OBITUARIES

Obituaries in Scott City, Chaffee, Benton, Oran, and Surrounding Areas in Missouri

Richard E. Langston

Richard E. Langston

Sep 16, 2013

Langston, Richard E.,79, of Hazelwood, MO died Monday, September 16, 2013. Father of Ken, and wife, Diane, Langston and Cindy, and husband, Mike, Manzella; brother of Jim, and wife, Neva, Langston; grandfather of Emily, Meghan, Hayden and Troy, and good friend of many others. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until time of service on Friday, September 20, 2013 at...

John Ira Wallace

John Ira Wallace

Sep 12, 2013

John Ira Wallace, 35 of Morley, MO died September 12, 2013 at his home. He was born May 18, 1978 in Oklahoma City, OK to Stanley Ira and Gloria Jeanne Davis Wallace. He was a laborer at Cookson Seed. He is survived by his mother, Jeanne Wallace of Morley; a brother, Brian Wallace of Bell City; a sister, Ginger Ditto...

Joy Venable

Joy Venable

Sep 8, 2013

Joy Venable, 72, of Scott City, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born October 19, 1940 at Sikeston, Mo., the daughter of Bryan Glenn and Jacqulain Marie Stephens Jolly. She married Earl Wayne Venable on Feb. 22, 1956. He preceded her in death on April 30, 1985. Joy worked for Drury Hotels...

Jeremy Nigel Reeves

Jeremy Nigel Reeves

Sep 8, 2013

Jeremy Nigel Reeves, 35 of Benton, MO died September 8, 2013 in Scott County, Mo. He was born June 18, 1978 in Santa Ana, CA to Gregory T. and Sheilah Lynn Bowers Reeves. He married Kelly Dawn Tompkins on October 8, 2011 in Branson, MO. Jeremy was a salesman for Missouri Tractor Parts in Sikeston, MO. He served in the...

Pamela Ann Cate

Pamela Ann Cate

Sep 5, 2013

Pamela A. Cate, age 57, of Scott City, MO passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born in Whitewater, MO on August 17, 1956 to the late Ruddle Otto and Mary Stevens Gloth. Pamela married Norman Cate on December 22, 1988 and he preceded her in death on September...

Alva Miller

Alva Miller

Sep 2, 2013

Alva Edward Miller, 88, of Scott City, died Monday, September 2, 2013 at his home. He was born March 17, 1925 at Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of Robert J. and Edith E. Simpkins Miller. He and Jean Hodge were married January 14, 1946 at Poplar Bluff. She preceded him in death on February 5, 2005. Alva had worked as...

Gary Medley

Gary Medley

Sep 1, 2013

Gary L. Medley, age 56, of Morley, MO passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Cape Girardeau, MO on November 5, 1956 to the late Gilbert Lynn and Barbara Lacy Medley. Gary married Bobbie McBride on May 22, 1975 and she survives. He was a member of...

Edward Lee Castleman

Edward Lee Castleman

Aug 27, 2013

EDWARD LEE CASTLEMAN, 69, of Columbia, Illinois, born July 21, 1944 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at his home. Ed retired from the Southern Pacific (Cotton Belt) Railroad after 32 years. He was a member of the United Transportation Union. After his retirement he volunteered at RSVP and Radio Information Service in Belleville, IL. He was...

Eric Lyles

Eric Lyles

Aug 26, 2013

Eric Eugene Lyles, age 51, passed away Monday, August 26, 2013 at his home in Ft. Worth, TX. He was born in Dallas, TX on July 9, 1962 to the late Cecal Ray and Carolyn Maxine Carter Lyles. Eric held a bachelor degree in computer science and worked as a software developer. Survivors include one brother, Brandon Lyles of Ft....

Paul Dewayne Pfefferkorn

Paul Dewayne Pfefferkorn

Aug 25, 2013

Paul DeWayne "Flip" Pfefferkorn, 79, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at the family home. He was born in Chaffee April 15, 1934, to the late Raymond and Alvena Witt Pfefferkorn. Paul married Mary Jane Thompson Oct. 24, 1959, and she preceded him in death Jan. 22, 2011. Flip was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in...

Milton Lee Goehman

Milton Lee Goehman

Aug 24, 2013

Milton Lee Goehman, 86 of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, August 24, 2013 at his home. Milton was born January 13, 1927 at Jackson, Mo., the son of Marvin C. and Thelma A. Mollenhour Goehman. He married Biddie Rose Hopper on July 3, 1948 at Scott City, Mo. She preceded him in death on March 1, 2009. Milton was an...

Jerry Sanders

Jerry Sanders

Aug 22, 2013

Jerry Houston Sanders, 69 of Marble Hill, MO died Thursday, August 22, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born on August 26, 1943 in Parma, MO to John Franklin and Alice Lucille Nordin Sanders. He married Dorothy Jo Foulk on July 3, 1966. Jerry worked for Nestles for 25 years and then worked at...

Sherma Brashear

Sherma Brashear

Aug 20, 2013

Sherma Brashear, age 97, of Oran, MO passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born in Morley, MO on July 28, 1916 to the late John Edward Braxton and Minnie Bell Stanley Nation. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Oran, MO. Survivors include one son,...

Robert Cletus Mouser

Robert Cletus Mouser

Aug 20, 2013

Robert "Bob" Mouser, age 84, of Morley, MO passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the Chaffee Nursing Home in Chaffee, MO. He was born in Arbor, MO on October 20, 1928 to the late Edward Oliver and Clara Frances Dees Mouser. Robert married Velta Roberts White on Feb. 16, 1963 and she survives. He was a carpenter for...

Linda Dinkins

Linda Dinkins

Aug 20, 2013

Linda Dinkins, age 61, of Bell City, MO passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at the family home in Bell City, MO. She was born in Talihina, OK on April 29, 1952. She was raised by Archie and Agnes Swarm as well as Geneva Grace and Elver Huff. Linda married Dallas Dinkins on April 5, 1996 and he preceded...

Jonathan Brown

Jonathan Brown

Aug 19, 2013

Jonathan Charles Brown, age 39, passed away Monday, August 19, 2013 in McClure, IL. He was born on Oct. 15, 1973 in St. Charles, MO to Bradley Lee Brown and Susan Jeffries. Jonathan did construction work for Mike Harvell for several years. Survivors include his parents; one daughter, Jessica Brown of Chaffee, MO and one brother, Bradley Lee Brown II...

John Clifford Criddle

John Clifford Criddle

Aug 18, 2013

John Clifford Criddle, age 60, of Arbor, MO passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the family home in Arbor, MO. He was born in Cape Girardeau, MO on April 24, 1953 to James William and Doris Marie Owens Criddle. John married Susan Schearf on October 20, 1972 and she survives. He was a produce manager from 1974-2000 for...

Addie Mae Russom

Addie Mae Russom

Aug 17, 2013

Addie Mae Russom, 81, of Scott City, died Saturday August 17, 2013 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born August 2, 1932, in Illmo, Missouri, to John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Lynn Smith. She married Lowell Junior Russom on October 18, 1953, in Scott City. He preceded her in death on March 22, 2011. Addie had worked...

Leanna Marie Wright

Leanna Marie Wright

Aug 17, 2013

LeAnna Marie Wright, 56, of Commerce, Mo. passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013 at her home. LeAnna was born August 13, 1957, in Farmington, Mo., the daughter of Carl D. and LaNelle R. Holmes Howell, Sr. She and Alan Wright were married September 27, 1982 at Scott City, Mo. LeAnna and Alan own Wrights Auto Repair in Commerce. She worked...

Brent Englehart

Brent Englehart

Aug 14, 2013

James "Brent" Englehart, 49 of Jackson, MO died on August 14, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was born January 25, 1964. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and will be sadly missed by his family and friends. Graveside services were held Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at St. Denis Cemetery in Benton, MO.