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Wanda Dill (4/25/24)CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. Wanda Nicholas Dill, age 94, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born on Sept. 19, 1929, in Alicia, Arkansas, to the late William and Mary Hilliard Nicholas.
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Donald Schuette Sr. (4/25/24)JACKSON, Mo. Donald F. Schuette Sr., 87, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The oldest of three sons, Don was born Feb. 19, 1937, in Millersville, Missouri, to Fred and Lucille Kistner Schuette. He and Nancy Whitledge were married Sept. 8, 1956.
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Joan Rolwing (4/25/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Joan Bishop Rolwing, 92, died April 23, 2024, at Delta South Skilled Nursing Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. until time for the funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 30 at St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston.
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Rita Clardy (4/25/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Rita Paulette Clardy, 76, died April 24, 2024, at the Cotton Point Nursing Home in Matthews, Missouri. Private graveside services will be Friday, April 26 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston. Burial will follow under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston...
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Rogers Basarich (4/24/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Rogers John Basarich, 83, formerly of Granite City, Illinois, died April 21, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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Anna Elfrink (4/24/24)SIKESTON Anna Elfrink, 96, of Sikeston passed away April 23, 2024, at La Bonne Maison Senior Living in Sikeston. She was born March 18, 1928, in Leora, Missouri, daughter of Albert and Altia Ross Reagan. She was a homemaker and also worked at Elfrink Truck Line in Advance. She was a former member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Advance and was currently a member of St. Francis Xavier in Sikeston...
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Jackie Powell (4/24/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Jackie Sue Davis Powell, 73, died April 23, 2024, at her home in Charleston. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until noon Friday, April 26 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Norman Chappell (4/23/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Norman Chappell, 59, resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024, while at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born July 27, 1964, in Charleston to the late Alfreddie Pettigrew and the late Geneva Moore...
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Ginger Netteler (4/23/24)SIKESTON Ginger Rochelle Netteler, age 75, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2024, at her home in Sikeston surrounded by her husband and daughters. She was born on May 29, 1948, in Pekin, Illinois, to the late Harold and Cuma Walls Chism. On Nov. 5, 1966, in Sikeston, she married John Netteler who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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Danny Joe Brock (4/23/24)BENTON, Mo. Danny Joe Brock, son of the late Wade Spencer Brock and Jackie (Pattengill) Brock, was born on June 24, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed his life on Saturday morning April 20, 2024, at his residence in Benton at the age of 73 years.
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Thomas Bean III (4/23/24)SIKESTON Thomas Bean III, age 43, of Sikeston passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born Jan. 28, 1981, to Thomas Bean Jr. and Mae Jones. After graduation, he worked a few years as a CNA caring for residents at different nursing homes throughout Wisconsin and Missouri. He later then pursued truck driving. His passion was always caring for others. He was a great writer in the poems that he would write. He loved his family and had a big heart...
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Frank Reid (4/23/24)BELL CITY, Mo. Frank Moran Reid, age 77, passed away on April 18, 2024, at his home in Bell City. He was born on Feb. 6, 1947, in Red Bay, Alabama, to the late Frank and Helon Stockton Reid.
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Rodney Craig Gardner (4/23/24)CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Rodney Craig Gardner, 59, died on Tuesday, April 15, 2024, at Tennova Healthcare Hospital in Clarksville. Rodney was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on Oct. 19, 1964, to Anna L. Gardner and Walter Harden. Rodney was preceded in death by his mother, father and sister, Lisa G. Gardner...
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Alex Hamilton (4/22/24)SIKESTON Alex Moses Hamilton, 47, formerly of Howardville, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at the Daybreak Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born on Nov. 16, 1976, in Howardville, to the late George Mack and Jaunita Hamilton. He is survived by six siblings and a host of other relatives and friends...
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James Joslyn Jr. (4/22/24)SIKESTON James Joslyn Jr., 63, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on Jan. 23, 1961, in Bradenton, Florida, to Carole Joslin and the late James Joslyn Sr. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one daughter, Jhameca Joslyn; three sons, Adam Joslyn, James Joslyn III and Joshua Joslyn; five grandchildren; two sisters, Kelly Jones and Karey Joslyn; and a host of other relatives and friends...
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Easter Stewart (4/22/24)SIKESTON Easter Lee Stewart, 83, peacefully passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024, at her home. She was born on Sept. 24, 1940, in Lula, Mississippi, to the late Jeff and Annie Mae Stevenson. She was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church and employed with Hunter Acres Nursing Facility until her retirement...
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James Williams (4/22/24)EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. James Arther Williams, 79, died April 20, 2024, at his home in East Prairie. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until noon Wednesday, April 24 at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.
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Jesse Kirk (4/19/24)SIKESTON Jesse Burnette Kirk was born Feb. 29, 1936, and passed from this earth on April 17, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was the first child of Jesse F. and Lillian Kirk. He graduated from Fisk-Rombauer High School in 1954. ...
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Rita Pierce (4/19/24)SIKESTON Rita Fay Pierce, 64, died April 17, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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Bobby Stinnett (4/18/24)SIKESTON Bobby Clyde Stinnett, age 82, of Sikeston passed away on April 17, 2024, at 6:20 p.m. at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on Nov. 11, 1941, in Linden, Tennessee, to the late Rube and Hazel Dunn Stinnett.
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Harriet Small (4/18/24)EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. Harriet Marie Herwig Small, 74, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died April 17, 2024, at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Her grandson, Rylyn Small, youth pastor at Elm Street Baptist Church, will officiate...
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Wilson Adams (4/18/24)DIEHLSTADT, Mo. James Wilson Adams, 63, died April 17, 2024, at his home in Diehlstadt. Graveside services will be held at a later date at the Maynard Cemetery near Diehlstadt. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...
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Brenda Nimmo (4/18/24)SIKESTON Brenda Gale Nimmo, age 74, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Nov. 29, 1949, at Sikeston, to the late Cleatus Pete Curtis and Burlene Wait Curtis, she had lived in Sikeston most of her life where she attended the Shady Acres Church of Christ. ...
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Sharon Elwell (4/17/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Sharon Evelyn Elwell, age 75, of Bertrand, met her Lord and God on Friday, April 12, 2024, while residing at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born April 28, 1948, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Wayne Jackson Haines and Evelyn Marie Stephenson Haines...
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Shirley Hamra (4/16/24)MALDEN, Mo. Shirley Louise George Hamra was born April 14, 1940, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Louis and Olivia Kahalley George. She passed peacefully at her home in Malden on Friday, March 8, 2024, at the age of 82 years. A graduate of Osceola, Arkansas, High School, Shirley attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then went on to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelors degree in psychology...
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Freda Conley (4/16/24)CHESTERFIELD, Mo. Freda Lucille Conley, age 108, passed away early April 12, 2024, in Chesterfield at Delmar Gardens on the Green surrounded by family. She was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, Grandma and Great-Grandma. She is survived by her children, Paul Howard and Lewis Wesley; her daughter-in-law, Cheryl; her grandchildren, Christopher (Teresa), Jason (Erika), David, Andrew and Hannah; and her 10 great-grandchildren...
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James Griffin Jr. (4/15/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. James Jeffery Griffin Jr., 73, died April 13, 2024, at his home in Charleston. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 27 at the United Methodist Church in Charleston. The Rev. Ronnie Mack will officiate...
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Howard Gipson (4/15/24)SIKESTON Howard Gipson, age 82, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on June 6, 1941, in Canalou, Missouri, to the late Jonas and Bertha Stovaugh Gipson. On June 6, 1964, in Sikeston, he married Linda Reed Gipson who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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Ruth Reeves (4/15/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Ruth Nunn Reeves, age 89, of rural Charleston died Friday, April 12, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born Jan. 26, 1935, at Anniston, Missouri, to the late Otha Nunn and Gertie Smith Nunn, she was a 1952 graduate of Anniston High School where she had played on the basketball team. ...
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Douglas Pemberton (4/12/24)ANTIOCH, Calif. Master Sergeant Douglas Wayne Pork Chop Pemberton, age 70, died on April 3, 2024, in Antioch. Douglas proudly served our country for 24 years in the United States Air Force. Born Jan. 20, 1954, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Elzie and Elena Mae Hill Pemberton, he was raised in the Sikeston-Charleston, Missouri, area...
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Charlotte Vincent (4/11/24)ESSEX, Mo. Charlotte Faye Vincent, age 70, passed away on April 9, 2024, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on May 7, 1953, in Evadale, Arkansas, to the late William and Helen Collins Oakes. On June 30, 1977, in Benton, Missouri, she married Irwin Vincent who survives of the home in Essex...
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Ed Pope Sr. (4/10/24)DEXTER, Mo. Edward Ed Pope Sr. was born on July 1, 1937, in Durant, Mississippi, and departed his life on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter at the age of 86 years. He was the son of the late Floyd Allen Pope and Katherleen (Smith) Pope. ...
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Edward Farr (4/10/24)LILBOURN, Mo. Edward Farr, 68, resident of Lilbourn, died Saturday, April 6, 2024, while at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Jan. 31, 1956, in Matthews, Missouri, to Clennon Jim Farr of Howardville, Missouri, and the late Lorene Cook Farr...
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Mickey Washington (4/10/24)WYATT, Mo. Eddie May Washington, affectionately known as Mickey, 58, resident of Wyatt, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 2, 2024. She was born July 19, 1965, in Charleston, to the late Percy Foster and the late Eula Mae Washington...
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Bertha Chism (4/10/24)CATRON, Mo. Today we celebrate the life of Mother Bertha L. Chism. Mother Chism, affectionately known and called by so many as Lil Mama, was born on April 1, 1927, to George Dewey and Viola West in Mound City, Illinois. She passed away on her birthday, 97 years later...
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Christopher Vinson (4/9/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Christopher Dylan Vinson, 28, died April 6, 2024, in rural Mississippi County, Missouri. Visitation is from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. Friday, April 12 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Rocky Walker (4/7/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. Rocky Bruce Walker, age 72, died Saturday, April 6, 2024, at his home in rural Charleston. Born April 16, 1951, at Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Alferd LeRoy Walker and Winona Evonne McAdoo Walker, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life.
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Buz Sutherland (4/6/24)SIKESTON Frank Russell Buz Sutherland III of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Mercy-Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.He was born Dec. 3, 1949, to the late Frank Russell Sutherland Jr. and Daisy Barfield Sutherland. On March 24, 1984, he married Tammy Carolyn Beaty, his loving wife of 40 years.
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Jerry Naile (4/5/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Jerry Don Naile, 86, died April 4, 2024, at his home in Bertrand.
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Wendell Griswell (4/4/24)SIKESTON Wendell A. Griswell, 60, died April 4, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. Private services will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
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Bill Smith (4/4/24)CHARLESTON, Mo. William Chester Bill Smith was born on April 26, 1968, to Troy Arthur Smith and Sue Hunt Smith in Charleston. Bill passed on April 2, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his mother, Sue Smith of Charleston; sisters, Alice (Joel) Haddock, and Toni (Matt) McCaffrey; daughter, Aaren Barton; two grandchildren, Aubrey and Mason; and nephews, Joshua Haddock and Dalton Haddock...
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Marilyn Kranawetter (4/4/24)JACKSON, Mo. Marilyn Kaye Kranawetter, 79, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born March 31, 1945, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Harry B. and Lois Farrenburg Russell. She and Ervin Kranawetter were married July 1, 1989, in East Prairie...
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Patricia Stallings (4/2/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Patricia Ann Stallings, 89, died March 31, 2024, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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German Padilla (4/2/24)BRENTWOOD, N.Y. German Tito Padilla, 73 years of age, of Brentwood, New York, passed away on March 10, 2024, at Maria Regina, Brentwood. He was born Oct. 11, 1950, in Puerto Rico, to Ramon and Rosa Padilla. He served nearly 21 years in the United States Air Force before retiring at the rank of Tech Sergeant. He then went on to work in the public sector in positions that included security, shipping and distribution, finally retiring from Sunrise Medical Laboratories...
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Karen Williams (4/2/24)POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. Karen Faye Williams, age 80, passed away on March 29, 2024, at her sons home in Poplar Bluff. She was born on June 23, 1943, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Charles and Fredia Davis Wyrick. On July 14, 1961, in Morehouse, Missouri, she married Gerald Williams who passed away on Oct. 31, 2018...
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Linda Blissett-Smith (4/2/24)COLUMBIA, Mo. Linda Carroll Blissett-Smith departed this life on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the University of Missouri Columbia Hospital in Columbia. She was born on April 15, 1956 in Earle, Arkansas, to the late Johnnie and Maybelle Blissett. Linda graduated from Scott County Central High School in 1974. She later graduated from Cosmetology School in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Patsy Bridges (4/2/24)SIKESTON Patsy Jane Bridges, age 86, passed away March 31, 2024 at her home in Sikeston. She was born April 2, 1937, in Clarksville, Arkansas, daughter of the late Baxter Lee Bridges and Velma Mae White-Bridges. Patsy worked as a secretary for Fitzgerald Accounting before retiring. She loved going to her second home on the Van Buren River. She was the best auntie and sister ever! She was very loved, stubborn, and will be greatly missed...
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Louie Griffin Jr. (4/2/24)SIKESTON Louie Dotson Griffin Jr., age 75, a resident of Sikeston passed away March 26, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Aug. 23, 1948, in Osceola, Arkansas, son of the late Louie Dotson Griffin Sr. and Reberta Georgia Grimes-Griffin...
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Judith Still (4/1/24)BERTRAND, Mo. Judith Dale Still, 70, died April 1, 2024, at her home in Bertrand. Services will be held at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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Shelby Kneezle (3/29/24)SIKESTON Shelby Jean Kneezle, age 86, passed away on March 27, 2024, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born on Jan. 22, 1938, in Risco, Missouri, to the late Christine Dockins.
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