OBITUARIES
Jean Holland
Jul 27, 2019
Albert "Jean" Holland, age 83 of Sullivan, Missouri passed away Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Life Care Center surrounded by his loving family.
Albert "Jean" Holland was born on February 7, 1936 in Perryville, Missouri to John B. and Myrtle Audell (Murray) Holland. He was united in marriage to Emma Hartline on June 11, 1955 and they were blessed with four...
Larry G. Southerland
Jul 18, 2019
Larry G. Southerland of Moscow Mills, Missouri, son of the late Melvin and Wilma Lois Thrower Southerland, was born in Dexter, Missouri on April 1, 1942, and passed away at Progress West in O'Fallon, Missouri on July 18, 2019, at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 17 days.
Larry had lived in Moscow Mills for many years. He was...
James Petit
Jul 12, 2019
James Petit, son of the late Leonard and Natalie Flynn Petit, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on January 14, 1930, and passed away at his home near Puxico on July 12, 2019, at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 28 days.
James had been a world traveler before making his home in Puxico. He was a veteran of the...
Roger Michael Payne
Jul 6, 2019
Roger Michael Payne of Puxico, son of the late Herman and Dora Peters Payne, was born in McGee, Missouri on September 25,1945, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on July 6, 2019, at the age of 73 years, 9 months and 11 days.
He had lived in Mississippi and Scott City, and lived in Aid...
Don Sadler
Jun 30, 2019
Don Sadler of Bloomfield, son of late George Carl and Winnie Edith Hudgens Sadler, was born in Bloomfield on May 16, 1937, and passed away at his home in Bloomfield on June 30, 2019, at the age of 82 years, 1 month and 14 days.
Don had lived all his life in Bloomfield and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was a...
Cecil Wiseman
Jun 29, 2019
Cecil Wiseman of Dexter, son of late Lewis J. and Alta E. Shell Wiseman, was born in Paragould, Arkansas on July 18, 1926, and passed away at the Dexter Living Center in Dexter on June 29, 2019, at the age of 92 years 11 months and 12 days.
Cecil was married to Judy Kiehne in Dexter, Missouri and she passed away...
Dorothy Ragsdel Pullam
Jun 27, 2019
Dorothy M. Pullam, of Aurora, Colorado, formerly of Dexter, daughter of the late Lowell and Neva Irene Green Ragsdel, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on December 21, 1933, passed away at her home in Aurora, Colorado on June 27, 2019, at the age of 85 years, 6 months and 6 days.
Dorothy had lived in Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, Colorado and Ohio...
Grady Smith
Jun 13, 2019
Grady Smith of Puxico, son of the late S.E. and Eral Sparkman Smith, was born in Sturdivant, Missouri on September 16, 1933, and passed away at Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center in Puxico, June 13, 2019, at the age of 85 years, 8 months and 27 days.
Mr. Smith had lived in Puxico all of his life. He was self employed,...
June Cullum
Jun 11, 2019
June Cullum of Dexter, daughter of the late John Thomas and Ora Bessie Walker Maloney, was born in Risco, Missouri on September 15, 1943, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on June 11, 2019, at the age of 75 years, 8 months and 26 days.
June was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Dexter.
Surviving...
Vincent Smith
Jun 6, 2019
Vincent Smith of Wappapello, son of the late Tee Jay and Thelma Marie Smedley Smith, was born in Red Bud, Illinois on June 26, 1962, and passed away at his home in Wappapello on June 6, 2019, at the age of 56 years, 11 months and 11 days.
Vincent had been raised in Dexter and had been a resident of Houma,...
Milan Jeffery Thompson
Jun 5, 2019
Milan Jeffery Thompson of Sikeston, son of Jeff Thompson and Tamika Renee Booker, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on July 22, 1996 and passed away at the Missouri Delta Hospital in Sikeston on June 5, 2019, at the age of 22 years, 10 months and 14 days.
Milan grew up in the Sikeston area he went to Crow Methodist church. He...
William McCullar
Jun 4, 2019
Bill McCullar of Puxico, son of the late Calvin Elbert and Flora Ada Coleman McCullar, was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi on June 20,1947 and passed away at his home near Puxico, June 4, 2019, at the age of 71 years, 11 months and 14 days.
Mr. McCullar had lived in St. Louis most of his life, he also lived in Tennessee...
Walter Nichols
May 25, 2019
Walter Nichols, son of the late Edward Carl and Ida Hazlip Nichols, was born in Dexter on April 2,1934, and passed away at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on May 25, 2019, at the age of 85 years.
He had lived most of his life in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a member of the Nazarene Church, was a...
Melvin Simmons
May 25, 2019
Melvin Simmons of Catron, son of the late Harold Wayne and Julia Blair Simmons, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 2, 1946, and passed away at his home in Catron on May 25, 2019, at the age of 73 years, 2 month and 23 days.
Mr. Simmons spent his life in Catron. He owned Simmons used cars. He was...
Dedee Webb
May 25, 2019
Dedee Webb of Dexter, daughter of Alfred Dale Wilson and Marsha Perkins, was born in St. Charles, Illinois on April 5, 1973, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Dexter, Missouri on May 25, 2019, at the age of 46 years 1 month and 20 days.
She grew up in St. Charles, Illinois and moved to Dexter where she lived...
Alma L. Lewis
May 24, 2019
Alma L. Lewis of Bloomfield, daughter of the late James and Beulah Fulkerson, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on May 27, 1923, and passed away at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri on May 24, 2019, at the age of 95 years.
She had lived in Bloomfield most of her life. She had worked at Elder's Manufacturing, the...
Gerard Lawrence Tessens
Apr 21, 2019
Gerard LawrenceTessens of Bloomfield, son of the late Lawrence A. and Delia Grace Burleson Tessens, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 7, 1953, passed away at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on April 21, 2019, at the age of 66 years, 1 month and 14 days.
Gerard had lived in Bloomfield most of his life. He had...
Helen W. Patten
Apr 21, 2019
Helen W. Patten of Dexter, daughter of the late Joe Clyde and Era Lee McGarrity Lucius, was born in Blytheville, Arkansas on May 8, 1929, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on April 21, 2019, at the age of 89 years, 11 months and 13 days.
Helen had lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma since 1973 and...
Alvin Metz
Apr 13, 2019
Alvin Metz of Dexter, son of the late James Edgar and Laura Oralie Bascom Metz, was born in Parma, Missouri on May 24, 1927, passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on April 13, 2019, at the age of 91.
Alvin had lived in Paragould, Arkansas and the last thirty years in Dexter. Alvin was a retired...
