OBITUARIES
Patricia Smith
Dec 25, 2014
Rev. Patricia Sue Smith of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Ralph Cecil and Juanita Aliene Parker Becraft, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on March 15, 1934, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 25, 2014, at the age of 80 years, 9 months and 10 days. Patricia had lived in the Bloomfield...
Hazel Burton
Dec 17, 2014
Hazel Christine Burton of Morehouse, daughter of the late Omer and Ruby Mason Freeman, was born in Polk County, Arkansas on October 2, 1931, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on December 17, 2014, at the age of 83 years, 2 months and 16 days. Mrs. Burton grew up in Arkansas and had lived...
Ada Robey
Dec 17, 2014
Ada "Granny" Robey of Sikeston, was raised by her grandparents, the late John and Clair Morlan, was born in Greenbriar, Missouri on August 18, 1923, and passed away at her home in Sikeston, Missouri on December 17, 2014, at the age of 91 years. She lived in the Avert, Missouri area most of her life and moved to Sikeston 24...
Wylie DeJournett
Dec 15, 2014
Wylie DeJournett, son of the late Marshall and Mary Annis DeJournett, was born in Essex, Missouri on August 14, 1927, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on December 15, 2014, at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 1 day. Mr. DeJournett had worked for Sam Scism Motors in Park Hills, Missouri...
Wilma Ping
Dec 14, 2014
Wilma Ping of St. Louis, daughter of the late Steven and Jewell Riles Baker, was born in Portageville, Missouri on November 27, 1932, and passed away at the Brookview Nursing Home in Maryland Heights, Missouri on December 14, 2014, at the age of 82 years and 17 days. She had lived in the St. Louis area for many years where...
J. C. Bissel
Dec 14, 2014
J. C. Bissel, son of the late Guy and Minnie Ross Bissel, was born on May 25, 1928, in Newport, Arkansas and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on December 14, 2014, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 19 days. He had been a resident of Southeast Missouri all his life, living in Portageville,...
Maggy Bess
Dec 12, 2014
Maggy Bess, daughter of the late Nolan Travis and Virginia Williams Thomason, was born in Harrell, Arkansas, on November 28, 1944, and passed away at her home in Puxico, Missouri on December 12, 2014, at the age of 70. Maggy had lived in Florida for 10 years and returned to Puxico where she has lived the past 18 years. She...
Glen Medler
Dec 3, 2014
Glen Medler, son of the late Raymond William and Mayme Lucus Medler, was born in Frisco, Missouri on November 28, 1917, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on December 3, 2014, at the age of 97 years and 5 days. Mr. Medler had lived in lived in Dexter where he owned and operated...
Ada Snider
Dec 3, 2014
Ada Mae Snider, daughter of the late Niny W. and Helen Smith Persfull, was born in Parma, Missouri, on December 22, 1942, and passed away at her home in Bloomfield, Missouri on December 3, 2014, at the age of 71 years, 11 months, and 11 days. Mrs. Snider had lived in St. Louis for many years before returning to Bloomfield...
Charlotte Avery
Dec 2, 2014
Charlotte K. Avery of Dudley, daughter of the late John and Mary Heaton Prince, was born in Cairo, Illinois on December 4, 1946, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on December 2, 2014, at the age of 67 years, 11 months and 30 days. She was raised in the Cahokia, Illinois area and...
Vivian Adkins
Dec 1, 2014
Vivian Nadine Adkins, daughter of the late Luther Lee and Nora Alice Riddle Brown, was born in Bernie, Missouri, on December 19, 1916, and passed away at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on December 1, 2014, at the age of 97 years, 11 months, and 12 days. Mrs. Adkins had lived in Dexter most of her life. She...
Charles Taylor
Nov 17, 2014
Charles Jr. Taylor of St. Louis, Missouri, the son of the late Jerry and Pearlie Mae Glee Taylor, was born on February 18, 1956, near Parma, Missouri, and passed away at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on November 17, 2014, at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 30 days. Mr. Taylor had lived in Southeast Missouri...
William Massey
Nov 11, 2014
William C. "Bill" Massey of Bloomfield, son of the late William Chandler Massey, Sr. and Edith Henley Massey, and was born in Morenci, Arizona on August 20, 1928, and passed away at his home in Bloomfield on November 11, 2014, at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 22 days. He had worked as a truck driver for many...
Bobby Jones
Nov 8, 2014
Bobby Jones of Essex, Missouri, son of the late Rufus Jones and Lilly Dillinger Jones, was born on August 8, 1933, in Holland, Missouri, and passed away at his home in Essex, Missouri on November 8, 2014, at the age of 81 years and 3 months. Mr. Jones had lived in St. Louis for 50 years before moving to Essex...
Theral Vanover
Nov 3, 2014
Theral "Tubie" Vanover, son of the late R. V. and Trecie Latham Vanover, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on August 24, 1954, and passed away in Memphis, Tennessee on November 3, 2014, at the age of 60 years, 2 months and 10 days. He had lived in the Puxico area most of his life and was a 1973 graduate of...
Bob Holland
Oct 31, 2014
Rev. Bob Holland of Bloomfield, was raised by his grandparents, Wilford & Effie Holland and was born in Parma, Missouri on March 1, 1933, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on October 31, 2014, at the age of 81 years, 7 months and 30 days. He had been a minister for many years and...
Charlotte Jolliff
Oct 26, 2014
Charlotte Jolliff, daughter of the late Ralph David and June Nesta Hunter Miller, was born in St. Charles, Missouri on March 14, 1943, and passed away at the Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on October 26, 2014, at the age of 71 years, 7 months and 12 days. She had lived in Dexter since 1979. She was...
Annie Pruett
Oct 24, 2014
Annie E. Pruett, of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Ernest and Addie Mason Gromer, was born in Marquand, Missouri on August 25, 1929, and passed away at her home in Bloomfield on October 24, 2014, at the age of 85 years, 1 month and 29 days. On March 6, 1954, she was married to Loran Pruett in Holly Springs, Mississippi....
Lorella Wood
Oct 22, 2014
Lorella Mae Wood, daughter of the late Roy and Bessie Atchley, was born in Canalou, Missouri on September 5, 1928, and departed this life for her heavenly home on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is survived by three children, Joetta Bullinger, Brad Wood and Roy Wood; 8 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A memorial service will...
Hazel Franks
Oct 20, 2014
Hazel Marie Franks of Dexter, daughter of the late Floyd and Gracie Mae Holmes Cullum, was born in New Madrid County, Missouri on February 24, 1941, and passed away at Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on October 20, 2014, at the age of 73 years, 7 months and 26 days. She had lived in Dexter most of...
