Obituaries

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Nelda Grace Bigham, 74, of Olive Branch passed away at 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Grace was born March 22, 1944, in Alexander County, Illinois, to the late James and Elma Gullett Hopkins. She worked at a shoe factory for 33 1/2 years...

Mary Martha Brown Crites, 81, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 24, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to George R. and Elsie Sebastian Brown. She and George Donald "Tom" Crites were married June 4, 1954, at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson. Five children were born to their union, and they had been married nearly 22 years, when Tom passed away April 18, 1976...

Elizabeth "Liz" Katherine Farmer, 73, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, into the open arms of our Lord Jesus Christ. Above all she loved the Lord and served Him as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandma and great-grandmother "Gi-Gi."...

Charles Shelby Ford, 97, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Jan. 26 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Jan. 26 at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Riley officiating...

Evelyn Goodson, 91, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 27, 1927, in Bisbee, Arizona, to A.O. and Pauline M. Sturgeon Pittenger. Evelyn and Raymond F. "R.F." Goodson were married June 15, 1946. They resided in Jackson and had been married 65 years when R.F. passed away Jan. 2, 2012...

Audrey C. James, 77, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. She was born Dec. 24, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Hansel L. and Velda E. Mitchell Gill. Audrey graduated from Delta High School. She worked 24 years at Walmart in Jackson...

Ford R. Phillips, 73, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, in hospice care at Ratliff Care Center, surrounded by his loving family. Ford was born in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 23, 1945, the third child of Ford and Venita Phillips of McClure, Illinois. He married Brenda Joyce Latham on Nov. 26, 1964, in Cape Girardeau. They celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary this year...

Lily F. Reynolds, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born May 15, 1928, in Hiroshima, Japan, the daughter of Shigeo and Yurie Muranaka Shintani. A survivor of the Hiroshima bomb, she and Cline L. Reynolds were married Dec. 9, 1953, in Yokohama, Japan. He preceded her in death Sept. 25, 1997...

John Alexander Simmons, 57, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape. He was born June 8, 1961, in Chaffee, Missouri, son of Paul and Hermine Hodle Simmons. He and Shirley Richardson were married March 30, 2002, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee...

Kenneth "Dale" Bollinger, 80, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at his home. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City was in charge of arrangements.

John Simmons, 57, of Jackson, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation in Jackson are in charge of arrangements.

Janet Mae Bierschwal, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. She was born June 29, 1950, in Chicago to Norman and Hazel Adams Jones. She and Charles Bierschwal were married Nov. 30, 1978, at Jefferson City, Missouri. He preceded her in death Jan. 12, 2018...

Evelyn Goodson, 91, of Jackson died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Grant Gillard officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Carrollton, Missouri...

Audrey Corrine James, 77, formerly of Cape Girardeau, currently of Lamar, Colorado, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Lamar. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Gill officiating. Interment will follow at Russell heights Cemetery in Jackson...

Nita Fay Bagwell, 76, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Chaffee, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 6, 1942, in Swain, Arkansas, to the late James Corelis and Mildred Beatrice Baxter Lankford. She married William Richard Bagwell on Sept. 28, 1968, and he preceded her in death Oct. 4, 1998...

Janet Mae Bierschwal, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Gill officiating...

Emmett Earl "Butch" Bounds Jr., 66, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 13, 2019, at his home. Born Jan. 18, 1952, in Charleston, Missouri, Emmett was the son of Emmett and Carrie Bici Bounds Sr. He was raised in Missouri, but traveled extensively throughout Europe and Japan during his service in the U.S. Marines Corps...

Melissa "Missy" Coleman, 52, of Delta passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Aug. 27, 1966, in Delta to the late Oliver Snider and Kathy Marie Menz Crader. She married Lee Coleman on June 27, 1998, and he preceded her in death Oct. 5, 2013...

Elizabeth Ann Glastetter, 58, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at her home. She was born May 24, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to Larry Kirk and Ruth Ann Garrison Randol. She was a 1978 graduate of Scott City High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University...

Irene Helen Mirly, 89, of New Wells passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Dec. 11, 1929, near New Wells, daughter of Benjamin and Edna Kutscher Hoffman. She married Arnold William Mirly on Feb. 5, 1950, at Immanuel Lutheran Church at New Wells. They had been married 50 years, when he passed away July 12, 2000...

Dennis John Scharenborg, 74, of Marble Hill, Missouri, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Coon officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow at 1 p.m. Friday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Emmett Earl Bounds Jr., 66, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfieldi...

Rosemary L. Bruzan, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center.​ Her family will host a memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Emerald Street Church of God, 500 Emerald St., Cape Girardeau, with Pastor Jeff Lohrstorfer officiating...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Stacy Ann Carter-Gonzalez, 48, of Tamms was murdered Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, south of Tamms. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Larry Buckles officiating. Interment will follow in Jonesboro Cemetery in Jonesboro, Illinois...

Dorothy Lee Grebing, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 20, 1927, in Cape Girardeau to Ernest Truman and Clara Christine Haupt Niswonger. She and Edward Grebing were married May 1, 1949, at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. They were married for almost 58 years until his death March 18, 2007...

ANNA, Ill. -- The Rev. James E. "Gene" Hart, 90, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Green Lawn Cemetery in Villa Ridge, Illinois...

McCLURE, Ill. -- Everett "Butch" Mainer, 73, of McClure died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born June 19, 1945, in Anna, Illinois, the son of Lloyd H. and Minnie Cavaness Mainer. He married Barbara Bader on Nov. 18, 1982, in Rock Springs, Illinois...

Margaret Lucille Melvin, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 15, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Coy Jacob and Ethel Bell Rogers Lincoln. She and Joseph Melvin were married Aug. 15, 1980, at Cape Girardeau...

Irene Mirly, 89, of New Wells died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Lawrence Bradt officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery...

Warren S. Skinner, 87, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 15, 1931, in Oran, Missouri, son of Harry W. and Bertha Clingingsmith Skinner. He and Ella A. Wedekind were married May 9, 1954. She passed away Jan. 8, 2014...

O'FALLON, Ill. -- Connie Sue Wissman, 60, of O'Fallon passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in O'Fallon, with her family by her side. She was born April 9, 1958, in Cape Girardeau to Orville and LaVerne Moore Warner. She and Rodney Wissman were married Nov. 8, 1975...

Leon L. Baker, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 13, 1934, in East Prairie, Missouri, the son of Silas Linex and Nellie Mae Gregory Baker. Leon attended East Prairie High School and was a part of the undefeated football team of 1950. He also worked with his brothers at the infamous Johnnies Drive-In in Charleston, Missouri...

Mary Martha Brown Crites, 81, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

Elizabeth Ann Randol Glastetter, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Carbaugh officiating...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Michelle Launius, 48, of Advance passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 201, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Dec. 22, 1970, in Fort Wayne, Texas, the daughter of Michael and Joyce Winslett Launius. Michelle had worked as a certified nursing assistant in hospitals and in private home care...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles Leon Miller, 82, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with a parish wake at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

Warren Skinner, 87, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. A Masonic service will be at 6 p.m. by Excelsior Masonic Lodge No. 441 of Jackson...

James Leon "Jim" Stone, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

O'FALLON, Ill. -- Connie Sue Wissman, 60, of O'Fallon died Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in O'Fallon. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

Leon L. Baker, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. There will be a private graveside service Wednesday at Mount Kenton Cemetery in Paducah, Kentucky, with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. Burial will be at the cemetery...

Kelly R. Crites, 84, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 26, 1934, in Bollinger County, son of Edward B. and Mabel A. Seabaugh Crites. He and Dorothy Marie Kurre married Sept. 3, 1955, at Old Appleton. Dorothy preceded him in death Feb. 27, 2000. Kelly and Wilma Barks Yamnitz married May 2, 2002, and she recently passed away Aug. 11, 2018...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Dolly Lou Davault, 80, of Advance passed away Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 26, 1939, in Sikeston, Missouri, the daughter of Cecil Marion and Edwardean Harris Cowger. Dolly had been a homemaker and ran the family farm. She was a member of Advance Church of Christ. Church was very important to Dolly and she was always an active member; the last year was very hard on her not being able to attend due to her health...

Florence P. “Flo” Lorenz, 91, of Jackson, formerly of Shawneetown, passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at the Villas of Jackson. She was born Dec. 27, 1927, in Altenburg, Missouri, to Anton and Mary Palisch Schade. She was baptized at home and confirmed and married at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. ...

Margaret Lucille Melvin, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Howard W. Brown, 88, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at Lutheran Home, surrounded by his family. He was born in Morehouse, Missouri, on Sept. 21, 1930, to Herbert and Zora Jetter Brown. He and Betty Jean Blalack were married Oct. 5, 1949, in Piggott, Arkansas...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Eleanor Mae Carr, 85, of Advance passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 6, 1933, at St. Louis, the daughter of Ulysses Charles and Eva Adaline Staats Gould. Eleanor and James Robert Carr were united in marriage Nov. 19, 1955, at Advance, and he preceded her in death Dec. 24, 2003...

Leonard Samuel Graden, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at Auburn Creek Assisted Living. He was born Sept. 24, 1922, in Cape Girardeau County to Samuel L. and Mary L. Oberbeck Graden. He and Lillian Laura Maevers were married Sept. 2, 1948, at Cape Girardeau. She preceded him in death Nov. 20, 2011...

Florence P. "Flo" Lorenz, 91, of Jackson, formerly of Shawneetown, died Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at Villas of Jackson. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown...

Loneeda Christine "Chris" Rader, daughter of the late Thelmar Martin and Sybel Elizabeth Allmon Hicks, was born Nov. 11, 1936, in Ava, Missouri, and passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. She was 82 years, 1 month and 29 days of age. She was baptized at Stephens Lake by the Rev. Archie Coomer...

Carol Ann Sander, 76, of Millersville passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at her son's home in Jackson. She was born March 16, 1942, in Phoenix, daughter of Oliver "Dean" and Mildred M. Lawrence Harper. She and Doyle J. Sander Sr. were married July 16, 1962. He passed away Jan. 13, 2006...