Obituaries

Dale Duncan (11/21/08)
SIKESTON -- Pallbearers for services conducted today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel for Dale Duncan, 64, who died on Nov. 18, 2008, were: Darrell Williams, Ron Cullins, Marvin Graham, Bob Williams, Glen Hessling and Mike Underhill.

Troy Scott (11/21/08)
CHARLESTON - Troy Hayes Scott, 85, died at 5:40 p.m. Nov. 20, 2008, at his home. Born March 30, 1923, in Russellville, Ark., to the late Bleve David and Ruth Thelma Morphis Scott, he was of the Baptist belief. Following his service with the U.S. Army in World War II, he lived in Collinsville, Ill., where he was employed with E. Jay Trucking Co. for several years until his retirement in 1982. In 1987 he moved to Horsebend, Ark., and in 1998 moved to Charleston...

Patsy Barnett (11/21/08)
SIKESTON -- Patsy M. Barnett, 55, died Nov. 20, 2008, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.

Diann Smith (11/20/08)
SIKESTON -- Diann Smith, 57, passed away at 10:55 a.m. Nov. 19. 2008, at her home. Born March 6, 1951, at Corning, Ark., to Esther Crutchfield Russell of Montgomery, Ala., and the late Arthur Russell, she had worked as a sales clerk and cashier at Helms Quick Sack and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Dale Duncan (11/20/08)
SIKESTON -- Dale Duncan, 64, died Nov. 18, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 2, 1944, in Vanduser, to the late Houston Lee Duncan and Ruby Burns McCoy, he graduated in 1962 from Sikeston High School and was a member of Tanner Street Church of God. ...

J.L. Funkhouser Jr. (11/20/08)
DEXTER -- Pallbearers for services conducted Wednesday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter for Leonard "J.L." Funkhouser, 83, who died Nov. 14, 2008, were: Jerry White, Donald Strickland, Tim Lee, Lowan Griffen, Charles Williams and Bo Roper...

Sue Mayberry (11/20/08)
DEXTER -- Sue Mayberry died Nov. 20, 2008, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.

Kendall Mungle (11/20/08)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kendall E. Mungle, 64, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 15, 1944, in Charleston, son of the late Edward and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Mungle. He and Cecilia Puebla Gomez Mungle were married July 20, 2002, in Cape Girardeau...

Frances Barnes (11/20/08)
DEERFIELD, N.H. -- Frances Olive Yost Barnes, 95, died Nov. 2, 2008, in Deerfield. Born April 7, 1913, to the late Walter Edward and Blanche Edwina Worthley Yost, she grew up in Chicago. She had worked at the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and was in the Roosevelt Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. ...

Elaine Hurley (11/20/08)
DEXTER -- Elaine Hurley, 58, died Nov. 18, 2008, at Missouri Southern Healthcare at Dexter. The daughter of Leo Tibbs of Dexter and the late Ruby Provance Tibbs, she was a homemaker. In addition to her fathers, survivors include: one sister, Sharon Goodman of Dexter; one brother, Joseph Leo Tibbs Of Poplar Bluff; one niece, Lori Moore of Dexter; one great-nephew, Heath Moore of Dexter; and one great-great-niece, Halie Moore of Dexter...

Betty McAnelly (11/20/08)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Betty McAnelly, 76, died Nov. 19, 2008, at the Lutheran Home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Oran is in charge of arrangements.

Bill James (11/20/08)
GIDEON -- William Joseph James, 78, died Nov. 18, 2008, at the Gideon Care Center. Born Jan. 11, 1930, in Flint, Mich., to the late Elmer and Atlas McNeal James, he retired from Mississippi Glass in Granite City, Ill., in 1968. In 1975, he moved to Bloomfield...

Loleta White (11/19/08)
CHAFFEE -- Loleta Virginia White, 90, died Nov. 18, 2008, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Born July 5, 1918, in Randles, daughter of Floyd Dee and Beulah Spain Blue, she retired from Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee, where she was seamstress. She was a member of the Gospel Assembly Church in Cape Girardeau and a former member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 48 in Chaffee...

Doris Warren (11/19/08)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Doris Warren, 85, died Nov. 18, 2008, at her home. Born Jan. 22, 1923, at Portageville, she was the daughter of the late Nora A. Merritt and Aaron Briggs Ward. A 1941 graduate of Portageville High School, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Portageville and the Eastern Star...

Dorothy Spears (11/19/08)
PIEDMONT -- Dorothy Leona Spears, 84, formerly of Dexter, died Nov. 18, 2008, at the Clark's Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. Born Feb. 24, 1924, in Biggers, Ark., to the late Issac Perryman and Barbara Jane Trippt Perryman, she was a member of the New Bethel Church in Dexter and a homemaker...

Roland Appleton (11/19/08)
DEXTER -- Pallbearers for services conducted Tuesday at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter for Roland Glenn Appleton, 47, who died on Nov. 15, 2008, were: Cletus Patterson Jr., Ronnie Patterson Jr., Jason Burton, Kenny Allen, Chris Estes, Michael Gene Patterson and Jeff Gonzales...

Willie Savage Jr. (11/19/08)
SIKESTON -- Willie Savage Jr., 58, died Nov. 15, 2008, at the Clearview Nursing Center. Born March 13, 1950, in West Memphis, Ark., to the late Willie and Mary Mitchell Savage, he had lived for over 50 years in Sikeston where he was employed as a truck driver and for the Sikeston Public Schools. He was a member of the Green Memorial Church of God in Christ where he served in many capacities...

Claud Cribbs (11/19/08)
LILBOURN -- Claud V. Cribbs, 92, died Nov. 18, 2008, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 11, 1916, in Paragould, Ark., son of the late Thomas and Elizabeth (Ligget) Cribbs, he was a retired employee of Taylor Gravel Company in Caruthersville...

Patricia Hon (11/19/08)
PUXICO -- Pallbearers at services conducted today for Patricia Leeann Hon, 54, who died Nov. 14, 2008, were: Perry Hubbert, Jerely Kirkpatrick, Kris Irwin, Heath Tucker, Michael Hubbert and Randy Gilliland.