Shawn Bigham

BENTON, Mo. -- Shawn Ean Bigham, Sr., 33, of Benton, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 28, 1979 in Blytheville, Ark., to Harold Eugene and Mary Elizabeth Bremser Bigham. He married Melissa J. Perry on June 16, 2001.

Shawn was a truck driver for Central Transport in Sikeston, Mo.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Shawn E. Bigham, Jr., of Benton; a daughter, Abigail Rose Bigham of Benton; mother, Mary Reynolds of Cape Girardeau; father and stepmother, Harold and Tambra Bigham of Memphis, Tenn.; two brothers, Charles Bigham of North Carolina and Joe Yost of Burfordville, Mo.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Amanda Bigham, and his stepfather, John Reynolds.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral Service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel with Rev. Larry Rouse officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Memorial Cemetery at Scott City.

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