OBITUARIES
Gary Don Smith
Nov 24, 2020
Gary Don Smith of Wentzville, MO passed away at SSM St. Joseph Hospital in Lake Saint Louis on November 24, 2020. He was 73 years old. Born August 29, 1947 in Morehouse, MO. to Anna LaVerne Moore Smith and the late Don Willis Smith. Gary grew up in the Morehouse area. He worked at the International Hat Factory in Dexter,...
Katie Davis
Nov 18, 2020
Katie Davis of Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Wilbur and Bertie Knight, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on June 26, 1935 and passed away in Sikeston, Missouri on November 18, 2020 at the age of 85. Katie enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed working in her garden and mowing the lawn. She worked for...
Scott Jarrell
Nov 8, 2020
Scott Jarrell of Dexter, son of the late Carl Otto and Virginia Sue (Ferguson) Jarrell, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 27, 1958, and passed away at Missouri Delta Hospital in Sikeston, on November 8, 2020, at the age of 62 years. Scott married Peggy McCoy on October 27, 2004 in Dexter, Missouri. He lived in the Dexter...
Janet Rushin
Nov 7, 2020
Janet Rushin of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Howard Baker Burgess and Martha "Vanita" Marquis Burgess, was born in Painton, Missouri on June 21, 1938, and passed away in Bloomfield, Missouri on November 7, 2020, at the age of 82. She was a member of the Lick Creek Missionary Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing, working in her garden and writing...
Bill Bell
Nov 7, 2020
Bill Bell of Bloomfield, the son of the late Lee Roy and Ruby Aslee Hardin Bell, was born in Camden, Tennessee on May 23, 1942, and passed away on November 7, 2020, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 78 years. He worked as a mechanic for years and lived most of...
Mary Kirk
Nov 4, 2020
Mary "Bonnie" Kirk of Malden, the daughter of the late Everett Lee and Mary Inas Hopkins Cark, was born in Blodgett, Missouri on March 11,1936, and passed away on November 3, 2020, at The Winchester Place in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 84 years. She worked at Inland Shoe Factory as an assembly line worker, she loved her dogs...
Betty Mae Gay
Oct 31, 2020
Betty Gay of Bernie, daughter of the late William Hill and Harriett Hill, was born in Parma, Missouri on May 2, 1937, and passed away in Bernie, Missouri on October 31, 2020, at the age of 83 years. She was a faithful member of the New Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Essex. Betty Gay was married to Eddie Lee Gay...
Glenda Williamson
Oct 22, 2020
Glenda Williamson, of Puxico, Missouri, daughter of the late Robert James and Ruby Lee Scott Thomason was born in Hayti, Missouri on July 28, 1953, and passed away near Puxico on October 22, 2020, at the age of 67 years. Glenda worked for Beverly Nursing Center taking care of the elderly that needed help the most of her life, beside...
John Odell Granstaff Jr.
Oct 16, 2020
John Granstaff of Dexter, son of late John Odell Granstaff Sr. and June Howe, Granstaff, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 2, 1946, and passed away at his home in Dexter, on October 16, 2020, at the age of 74 years. John worked in Upholstery business fixing furniture and car seats, and was retired military 1st Sergeant of...
Connie Felton
Oct 12, 2020
Connie Felton Connie Felton of Canalou, daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Reed Vaughn, was born in Canalou, Missouri on May 3, 1946, and passed away at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on October 9, 2020, at the age of 74 years. She had lived in Canalou area all of her life. Surviving Connie are two daughters...
Melba Rita Medler
Oct 12, 2020
Melba Rita Medler of Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Benjamin "Benny" and Jeanelle Keadell Collins, born in Barnesville, Georgia on January 23, 1941, passed away at her home on October 12, 2020, at the age of 79 years. She was a Charter member of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. Melba loved gardening, yard sales, dancing, and her job...
Junior Cross
Sep 26, 2020
Junior Cross of Dexter, son of late Willard D. and Thelma A Meador Cross, was born in Fisk, Missouri October 26, 1940, and passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September 26, 2020, at the age of 79 years. Junior was a retired control room operator for Delta Asphalt. He loved to bow hunt deer...
Mary Crowe
Sep 24, 2020
Mary Jane Crowe of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Woodrow and Mary Layton DeJournett was born on January 4, 1958, in Dexter, Missouri and passed away at Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September 24, 2020, at the age of 62 years. She lived most of her life in Bloomfield and attended Bloomfield Assembly of God Church. She...
Linda Marie Doerschlen
Sep 23, 2020
Linda Marie "Lindy" Doerschlen Linda Marie Doerschlen of Dexter, daughter of the late Colonel Eddy Jack and Betty Jane Fisher Doerschlen, was born on November 25, 1955, and passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September 23, 2020, at the age of 64 years. She grew up as a military brat and settled in Dexter...
Connie Shanks
Sep 14, 2020
Alice Cornelia Shanks April 7, 1926 - September 14, 2020 Connie Shanks, age 94, of Bloomfield, Missouri, went home to be with his Lord, September 14, 2020. Mrs. Shanks was a faithful member of The First Baptist Church of Bloomfield, where she loved life and taking care of other through her cooking and caring ways. Her life was spent loving...
Lorene McKeller
Sep 1, 2020
Lorene McKeller of Essex, daughter of Theodore Lee and Bernice Walker Clark, was born in Essex, Missouri on Janurary 26, 1935, and passed away in Malden, Missouri on September 1, 2020, at the age of 85 years. Lorene worked for Purolator Manufacture her interests were sewing and cooking for her family. She lived in Essex, Missouri most of her life....
Clara Flores
Aug 30, 2020
Clara Flores of Bloomfield, the daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Margaret Pippins Huffman, was born in Fairfax, Missouri on February 8, 1934, and passed away on August 30, 2020, at her residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 86 years. Clara married Peter Flores, in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1963 and he precedes her in death. She...
Jack Doublin
Aug 30, 2020
Jack Doublin passed away Sunday August 30, 2020 at the Puxico Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Puxico, Missouri. Jack was 83, and a lifetime resident of the Puxico area. Jack was born July 21, 1937, to Bedford and Mabel (Travers) Doublin. Jack married Ruth Fortner of Bloomfield on April 18, 1958, and they were together over 59 years until Ruth's...
Mindy Darby
Aug 28, 2020
Mindy Darby of Morley, daughter of Tryce Ann Mashburn Miller and late Danny Wayne Mosley was born on June 26, 1977, in Paragould Arkansas, and passed away at the Southeast Health Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on August 28, 2020, at the age of 43 years, 2 month and 2 days. She lived in Dexter area most of her life...
Tremayne Street
Aug 26, 2020
Tremayne Street, of Bloomfield, son of the late Earl Tremain and Wanda Marie Cook Street, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri, on September 21, 1933, and passed away at the New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri on August 26, 2020, at the age of 86 years. Tremayne owned and operated Streets Auto Parts for many years in Bloomfield, Missouri...
