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Lucille Pruett (02/03/12)
SIKESTON -- Lucille Hastings Pruett, age 97, currently residing in a care facility in Aurora, Ill., and formerly of Sikeston, died Feb. 2, 2012, at Rush Copley Hospital in Aurora after a brief illness. She was born Dec. 24, 1914, in Sikeston, to the late William and Maudie Hastings. Lucille lived in the area known as Big Opening most of her adult life and was a member of the Little Vine General Baptist Church...

Wendell Clinton (02/03/12)
PUXICO -- Wendell L. Clinton, 71, died Feb. 2, 2012, at his home. Born Sept. 19, 1940, in Puxico, to the late Floyd and Cora Beal Clinton, he was a lifelong resident of Puxico where he graduated from Puxico High School in 1959 and was a 60-year member of the First Baptist Church. He worked at Sifford Feed Mill for 26 years and had also been employed at Truman Green Standard Station and Vern John's Farms...

Ruth Triplett (02/03/12)
SIKESTON- Ruth Triplett, 88, died Feb. 3, 2012, at the Miner Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete with the Ponder Funeral Home.

Elza Lester (02/03/12)
OXFORD, Miss. -- Elza Lester, 94, formerly of Portageville, Mo., died Feb. 1, 2012, at his daughter's home in Oxford. A retired merchant, he was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Oxford and was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during World War II...

Shirley Taylor (02/03/12)
DEXTER -- Shirley Kathryn Taylor, 83, died Feb. 2, 2012, at her home. Born Dec. 16, 1928, in Lake City, Ark., to the late William Lemuel and Glorvinna "Jo" Thornburgh Medlin, she was an artist, painting primarily in oil and watercolor. Her work was exhibited in art shows and galleries in Missouri, Arkansas and Kentucky during the 1960s and '70s. She also gave private painting lessons to local students. A graduate of Dexter High School, she worked for three years at the Indiana State Farm Bureau...

Alene Rice (02/03/12)
DESOTO -- Alene Laird Rice, 87, died Feb. 2, 2012, at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City. Born May 1, 1924, in Kewanee, to the late Mary E. Sparks Gean, she had been a resident of Dexter for many years before moving to Fenton several years ago. She was a resident of DeSoto and a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sikeston...

George Watson (02/03/12)
DEXTER -- George T. Watson, 84, died Feb. 3, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter. Arrangements are incomplete with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Ruby Bromley (02/03/12)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Ruby N. Bromley, 80, died Feb. 2, 2012, at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Bud Lough (02/02/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Charles M. "Bud" Lough Jr., 95, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 8, 1916, in Charleston, to the late Charles M. and Grace Gant Lough Sr. Charles was a staff sergeant in the U.S. ...

Don Schearf (02/02/12)
DELTA -- Don Schearf, 67, died Feb. 1, 2012, at his home. Born April 24, 1944, in Delta, to the late Phillip Ludwig and Myrtle Amelia Stoffregen Schearf, he had worked in construction and was a pole barn builder for Golden Rule Construction in Jackson...

Alex Cooper Jr. (02/01/12)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Alex Axel "Maxie" Cooper Jr., 53, died Jan. 27, 2012. Born Oct. 29, 1958, to Alex Axel Cooper Sr. of Hayti and the late Arthur Louise Cooper, he was a 1976 graduate of Hayti Public Schools. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in political science from Westminster College in Fulton, in 1980, and in 2002, he received a culinary arts cooking degree from Laney College. ...

Neara Jeffries (02/01/12)
HAYTI -- Neara Jeffries, 92, died Jan. 27, 2012, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. Born Feb. 10, 1919, in Lauderdale County, Tenn., to the late Frank and Eliza Hennings Parr, she had been employed as a nursing assistant at the Pemiscot Memorial Hospital...

Glenda Morrison (01/31/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Glenda Keller Morrison, age 85, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Sikeston, died Jan. 30, 2012, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 24, 1926, in Sikeston, to the late Glen and Blanche Swanagon Keller. Glenda was a former member of First Baptist Church in Sikeston and a current member of the Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. She graduated from Sikeston High School in 1944 and had been employed by Southwestern Bell in Sikeston and Charleston for 33 years...

Willyne Jones (01/31/12)
BLOOMFIELD -- Willyne Jones, 78, died Jan. 27, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield. Born June 19, 1933, in Detroit, daughter of the late Wilfred and Wilma Ann Strong Bowen, she was raised in Michigan, where she went to licensed practical nursing school, and later lived in Sikeston where she worked as a licensed practical nurse at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She worked in the nursing field for 30 years and was a member of the Hill's General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

Michael Turner (01/31/12)
SIKESTON -- Michael Turner, 47, died Jan. 29, 2012, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. He was born March 18, 1964, in East Prairie, to the late Red and Betty Bolden Turner Slaughter. He is survived by two brothers, Terry Turner of Camdenton and Richard Mayfield of Jackson...

Lonnie Harris (01/31/12)
DELTA -- Lonnie Harris, 65, died Jan. 27, 2012. Born Dec. 5, 1946 in Dutchtown, to the late Laurel Samuel and Artimis Driskell Harris, he worked as a first mate and had more than 40 years of experience with United Barge Lines in Metropolis, Ill. He attended Cape First Church in Cape Girardeau...

Jeanette Holt (01/31/12)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Jeanette Ellen Holt, 72, died Jan. 28, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 30, 1939, in Waterloo, Ala., to the late Robert and Ester Pearl McCusley Newman, she was of the Baptist belief. Survivors include: three sons and daughters-in-law, Dean and Letha Stricklin of Portageville, Tracy and Terri Stricklin of Poplar Bluff and Brian and Sherry Stricklin of Snellville, Ga.; three daughters, Amber Morrow of Portageville, Tammy Elliott of Tacoma, Wash., and Anya Franklin of Spokane, Wash.; one half sister, Devise Stricklin of the state of Florida; one sister, Glenda Hicks of Memphis, Tenn.; one brother, Chris Newton of Lakeland, Fla.; and 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.. ...

Jimmy Goin (01/31/12)
RISCO -- Jimmy D. Goin, 64, died Jan. 29, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 14, 1947, in Charter Oak, to Rocellia Chamberlain of Morehouse, he worked in maintenance for Tyson. In addition to his mother, survivors include: two sons and a daughter-in-law, Stephen Goin of Malden and Danny Joe and LeeAnn Goin of Jackson; two daughters and a son-in-law, Cindy Cunningham of Risco and Angie and Jeremy Holloway of Malden; four sisters, Yvonne Gibbe of St. ...

Cecelie Pike (01/31/12)
JACKSON -- Cecelie Elliott Pike, 46, died at 4:16 a.m. Jan. 29, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 1, 1965, in Sikeston, to Faye Powell Elliott of Charleston and the late George Robert Elliott, she was a 1983 graduate of Charleston High School and had attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. ...

Billy Cook (01/30/12)
NEW MADRID -- Billy Dan Cook of New Madrid passed away Jan. 29, 2012, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau where he has been a resident since June of 2011. Bill was a rural mail carrier for Route 3 in Portageville for over 30 years. Along with his wife, he also owned Cook's Jewelry and Gifts in Portageville where he was a watch and jewelry repairman. ...

Marie Myers (01/30/12)
NEW MADRID - Alice Marie Myers, 92, died Jan. 27, 2012, at the Golden Age Living Center in New Madrid. Born Jan. 11, 1920, in Marston, the daughter of the late Raymond W. and Alice Hodges Nelson, she was raised in Marston where she attended the Marston School. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church at New Madrid...

Ellen Holt (01/30/12)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Ellen J. Holt, 72, died Jan. 28, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.

Cecelie Pike (01/30/12)
CHARLESTON -- Cecelie Elliott Pike, 46, died at 4:30 a.m. Jan. 29, 2012, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Jerry Harwell (01/28/12)
SIKESTON -- Ava Geraldine "Jerry" Harwell, 81, formerly of Kennett, departed this life on Jan. 26, 2012, at the Clearview Nursing Center. Born Oct. 10, 1930, at Johnson's Island, daughter of the late Joseph Boram and Mary Jane Robinson Ford, she was a member of Southwestern Bell Pioneers and worked as a telephone operator for over 32 years. She was a member of Calvary Temple Church of Sikeston...

Bobby Mainord (01/28/12)
BERTRAND, Neb. -- Bobby Dale Mainord, 75, died Jan. 21, 2012, in Idaho. Born March 8, 1936, at Matthews, Mo., to the late Jim and Lorene Dowdy Mainord, he was raised by his late aunt and uncle, Val and Lucinda Mainord Williams after his mother died of pneumonia shortly after his birth...

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