 1932 to John & Hazle Stewart in Springfield, Missouri. She was a graduate of Hayti High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She was united in marriage to Norman L. Cooper on December...
David D. Hardin
Dec 26, 2015
Rev. David Hardin, son of the late Jessie Lee and Ruth McConnaughhay Hardin, was born in Saginaw, Michigan on March 28, 1956, and passed away at his home in Dexter, Missouri on December 26, 2015, at the age of 59 years, 8 months and 28 days. David had lived most of his life in Dexter and was a member of...
Edward D. Pry
Dec 25, 2015
Edward D. Pry of Bloomfield, son of the late Edgar William and Dollie Steward Pry, was born in Flint, Michigan on September 20, 1929, and passed away at his home near Bloomfield, Missouri on December 25, 2015, at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 5 days. He had lived in Michigan where he had worked as a meat...
Norma K. Hix
Dec 25, 2015
Norma K. Hix, daughter of the late Charles Thomas and Minnie Hodge Glenn, was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on July 10, 1922 and passed away at St. Anthony Hospital in Alton, Illinois on December 25, 2015, at the age 93 years. She was married to Roy Wilhelm. She later married Earl Cordell Hix he preceded her in death on...
