Obituaries from August 1995

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Zelma Louise Minton, 81, of Murphysboro, formerly of Tamms, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 28, 1913, in Union County, daughter of Augustus and Laura Corzine Lipe. She married Julius "J.E." Minton, who died in July 1976...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Minnie M. Boswell, 67, of East Prairie, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Miner Nursing Center, following an extended illness. She was born Dec. 8, 1927, at Bruceton, Tenn., daughter of Ernest and Mary Greer Prince. She and Homer Wyatt Boswell were married April 12, 1946. He died Nov. 13, 1990...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Paul Earl Tapley, 73, of Olive Branch, died Monday, July 31, 1995, in Thebes. He was born Nov. 10, 1921, in Thebes, son of Floyd and Virgie King Tapley. Tapley was a retired heavy equipment operator with Local 318 Operating Engineers of Harrisburg. He was a member of the local union 46 years...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Fred S. Layne, 85, of Murphysboro, died Sunday, July 30, 1995, at St. Joseph Hospital. He was born Sept. 22, 1909, in Murphysboro, son of Samuel and Hattie Christian Layne. He and Jennie P. Baker were married Aug. 27, 1930, in Pinckneyville. She died June 7, 1977...

PIEDMONT -- Funeral service for the Rev. Samuel E. Baker was held July 28 in the Duddleston Funeral Home Chapel in Raymondville, Texas. The Rev. Rick Copple officiated. Baker, 69, died Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas...

PARMA -- Funeral service for Maurine E. Conaster of Memphis, Tenn., will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Parma United Methodist Church. The Revs. R.L. Hester and Frank Hutsed will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston. Conaster, 95, died Saturday, July 29, 1995, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis...

DEXTER -- Charles "Chuck" Putman, 35, of Dexter, drowned Friday, July 28, 1995, near Bloomfield. He was born Oct. 19, 1959, in Chowchilla, Calif., son of Richard D. and Betty Britton Putman. He and Susan Williamson were married July 20, 1993, in Piggott, Ark...

ORAN -- Adeline C. Eftink, 67, Oran Route 1, died Sunday, July 30, 1995, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 29, 1927, at Oran, daughter of Henry and Caroline Arnzen Jansen. She and Arthur J. Eftink were married April 17, 1945...

SIKESTON -- Mary Esther Reinbott, 79, of Sikeston, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born July 27, 1916, in Sikeston, daughter of Joseph and Lillie May McVay Blair. She first married Orvel Buchanan March 16, 1930. He preceded her in death. She later married Harold Reinbott July 11, 1969, in Sikeston...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Clyde L. Burdine of Greenway, Ark., formerly of Bloomfield, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev. Mack Williams will officiate, with burial in Harper Cemetery at Aid. Burdine, 74, died Saturday, July 29, 1995, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter...

SIKESTON -- Carl L. Hunt, 75, of Jennings, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 4, 1919, in Bloomington, Texas, son of Homer and Lida Holman Hunt. He and Lois Ellen Gage were married June 30, 1946, in Victoria, Texas. She died July 3, 1995...

CHARLESTON -- Guy Eula Johnson, 64, of Charleston, died Sunday, July 30, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 24, 1931, in Hickman, Ky., daughter of Edgar and Annie Dupree Davis. She and Ernest Johnson were married in 1949...

SIKESTON -- Harry Lynn Jimerson, 61, of Sikeston, died Thursday, July 27, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born April 19, 1934, in Sikeston, son of Louis and Carrie Turner Jimerson. He married the former Annie Griffin. Jimerson was owner/operator of Jimerson Service Station...

Funeral service for George Irwin Meikle of Afton, Okla., will be held at 10 a.m. today at Sherman-Schrag Funeral Chapel in Grove, Okla. Dick Sanders will officiate, with burial in Rolston Cemetery in Afton. Meikle, 62, died Sunday, July 30, 1995, at his home...

PERRYVILLE -- Nellie Grace Grantham, 91, of Perryville, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 6, 1903, in Bollinger County, daughter of Charles and Ann Halbrook Goldsmith. She and Rayford Grantham were married Nov. 14, 1928. He died Feb. 9, 1971...

PUXICO -- Lula Lemmon, 82, of Puxico, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Dexter Nursing Center. She was born April 9, 1913, at Kinder, daughter of William and Annie Doublin Way. She and Eugene Lemmon were married June 17, 1961, at Jackson. He died in 1964...

WAPPAPELLO -- William C. Willis, 88, of Wappapello, died Saturday, July 29, 1995, in Wichita, Kan. He was born March 6, 1907, at Boncton. He and Millie McKinley were married Sept. 28, 1948, in Corning, Ark. Willis had lived here since 1953. He had been a member of IBEW in St. Louis 68 years...

MARION, Ill. -- Joshua Trevor Lence, 3, of Marion, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Marion Memorial Hospital, from injuries received in a vehicle-bicycle accident. He was born Aug. 30, 1991, in Carbondale, son of Johnathan E. Lence and Kimberly Ann Fox...

FROHNA -- Paula Anita Verseman, 85, of Frohna, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 21, 1910, at Frohna, daughter of Theodore Samuel and Lina Koenig Kaempfe. She and Alvin Walter Meyer were married April 14, 1940. He died May 28, 1981. She and Ernst Verseman were married April 19, 1988...

Gladys Haman, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Russell D. Obermann, 62, 1342 County Road 213, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center from injuries received in a farm accident on Tuesday. He was born Feb. 22, 1933, at Dutchtown, son of Harry William and Adela Schneider Obermann. He and Marilyn Huffman were married Feb. 15, 1958, at Gordonville...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Helen M. Presley, Advance Route 1, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Lewis Hejna officiating. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park. Presley, 71, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1995, at the home of a daughter near Advance...

DEXTER -- Walter William Davis, 68, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1995, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 14, 1926, at Bernie, son of George Washington and Erma Bell Woods Davis. He and Wanda Lee Taylor were married at Morehouse. She died in 1965...

Gladys Evelyn Haman, 82, 3218 Lakewood, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 18, 1913, at Whitewater, daughter of John M. and Maggie Estes Austin. She first married Paul Kinder Jan. 2, 1932, in Piggott, Ark. She later married Howard L. Haman Feb. 1, 1946, in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 16, 1969...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Thomas Everett Smith, 81, of Sedgewickville, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 28, 1913, in Winfield, Ala., son of Harry Walker and Stella Irene Webster Smith. Smith was a member of Carpenters Local 1596 and attended Sedgewickville Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received four Bronze Stars...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Bernice V. Oliver, 65, of Cairo, died Monday, July 31, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 16, 1930, in Holly Springs, Miss., daughter of Lawrence and Lottie Tucker. She and the Rev. Sylvester Oliver Sr. were married in 1943...

Earl Savers, 85, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born Aug. 14, 1909, in Jackson to John and Emma Lowes Savers. He worked at the International Shoe and Hosiery Mill in Jackson and the former Lenco in Jackson where he retired in 1990. He was also a veteran of World War II...

Thomas M. Alford, 47, of Morehouse, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, in an automobile accident on Highway Z. He was born Feb. 28, 1948, in Sikeston, son of Thomas E. and Viola McIntyre Alford. Alford was a 1966 graduate of Richland High School, and was employed by Tim Rowell Farms...

Frances J. Whitmore, 57, 2403 Sunny Lane, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at her home. She was born April 28, 1938, in St. Louis, daughter of Lawrence and Vivian Skaggs Holbrook. She and John Whitmore were married Nov. 19, 1964, in St. Louis. He died Feb. 4, 1983...

Martha Colleen Elfrank, 73, 1727 Cecilia, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 26, 1922, at Matthews, daughter of Edd and Essie Stewart Clinton. She and Fred Elfrank were married Aug. 3, 1940, in Cape Girardeau...

FROHNA -- Avery Eugene Jordan, 66, of Frohna, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1929, at Bessville, son of John and Clara Mae Upchurch Jordan. He and Lilly Elizabeth Harlan were married Dec. 23, 1944. Jordan was a retired machinist with ACF Industries. He was a member of the Church of God at Jackson...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Daisy Louella Dulaney, 85, of Ripley, Miss., formerly of Pulaski, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at her home. She was born May 22, 1910, in New Albany, Ind., daughter of Pinkney and Rosie McDaniel. She and Ben S. Dulaney were married March 10, 1934. He died Sept. 30, 1951...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Clyde R. Ozment, 79, of Mounds, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Feb. 26, 1916, in Pulaski, son of Robert W. and Lou Etta King Ozment. He married Viola Marie Thompson, who died May 5, 1992. He later married Bertha Neill...

Funeral service for Russell D. Obermann, 1342 County Road 213, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

DEXTER -- Leslie McMunn, 74, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, at his home. He was born Aug. 17, 1920, at Malden, son of Ira and Nellie Robinson McMunn. He and Ruby Halbert were married Dec. 13, 1941, at Malden. McMunn had worked at Thrower Motor Co. from 1946-56. He and his wife owned and operated McMunn Auto Parts since 1956. He had also been fire chief with Dexter Fire Department, retiring in 1969...

BLOOMFIELD -- Hulbert T. Welch, 69, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 11, 1926, in Hickman, Ark., son of Hulbert and Ozella Metzger Welch. He and Ruby Potts were married Dec. 3, 1948...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Cletus Johnson of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Mike Johnson will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Johnson, 75, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, at Bertrand Nursing Facility...

CHAFFEE -- Anton "Tony" Enderle, 83, of Chaffee died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 15, 1912, at Kelso, son of Peter and Katherine Gosche Enderle. He married Lorena Gosche on May 20, 1944. Enderle was a retired farmer and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, the Chaffee VFW Post 3127 and Disabled American Veterans of Cape Girardeau County Chapter 16...

Ella Helen Costello, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 25, 1902, at Red Bud, Ill., daughter of Nicholas Aloyisious and Mary Susan Meier Hagene. She married Dan Costello who preceded her in death...

JACKSON -- Carson Wagner, 85, of Jackson, died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at the home of a daughter. He was born Aug. 14, 1909, in Jackson, son of Alvin "Boots" and Bessie Lee Niblack Wagner. He and Margaret Macke were married July 1, 1931, in Jackson. Wagner operated the auto repair facility at Ford Motor Co. in Jackson many years ago, and had also been shop foreman at Brennecke Chevrolet. He was employed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in Jackson 34 years, retiring as agency manager in 1972...

PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. James Edward Wilson, 73, of Perryville, died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at St. Mary's Seminary. He was born Dec. 4, 1921, in Winnipeg, Canada, son of Joseph Albert and Marjorie Starr Wilson. Wilson entered the novitiate May 30, 1941, and was ordained into the priesthood June 12, 1949...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Erby Joseph Kiefer, 88, of Sedgewickville, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 1995, at Sedgewickville. He was born Oct. 17, 1906, in Perryville, son of Henry and Mary Robinson Kiefer. He and Esther Mary Propst were married March 25, 1929. She died Sept. 6, 1982...

Mary Lenora Brandon, 73, 812 S. Sprigg, died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at her home. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

PUXICO -- Graveside service for Virginia Fann of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. today at Puxico Cemetery, with the Rev. Steve Smith officiating. Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico after 9 a.m. Fann, 67, died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...

CHARLESTON -- Cederic C. Rodgers, 26, of Charleston died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 1995, from an automobile accident. He was born Nov. 6, 1968, at Charleston, son of Rozena Rodgers and Willie C. Jones. Rodgers was a 1987 graduate of Charleston High School and had attended colleges in Texas, Missouri and Illinois...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Mary Agnes Watkins Kirk, 71, of Carbondale Route 4 died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, in an automobile accident south of Alto Pass. Her husband, Elmo Kirk, was also killed in the accident. She was born May 7, 1924, in Cobden, daughter of Otis and Mary Fitzgerald Watkins...

ANNA, Ill. -- Raymond D. Cates Jr., 69, of Anna died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 25, 1925, in Anna, son of Raymond D. and Clara Ann Houseman Cates. He married Shirley J. Boyd Dec. 9, 1944, in Anna. She preceded him in death July 23, 1989...

SIKESTON -- Margaret Ann Manley, 58, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 5, 1937, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Howard Manley and Hazel Dozier Manley, who survives in Sikeston...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Charles Bingaman, 73, of Ullin died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. He was born Jan. 12, 1922, in East Moline, Ill., son of Charles and Bernice Olson Bingaman. He was married to Rossie Hodges on Nov. 10, 1951. She survives...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Willis W. Fleming, 84, of Cairo died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 9, 1911, in Poplar Bluff to John and Bertha Kraft Fleming. He is survived by his wife, Lillie Mae Fleming of Cairo; a daughter, Vicki Cochran of Wickliffe, Ky.; three sons, Willis "Butch" Fleming of Murphysboro, Ill., John Fleming of Barlow, Ky., and Lawrence Edward Fleming of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Marie Pfeiffer of Cory, Ark., and Evelyn Perkins of Eldorado, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.. ...

Mary Lenora Brandon, 73, of 812 S. Sprigg died Friday, Aug. 4, 1995, at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1921, in Scott City, the daughter of William Henry and Mary Cook Brandon. She was employed as a tracer with Florsheim Shoe Factory for more than 30 years. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Mary's Council of Catholic Woman. She also was a member of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union and the Girl Scouts as an assistant leader...

Patricia Ann Talley, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.

BENTON -- Anna M. Ressel, 90, of Benton died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at Charleston Manor in Charleston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

Patricia Ann Talley, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 10, 1950, at Cape Girardeau, the daughter of William A. and Marilyn Jo Rains Kiehne. She and Bill Talley were married Oct. 24, 1970...

MARBLE HILL -- Peggy Hensley, 60, Marble Hill Route 1, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

SCOTT CITY -- George Karl Wilson, 78, of Scott City, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at his home. He was born July 8, 1917, in St. Louis, son of Justin and Hattie Stewart Wilson. He and Arneita Elizabeth McKee were married Dec. 17, 1954. Wilson was an executive chef with various oil companies. He had lived here 16 years, and was a member of VFW Post 6407. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

CHAFFEE -- Robert Hess Land, 89, of Chaffee, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 25, 1906, in Illinois, son of Alford A. and Hattie Hester Land. He and Juanita Arvella Schultz were married July 26, 1941. Land was a section worker with Frisco Railway Co. 35 years, retiring in 1967...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral mass for Anna Mary Ressel of Charleston will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton. The Rev. James Reynolds will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton after 5 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Orlan Parker, 82, of Pulaski, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Jones Funeral Home at Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements.

MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Merlin Pecord, 84, of Mill Creek, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at his home. He was born July 9, 1911, in Willard, son of Jerry H. and Jennie Schlamer Pecord. He and Lena Deckard were married Sept. 30, 1932, in Cairo. She died Sept. 15, 1981...

Beulah Marie Borum, 85, 1811 Niemann, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 8, 1910, in West Frankfort, Ill., daughter of Theodore and Bertha Mooneyham Mitchell. She and the Rev. S.S. Borum were married Spet. 9, 1933, in Jeffersonville, Ind...

Memorial service for Jack C. Frissell of Jefferson City will be held at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson City, with the Rev. Dorothy Lairmore officiating. Graveside service will be at 5:30 p.m. today at Deer Ridge Cemetery near LaBelle, with the Rev. Wayne Carrigan officiating...

PUXICO -- Geneva S. Crawford, 84, of Kansas City, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at Truman Medical Center East in Kansas City. She was born Feb. 19, 1911, in Puxico, daughter of William and Bertie M. Brimer Stapp. She and Willard Smith were married Jan. 14, 1934. He died Aug. 31, 1938. She later married Hadley T. Crawford Sept. 28, 1945, in Jonesboro, Ark. He died Dec. 22, 1969...

PUXICO -- Funeral service for Ethel Page of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The Rev. Ray Placher will officiate, with burial in Puxico Cemetery. Page, 78, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Irene M. Hopper of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles E. Buck will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Hopper, 78, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Woodrow H. Bradley of Metropolis will be held at 2 p.m. today at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds. The Rev. Kelly Cox will officiate. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements. Bradley, 78, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Metropolis...

PERRYVILLE -- James Arliss Barnes, 70, of Perryville, died Saturday, Aug. 5, 1995, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Feb. 1, 1925, at Centerville, son of Hugh Houston and Rosa Mae Smith Barnes. He and Virginia L. Griffin were married Aug. 11, 1951...

PERRYVILLE -- Howard Francis Weinkein, 86, of Perryville, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born June 10, 1909, in Perry County, son of Felix A. and Rosa Miget Weinkein. He and Mary C. Benlien were married June 15, 1930...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Allen E. "Gene" Lyerla, 86, of Alto Pass, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was born Dec. 25, 1908, in Alto Pass, son of Milas O. and Nora Lea Edmonds Lyerla. He and Myrtle Marie Gray were married Jan. 11, 1933, in Benton. She died Feb. 3, 1990...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Doil C. Kohler, 85, of Jonesboro, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born June 22, 1910, in Jonesboro, son of William Henry and Cora Jane Meisenheimer Kohler. He and Anna King were married June 30, 1930, in Union County...

DEXTER -- Marion Fay Ellis, 66, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1995, at Lake Wappapello. He was born Feb. 13, 1929, in Holladay, Tenn., son of Giles Vick and Ethel Bond Ellis. He and Billie Maclin were married Dec. 7, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. Ellis was a maintenance worker with Hudson Foods Farm. He moved to Missouri in 1938, to Harrisburg, Ill., in 1964, and to Dexter in 1977...

Eugene Herbert Chicon, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 22, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, son of William and Fannie Burpo Chicon. He and Mable Irene Rose were married Oct. 16, 1934, in Cape Girardeau. She died Aug. 4, 1983...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Paul "Tut" Berry, 84, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 20, 1911, in Berkley, Ky., son of Clay and Lena Berry. He married Helen Louise Bailey, who preceded him in death...

WYATT -- Funeral service for Tony Sevic of Wyatt will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Tom Bridges will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Sevic, 74, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Peggy Louise Hensley, Marble Hill Route 1, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The Rev. Dale Huff will officiate, with burial in Unity Baptist Cemetery at Benton. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today...

MILL CREEK, Ill. -- Funeral service for Merlin Pecord of Mill Creek will be held at 10 a.m. today at Mill Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bill Joyce officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Funeral service for Ernest Orlan Parker of Pulaski will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Pulaski Christian Church, with the Rev. Jesse Bellamy and William Winters officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Nona P. Davenport of Troy will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Ted Wimberley will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Davenport, 76, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at Lincoln County Memorial Hospital in Troy...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Bryon Lynn Hoffman II of Anna will be held at 1 p.m. today at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna. Steve Shepherd will officiate, with burial in Jonesboro Cemetery. Hoffman, 23, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, of injuries received while working on a car that fell on top of him...

PARMA -- Funeral service for Glenda L. Davis of Parma will be held at 11 a.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The Rev. Johnny Lemmons will officiate, with burial in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill. Davis, 68, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Doctors Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff...

CHAFFEE -- Robert Hess Land, 89, of Chaffee died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at his home. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, with the Rev. William Marshall officiating. Burial will be in Barks Chapel Cemetery near Crump...

Pearl Stout Strack, 80, of Brentwood, Tenn., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1995, at Lake Shore Meadows Nursing Home in Nashville, Tenn. She was born Sept. 8, 1914, in Allenville, daughter of Charles and Etta Thompson Harmon. She first married Weldon Stout on Oct. 20, 1937, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1965...

EGYPT MILLS -- Lucille Elizabeth Bryant, 77, of Egypt Mills, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 17, 1918, in Egypt Mills, daughter of Otto W. and Elsie Heise Kirchhoff. She and Horace Bryant were married Oct. 4, 1941, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills. He died in 1970...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Timothy Free Yates, 38, of Cobden, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1995, following an extended illness. He was born Nov. 28, 1956, in Detroit, Mich., son of Joseph Highland and Neda M. Wilder Yates. He and Deborah Spiller were married Jan. 12, 1995, in Paducah, Ky...

MALDEN -- Funeral service for Ira James Grubbs of Malden will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Vernon Reese will officiate, with burial in Parma Cemetery at Parma. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon to service time...

OAK RIDGE -- Lonnie Joe Grebe, 32, of Oak Ridge died Aug. 9, 1995, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

PERRYVILLE -- Iva L. Hacker, 79, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born June 9, 1916, in Perry County, daughter of Edward J. and Minnie Sutterer Bergmann. She and Leonard "Casey" Hacker were married April 15, 1956...

PERRYVILLE -- Stanley F. Barks, 68, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. He was born Dec. 2, 1926, in Perryville, son of Floyd and Della Hildebrand Barks. He and Velda Layton were married July 8, 1978...

OAK RIDGE -- Funeral service for Lonnie Joe Grebe of Oak Ridge will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at New Salem United Methodist Church in Daisy. The Rev. Fred Rister will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today, and then at the church Saturday from 9 a.m. to service time...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Evelyn Virginia Sargent of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Bishop John C. Sargent will officiate. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Rehoboth Cemetery at Roellen, Tenn. Sargent, 84, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Earl Brewer, Sikeston Route 2, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Lloyd Lathum and Dewayne Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Brewer, 84, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, in the Emergency Room at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- Hiram T. Burch Jr., 69, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 4, 1926, at Matthews, son of Hiram T. and Willie Morgan Burch Sr. He and Vivian Braiser were married Oct. 12, 1943, at Gray Ridge...

NEW MADRID -- Funeral service for Frances Evelyn Parrish of New Madrid will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Richards Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Parrish, 80, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

Vanita H. Bell, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Aug. 11, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Joe Seabaugh of Half Moon, Ark., was held Thursday at First Assembly of God Church in Half Moon. The Rev. Dale Ruddick and Tommy Abbott officiated, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Cobb Funeral Home in Blytheville, Ark., was in charge of arrangements...

GORDONVILLE -- Evelyn Hanschen, 79, of Gordonville, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born May 13, 1916, at Gordonville, daughter of Ernest and Myrtle Baugh Hitt. She and Ed Hanschen were married July 2, 1938. Hanschen was a seamstress in her home about 20 years, and worked with St. Francis Medical Center Auxiliary from 1975-91. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and had taught Sunday School many years...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for William John Hoffman of Jonesboro, Ark., was held Wednesday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Jonesboro. The Rev. Russell Shewmaker officiated, with burial in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Emerson Funeral Home in Jonesboro was in charge of arrangements...

PUXICO -- Funeral service for Mabel B. Doublin of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico. The Rev. Ray Placher will officiate, with burial in Fagan Cemetery near here. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Doublin, 94, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff...

CANALOU -- Grover David "G.D." Drake, 71, of Canalou, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1923, in Canalou, son of Grover T. and Helen Bean Drake. He and Iris Blankenship were married Oct. 4, 1946. Drake had been a plate cutter at Union Carbide in Kokomo, Ind. He was a member of the VFW Post and Disabled American Veterans Chapter in Sikeston. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Margaret DuBois, 76, of Mounds, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. She was born Feb. 14, 1919, in Milburn, Ky., daughter of James and Mary Elliott Willett. She married Bert DuBois, who died in 1965. DuBois had been a nurse aide at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mound City...

Vanita H. Bell, 76, of 838 Rodney Vista died Friday, Aug. 11, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born May 6, 1919, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Joseph and Francis Simpher Logel. She married Russell Bell Sept. 26, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...

Iva Davis, 90, of 1916 Brink died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at her home. She was born Aug. 11, 1905, in Thebes, Ill., the daughter of James Thomas and Cassie Buster Hazel. She married Stephen Davis in 1923 at Benton. He died April 8, 1974. Davis was a member of Southside Baptist Church. She formerly worked for the Thomas A. Edison plant in Cairo, Ill., and Brown Shoe Co...

SIKESTON -- Odis Andrew Hill, 82, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 4, 1912, in Center Ridge, Ark., to Ance and Dovie Johnson Hill. On July 2, 1932, in Center Ridge, he married Giva B. Hill...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Bobby Gene Woods, 59, of East Prairie, died Friday, Aug. 11, 1995, at his home of an apparent heart attack. He was born Nov. 11, 1935, in East Prairie, the son of George and Ethel Thurmond Woods. On Sept. 23, 1957, he married Mildred Marie Kirby...

PERKINS -- Jerry Lee Wagoner, 54, of Perkins, died Friday, Aug. 11, 1995, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1941, in Perkins, the son of Pearline Rosemary Spane Wagoner of Perkins and the late Edward Wagoner. He was formerly married to Wanda Wagoner Vogel...

CHARLESTON -- James D. Sims, 53, of Charleston, died Friday, Aug. 11, 1995, at Fillmore, Utah, from injuries received in a truck accident. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

ANNA, Ill. -- Jessie Inez McCarver, 84, of Anna died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at the home of her grandson near Golconda. She was born Sept. 17, 1910, in Cobden, the daughter of Joseph and Martha Henderson Hankla. She married Von Ollis McCarver Dec. 24, 1930. He died Nov. 28, 1983...

TILDEN, Ill. -- Martha Holder, 91, of Tilden and formerly of Murphysboro, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at her home. She was born Feb. 20, 1904, at Hammond, Ind., daughter of Rudolph and Margaret Meyrer Schultz. She married Lloyd Holder, who preceded her in death on March 23, 1971...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Imogene Ray, 75, of Anniston died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 31, 1919, daughter of the late I.E. and Burley Pickett Spence. She lived in Mississippi County her entire life...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Harold Adolph Matthews, 72, of Bertrand died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 24, 1922, son of the late Lee Roy and Emma Bertice Heath Matthews. He lived in Mississippi County and worked as a cattle farmer for the last 15 years after moving from St. Louis. He attended Dogwood Methodist Church...

PATTON -- Paul Dayton Yount, 66, of Sedgewickville died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, at Fredericktown. He was born Sept. 29, 1928, at Marquand, son of the late Francis Henry and Ellen Susie Fulton Yount. He was a retired assembler for the Keene Saw Company and was a member of the Methodist denomination...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for James Dalton Sims of Charleston will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Gerald Penn will officiate, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. today...

Graveside service for James O'Dell Cupples of Paragould, Ark., will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Harvey's Chapel Cemetery in Marmaduke, Ark. Dr. Mike Morey will officiate. Mitchell Funeral Home in Paragould is in charge of arrangements. Cupples, 66, died Sunday, Aug. 13, 1995, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital...

Frieda Lena McMillan, 85, 2808 County Road 318, died Monday, Aug. 14, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Aug. 13, 1910, in Chicago, daughter of Louis C. and Anna Marie Armbruster Lindner. She and Arthur L. McMillan were married May 11, 1931, in Chicago. He died March 4, 1986...

James Hugh Logan, a former mayor of Cape Girardeau who helped found the local United Way and worked on behalf of many charitable organizations, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was 95. "I think volunteers are an absolute necessity in this world," the retired business executive and civic leader said earlier this year after being honored with the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Award in recognition of his philanthropy...

MATTHEWS -- Steffanie Jo Hammock, 26, of Matthews, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at her home, following an extended illness. She was born Feb. 21, 1969, in Sikeston, daughter of Donald Eugene and Jane Evans Hammock Jr. Hammock was a 1987 graduate of New Madrid County Central High School, and had worked at 76 Truck Stop. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Canalou and Big Prairie Jaycees...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Ruth Modglin, 67, of Hazel Green, Ala., died Monday, Aug. 14, 1995, at her home. She was born Dec. 6, 1927, in Wolf Lake, daughter of Herbert and Gladys Kimmel Rendleman. She married James Modglin. Modglin was a member of the Lutheran Church in Dothan, Ala...

BALTIMORE -- Raymond H. Popp, 55, formerly of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 15, 1995, in Baltimore. He was born Sept. 27, 1939, to Raymond W. and Lela Kranawetter Popp in Cape Girardeau. Popp graduated from Jackson High School in 1957 and the former Rolla School of Mines in 1963...

TOWN AND COUNTRY -- Louise B. Smith, 81, of Town and Country, formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at the Clayton House Health Care Center in Town and Country. She was born April 27, 1914, at Dyersburg, Tenn., daughter of Charlie and Mattie Kendall Middleton. She married Meddie W. "Smitty" Smith on Nov. 22, 1929, at Blytheville, Ark. He preceded her in death June 26, 1988...

MARION, Ill. -- Betty Sue Reynolds Garner, 55, of Marion, and formerly of Mississippi County, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

PERRYVILLE -- Agnes F. Doretha Schuessler, 90, of Perryville died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born June 3, 1905, at Farrar, daughter of Joachim and Engel Meier Myer. She and Paul C. Schuessler were married Sept. 14, 1932. He preceded her in death June 13, 1955...

SIKESTON -- Abbie Lee Morrison, 94, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born April 24, 1901, in Sikeston, daughter of Harvey E. and Ida Belle Pinkerton Morrison. Morrison owned and worked at Galloway Drug Store 10 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and its Missionary Society, and worked in Sikeston Little Theater...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Robert Lewis Sharp, 50, of Joppa, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1995, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. He was born Feb. 28, 1945, in Illinois, son of Albert and Mary Lance Sharp. Sharp was a timber cutter with Westvaco Paper Co. in Wickliffe, Ky...

The Rev. Hartwell Jared Taylor, 78, of West Plains, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at his home. He was born Dec. 17, 1916, at Thayer, son of the Rev. Hartwell Lee and May Jared Taylor. He and Marjorie Kight were married July 8, 1945, in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE -- Sarah Ann Lurk, 65, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at her home. She was born Nov. 13, 1929, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Harry and Gertrude Schenck Fritz. She and Ronald F. Lurk were married July 14, 1949. Survivors include her husband; a son, Tom Lurk of Perryville; a daughter, Ronna Stortz of Perryville, and two grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Johnny Ray Tucker, 36, Sikeston Route 5, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 3, 1959, in Phoenix, Ariz., son of Max LeRoy and Sue Evelyn Curry Tucker. He and Cheryl Ann Layton were married July 8, 1978...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Betty Sue Garner of Marion, Ill., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Rudy Bond will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. today...

POCAHONTAS -- Grant Loron Townsend Sr., 74, formerly of Pocahontas, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 28, 1921, in Badger, S.D., son of Edward L. and Byrde Thompson Townsend. Townsend had been a machinist and assembler with Barry Wehmiller. He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

Dallas Howe, 62, 220 Edgewood, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral service for Eric Lee Field of Apex, N.C., was held Wednesday at Cary Alliance Church in Cary, N.C. Burial was in Apex Cemetery. Field, 23, died Saturday, Aug. 12, 1995, in a hospital in Atlanta, Ga., following an automobile accident. He was a 1991 graduate of Cary High School, and member of Cary Alliance Church. He was employed at Emory University in Atlanta...

SIKESTON -- Dixie Beauton Ray, 72, of Sikeston died at her residence Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, following an extended illness. She was born Dec. 13, 1922, in Vanduser to Lorenzo D. and Flora S. Brendel Helms. She married Herman R. Ray on Sept. 11, 1948. He preceded her in death Jan. 10, 1994. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Sikeston...

William E. "Bill" Randolph, 70, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 9, 1925, in Golconda, Ill., son of Elmer R. and Ethel Florence Rigor Randolph. He and Hilda Childres were married April 3, 1949, in Corinth, Miss...

JACKSON -- Memorial service for Valerie Sylvia Garrison of Herrin, Ill., will be held at 6 p.m. today at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Msgr. Edward Eftink will officiate. There is no visitation. Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

STURDIVANT -- Essie V. Smith, 88, of Sturdivant, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 12, 1907, in Essex, daughter of J.A. and Mary E. Spicer Bowman. She and Hershal Smith were married in 1965 at Dexter. He died March 17, 1975...

Funeral mass for Dallas E. "Gene" Howe, 220 Edgewood, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Rev. Lewis Hejna will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7, and KC rosary at 7:30...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Robert Lewis Sharp of Joppa will be held at 11 a.m. today at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge. The Rev. Barry Dummitt will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski. Sharp, 50, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1995, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis...

MARBLE HILL -- Milford C. Runnels, 74, of Jonesboro, Ark., died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was a native of Marble Hill. Runnels received a bachelor of science degree from Southeast Missouri State University, and a master's degree in administration from the University of Wyoming...

Funeral service for Oma Marie Hoffman of Kennett will be held at 3 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Charles Dreyer will officiate. Entombment will be in Lorimier Mausoleum. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:30. Hoffman, 96, died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at Kennett Health Center...

Margaret Ellen Edmundson, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, in Crestwood. She was born Aug. 6, 1918, in Union County, Ill., daughter of David and Katherine Branson Toler. She was reared by Will and Lillian Baker. She and John Edmundson were married Aug. 6, 1953, at Bloomfield. He died Nov. 2, 1994...

SIKESTON -- Clarence Bryan Lane, 98, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 23, 1896, in Greenville, son of John and Nancy Sheets Lane. He married Lena White, who died Dec. 31, 1977. Lane had been a teacher and principal in Kelly, Anniston and Diehlstadt Schools. He was a member of Murray Lane Baptist Church...

SIKESTON -- John "Jack" Sides, 62, formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Buddy Paul Smith, 60, East Prairie Route 1, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at his home. He was born July 27, 1935, at Wolf Island, son of George E. and Willa Mae Jackson Smith. He and Pansy Marie Maloney were married March 5, 1964. Smith was a self-employed truck driver. He attended First Baptist Church in Bertrand, and was a member of Masonic Lodge 90 in Lawrenceburg, Ky. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...

PERRYVILLE -- Dorothy Blanche Hoffstetter, 89, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. She was born July 14, 1906, at St. Louis, daughter of Edward Jacob and Martha Bertha Steinmeyer Frick. She and Albert Henry Hoffstetter were married July 21, 1926. He preceded her in death Oct. 24, 1969...

WAPPAPELLO -- Ervin Adams, 77, of Wappapello died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 23, 1917, at Hartman, Ark., son of Jim Sam and Sara Henshew Adams. He and Emma Lancaster were married July 5, 1941, at Benton. Adams was employed by the U.S. government as a heating and air-conditioning maintenance worker. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the Wappapello VFW Post 3416...

MARQUAND -- The Rev. C. E. Henson, 68, of Marquand died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 6, 1927, at Leadington, son of Percy E. and Beulah Kemp Henson. He and Mabel L. Mills were married Oct. 20, 1950. Henson was an ordained minister and pastored several churches in the area. He was a member and co-pastor of the Community Church near Marble Hill. He also served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II...

TRENTON, MICH. -- Gary Lee Hunsaker, 35, of Pontiac, Mich., died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at the Seaway Hospital in Trenton. He was born July 10, 1960, at Pontiac, son of Alvin and Lorene Wyatt Hunsaker. Hunsaker, who was disabled, lived in Michigan all of his life...

BALLWIN -- Donald R. Killian of Ballwin, a native of Delta, died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Killian; daughters, Vicki Clark and Kathy Killian; brother, John Killian; and two grandchildren. Service will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Schrader Funeral Home, 14960 Manchester Road in Ballwin. Interment will be in the National Cemetery...

CHAFFEE -- Catherine "Kate" Scheeter, 91, of Chaffee died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at the Perry Oakes Health Care Inc. in Perryville. She was born July 23, 1904, near Chaffee, daughter of John Frank and Bertha Amrhein Scheeter. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church of Chaffee, and Daughters of St. Ambrose...

CHARLESTON -- Arnold Williams, 72, of Charleston died Friday, Aug. 18, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1922, in Tennessee, son of D.C. and Lessie Arnold Williams. He was a retired custodian for United Methodist Church in Charleston. He is survived by two brothers, Jack Williams of Waterloo, Ill., and Gayle E. Williams of Sikeston; two sisters, Faye Crum of East Prairie and Carresse Neal of Nashville, Tenn...

SIKESTON -- John Howard "Jack" Sides, 62, of Austin, Texas, and formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 1995, at Seton Medical Center in Austin. He was born July 2, 1933, at Fredricktown, son of Howard Hopkins and LoLeta Matkin Sides. He and Judy Smith were married June 6, 1959, at Columbia. They later divorced...

Alecia Ann Totton Mryyan, 35, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.

ST. LOUIS -- Mary L. Murphy, 62, of St. Louis and formerly of Morley, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 1995, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Jan. 15, 1933, at Morley, daughter of Doyle and Mildred Lackey. She married Donald J. Murphy. He preceded her in death...

Alecia Ann (Totton) Mryyan, 35, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after an extended illness. She was born July 27, 1960, at Parma, the daughter of Ollie Totton and Gladys Robinson. She attended elementary school in Sikeston and graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1979. She also attended Southeast Missouri State University...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Marguerite Wilson, 72, of Cahokia and formerly of Ullin died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral home in Ullin.

JACKSON -- Norman E. Maevers, 68, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug.20, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 27, 1927, the son of August and Amanda Nagel Maevers. On Dec. 21, 1973, he married Lou Seabaugh, who survives...

JACKSON -- William T. Lile, 57, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

PERRYVILLE -- Ruth M. Schremp, 65, of Perryville died Aug. 19, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 13, 1930, at Perryville, the daughter of Wallace and Esther Sutterer Streller. On June 17, 1950, she married Elvis Schremp, who survives...

LILBOURN -- Lucy Glover, 101, of Lilbourn died Saturday, Aug. 19, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born July 22, 1894, in Winona, Miss., the daughter of Jean and Sarah Ann Johnson Vance. On March 4, 1916, she married Reed Glover in Sunflower, Miss., and the couple had 13 children. Mr. Glover died Feb. 11, 1970. Seven of their children also preceded her in death...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Becky Behm, 36, of Olive Branch, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1958, in Cairo, daughter of James and Bonnie Poole Bigham. She married Kenneth Behm. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Rena Day of Olive Branch, Crystal White and Chelsea Behm of the home; two sons, John and Jacob Behm of the home; her mother of Olive Branch; two sisters, June Bigham of Walton, Ky., Kristy Bigham of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Jim Bigham of Olive Branch; maternal grandparents, Zelma and Wayne Carter of Anna, and a grandson.. ...

ESSEX -- Dwight Blunt, 82, of Essex, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 1995, at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1912, at Dexter, son of Sylvester and Maggie Teachenor Blunt. He and Helen Snider were married Nov. 18, 1934, in Piggott, Ark. Blunt was a retired farmer...

CAHOKIA, Ill. -- Marguerite Wilson, 72, of Cahokia, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at her home. She was born April 19, 1923, in Ullin, daughter of Edward W. and Irene Harmon Hale. She married Robert Wilson, who died May 19, 1990. Survivors include two brothers, William Hale of South Gate, Calif., and Donald Ledbetter of Tucson, Ariz...

JACKSON -- Rose Jones, 70, of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Jackson Manor. McCombs Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Paul Vernon Williford, 60, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at the home of a son in Paducah, Ky., following an extended illness. He was born Oct. 28, 1934, in East Prairie, son of Charlie and Georgia M. Woods Williford. Williford was a truck driver with TNT Holland Transportation in Sikeston...

PUXICO -- Wilma Cockrell, 79, of Puxico, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.

FREDERICKTOWN -- Zelda Lord, 58, of Fredericktown died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was born March 20, 1937, in Dongola, Ill., daughter of Roscoe and Ruth Sivia Verble. She married K.C. Lord, who died in 1980...

WHITEWATER -- Clarence Webster Huffman, 87, of Whitewater, former presiding commissioner of Bollinger County, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1908, son of George B. and Daisy Winters Huffman. He and Mable Birkman were married in 1927. She died June 26, 1969. He and Cora Williams were married June 29, 1973...

Dr. Dennis E. Hovis, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements were incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.

BENTON -- Gertrude Schwartz, 72, of Benton died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Benton.

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Norman E. Maevers of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with the Rev. David Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery. Maevers, 68, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside memorial service for Eugene James Dowd of El Paso, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Cemetery in Villa Ridge. The Rev. Bill McGhee will officiate. Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements...

JACKSON -- William "Bill" Lyle, 57, of Jackson, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 21, 1937, in Little Rock, Ark. He and Nancy Beatty were married Sept. 17, 1993. Lyle was a graduate of Mabelvale High School in Little Rock, and attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville...

ANNA, Ill. -- Hafton H. Tutt, 77, of Anna, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at his home. He was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Murray, Ky., son of Lonzo R. and Lucy Wells Tutt. He and Loriene A. Haire were married in Union County. She died in 1949. He later married Betty A. Trammel Jan. 15, 1951, in Piggott, Ark...

BENTON -- Funeral mass for Lillian Gertrude Schwartz of Benton will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Denis Catholic Church, with the Rev. Normand Varone officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton after 4 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 6:30...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Florence Brown, 91, of Ullin, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at City Care Center in Anna. She was born Oct. 28, 1903, in Mt. Carmel, daughter of John H. and Clara Campbell Wood. Brown was a member of Ullin United Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, Harold Kraatz of Anna; two grandsons, and two great-grandchildren...

JACKSON -- Daniel Earl Weston, 35, of Jackson, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 20, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, son of Corbin Junior and Virginia Rose Kelly Weston. He and Rhonda Asher were married July 19, 1986, in Jackson...

SIKESTON -- Katherine Reeves, 77, of Sikeston, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at her home. She was born May 4, 1918, in Lamar, Ark., daughter of Henry E. and Edna Detharge Crowden. She married Tex E. Reeves, who died Dec. 22, 1984. Reeves had been a nurse aide and a housekeeper at Best Western Motel...

Beulah M. Williams, 77, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Oct. 7, 1917, at Crump, daughter of Lewis and Georgia Proffer Barks. She and Oliver Williams were married Feb. 20, 1934. He died June 22, 1990...

Scott Glenn Kinder, 25, 1909 N. Kingshighway, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 6, 1970, in Cape Girardeau, son of Howard G. and Victoria L. Stafford Kinder Jr. He and Brandie Tripp were married Nov. 19, 1994, in Cape Girardeau...

Dr. Dennis E. Hovis, 72, 3506 Julie, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Charlotte, N.C., son of Clarence Hovis and Margaret Michael Hovis. He and Virginia Leible were married Dec. 31, 1945, at Kelso...

PUXICO -- Funeral service for Wilma M. Cockrell of Puxico will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Puxico Apostolic Church. Elders Rick Hensley and Robert Cockrell will officiate. Burial will be in Puxico Cemetery. Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance from 5-8 p.m. today...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Bessie Lee Presson of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Dean Wallace will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Presson, 89, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SCOTT CITY -- John W. Webb, 75, of Granite City, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Granite City. He was born Nov. 26, 1919, at Illmo, son of Roscoe and Vista Rendleman Webb. He and Virginia Dunning were married July 27, 1940, at Benton...

MATTHEWS -- Funeral service for Donald E. Hammock Jr. of Matthews will be held at 11 a.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Dewayne Coleman will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston. Hammock, 52, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, in the Emergency Room at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Rose Jones of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home. The Rev. Johnny Seabaugh will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

MOREHOUSE -- Leland E. Love, 85, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born April 19, 1910, near Sikeston, son of Earnest and Myrtle Hart Love. He and Naomi Ferrell were married June 7, 1941, in Rockford, Ill...

SIKESTON -- Martha C. Ellis, 87, Sikeston Route 3, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at her home. She was born July 5, 1908, in East Prairie, daughter of Jim and Jenny Harris Stockman. She and Everett Ellis were married Nov. 25, 1928, in East Prairie. Ellis moved here 23 years ago from St. Louis...

BURFORDVILLE -- Hubert Dewitt Bishop, 89, of Burfordville, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Stanley Alexander Warfield Bay, 35, of St. Louis, died suddenly Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995. He was born Nov. 23, 1959, in Chicago, son of James and Sammie Yarber Warfield. Bay was a graduate of Soldan High School in St. Louis. He was employed by Wehrenberg Theaters in St. Louis...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Rose Jones of Jackson will be held at 11 a.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home. The Rev. Johnny Seabaugh will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Jones, 70, died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Jackson Manor, following an extended illness...

Ruby M. Hosea, 85, of 816 Sharon Lane died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 24, 1910, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of John and Minnie Thompson Carmack. She and Elvin Hosea were married in 1947. He preceded her in death in 1990...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Evelyn Sue Jenkins Booker, 53, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at her home following an extended illness. She was born June 18, 1942, at Morehouse, daughter of Clarence Layton and Lola Beatrice Berry Jenkins. She and Thomas Cleveland Booker were married in March 1971 at Ripley, Tenn...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Melvin L. "Dutch" Craver, 84, of Cairo died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995, at Community Health Services in Cairo. He was born in Dongola, Ill., on Jan. 7, 1911, to Samuel and Cleta Reinhart Craver. He was a gas foreman for the Cairo Public Utility Commission, where he worked for 30 years before retirement. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Craver, in 1986...

SIKESTON -- Private graveside service for Lucy Herring will be held today at Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie. McMikle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Herring, 89, died Thursday, Aug. 24, 1995, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was formerly of Sikeston...

BURFORDVILLE -- Funeral service for Hubert Dewitt Bishop of Burfordville will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Eldo Eaker will officiate. Friends may call today and tonight at the chapel. Bishop, 89, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

Graveside service for Anna Josephine Davis of Cypress, Calif., was held Thursday at Fairmount Cemetery. Ford and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Davis, 86, died Friday, Aug. 18, 1995, at Buena Park Nursing Center in Buena Park, Calif...

ANNA, Ill. -- Troy S. Winters, 79, of Anna, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 4, 1916, in Hardin County, son of George and Hattie Ledbetter Winters. He and Helen Frances Williford were married Aug. 3, 1948, in Anna. She died March 4, 1982...

ANNA, Ill. -- Enola Mae Hankla, 93, of Memphis, Tenn., died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at Shelby County Health Care Center in Memphis. She was born March 11, 1902, in Omaha, Ill., daughter of William Monroe and Lenora Jackson Bolen. She and Owen Hankle were married July 19, 1920. He died Aug. 11, 1963...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Mozelle G. Trigg of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Robert Kriete will officiate, with burial in Lake Charles Burial Park at St. Louis. Friends may call at the chapel from noon to service time...

James Francis Tilley, 67, 173 Tilley Road, died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 23, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, son of Robert N. and Adath Rees Tilley. He and Mary Schweain were married June 3, 1950, in Piggott, Ark...

MARBLE HILL -- Minnie Mae Hahn, 71, of East Alton, Ill., died Thursday, Aug. 24, 1995, at Incarnate Word Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Canalou, daughter of Seaman and Pearl Myers Shell. She and Cletis Hahn were married Nov. 7, 1945...

BLOOMFIELD -- A memorial service for Margaret E. Dickeson of Bloomfield will be held at her home at 6 p.m. today. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Dickeson, 67, died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1995, at her home. She was born June 3, 1927, at Sikeston, daughter of Lyman and Cora Knight Jines. She and Wayne Dickeson were married Jan. 3, 1947...

Edna Irene Schenimann, 79, of 300 Okemah Highway 177 died Saturday, Aug. 26, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 6, 1916, to John and Myrtle Sides Baker at Neelys Landing. She married Leo G. Schenimann on Feb. 15, 1936, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death in August 1974...

PERRYVILLE --Ruben Steven Tucker, 80, died Saturday, Aug. 26, 1995, at his home in Perry County. He was born June 24, 1915, in Perry County. He had been a self-employed painter. He was the son of Lonnie Tucker and Esther Marie Weith Tucker. He married Anna Mae Garrett. She survives...

JACKSON -- Amy Bond Holland, 79, of Jackson died Friday, Aug. 25, Friday, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 7, 1916, in Rum Branch, to Dana D. and Rose Hendrickson McNeely. She married Floyd Bond on Aug. 12, 1933, at Benton. He died June 4, 1962. She married Sylvester Holland on March 16, 1963, in Perryville. He died Dec. 13, 1977...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Ray Corbin, 85, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Aug. 26, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services.

Elmer C. Guth, 79, of 2755 Gordonville Road died Saturday, Aug. 26, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 5, 1915, to Otto and Paula Fuehler Guth in St. Louis. Guth married Helen Meier on Oct. 1, 1944, in Farrar. Survivors include his wife, two sons; Charles Guth of Cape Girardeau and Nelson Guth of Sikeston; a brother, Vernon Guth of Sierra Vista, Ariz.; a sister, Wanda Eickhoff of Raleigh, N.C.; three grandchildren; a stepgrandchild; and a stepgreat-grandchild.. ...

William James Lankford, 59, of Wilber, Neb., formerly of Chaffee died at 9:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at the Wilber Nursing Home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee.

SIKESTON -- Anna Sue Colliflower Hanes, 70, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 5, 1925, in East Prairie to William Elbert and Alma Mae Woodward Lindsey. She was employed with AT&T in Aurora, Ill., for 20 years before returning to Mississippi County where she was owner and operator of Ann's Restaurant in East Prairie until her retirement in 1990. ...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Arthur "Jake" Britt, 72, of Kankakee, Ill., and formerly of Mound City, died Thursday, Aug. 24, 1995, at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee. He was born June 28, 1923, in Ullin, Ill., to Arthur and Elsie Copeland Britt. He attended the Open Bible Church in Kankakee and was a retired painter with Bennett's Industry in Peotone, Ill...

William James Lankford, 59, of Wilber, Neb., died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at the Wilber Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 7, 1935, at Dover, Ark., the son of James Corelis and Mildred Beatrice Baxter Lankford. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Ruby Theresa Lundin, 59, of Miami, Fla., and formerly of Sikeston, died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at Doctor's Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla. She was born Dec. 12, 1935, at Hickman Mills, the daughter of Louis Emanuel and Ruby Lorene Melton Sohn. She and Carl O. Lundin Jr. were married July 30, 1980, at Kansas City...

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Aliene M. McAllister, 73, of East Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at her home. She was born Dec. 18, 1921, at Logan County, Ill., the daughter of Harry and Eula King Joiner. She was married to Claude L. McAllister, who survives of the home...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Ray Corbin, 85, of Jonesboro died Saturday, Aug. 26, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 4, 1910, at Opp, Ala., the son of Ridgeway and Carlie Woodman Corbin. He and Hazel Chaudoin were married April 11, 1981, at Jonesboro...

BERTRAND -- Mary Ada Walker, 89, of Bertrand died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1906, at Sikeston, the daughter of James Edward and Julia Ann Skelton Goodman. In 1925 she married Everett D. Hall, who preceded her in death. She later married Charles Walker, who also preceded her in death...

SIKESTON -- Herman Leo Tucker, 56, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 31, 1938, at Painton, the son of John Lee and Louella Harris Tucker. On Dec. 27, 1986, he married Dorothy Jean Harris, who survives...

Frank Schweppe, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg St. Chapel.

RIVER FOREST, Ill. -- Peter Blakemore of River Forest and formerly of Olive Branch, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.

Funeral services for Edna Irene Schenimann will be at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills, with the Rev. Mark Martin officiating. Schenimann, 79, of 300 Okemah, Highway 177, died Saturday, Aug. 26, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Dr. Peter Blakemore, 42, of River Forest, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 6, 1953, in Evanston, son of the Rev. John and Louisa Blakemore. Blakemore received a Ph.D. in church history from Bob Jones University. He had been pastor of Harrison Street Bible Church in Oak Park 12 years, and wasva teacher at Schausburg Bible Institute...

PERRYVILLE -- Merlin P. "Joe" Esselman, 72, of Perryville, died Monday, Aug. 28, 1995, at his home. He was born July 23, 1923, at McBride, son of Louis P. and Lillian J. Anderson Esselman. He and Betty Jean Mayer were married Oct. 20, 1945. Esselman was retired from Emerson Electric in St. Louis. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Holy Name Society, American Legion Booster Post 133, and Third Degree knight with KC Council 1263...

BERTRAND -- Jewell J. Brown, 79, of Bertrand, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Sept. 17, 1915, in Wyatt, son of John Joseph and Mary Bell Goode Brown. He and Gladys V. Miller were married in 1940...

JACKSON -- Bonnie May Strait, 88, of Jackson, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at Deal Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 4, 1907, in Black Oak, Ohio, daughter of Charles Edgar and Nola Watkins Rine. She married Warren Strait, who died in May 1991. Survivors include nieces and nephews...

Frank A. Schweppe, 67, 414 S. Sprigg, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 22, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, son of Luther Henry and Lula Maye Houck Schweppe. He and Betty Ruth Bowman were married in 1952, in Arkansas...

BLOOMFIELD -- Elton Fish, 74, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Aug. 29, 1920, at White Oak, son of Sherman and Osa McDaniel Fish. He and Thelma Morland were married Feb. 23, 1946...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Josephine Joyce Mixer of Bloomfield will be held at 10 a.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield. Mixer, 71, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter...

MILLERSVILLE -- Vernon "Diamond" Monroe, 58, formerly of Millersville and East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 14, 1995. He was born Dec. 17, 1936, in Fruita, Colo., son of G.A. and Fanny Monroe. Monroe was a carpenter and had been a car salesman in East Cape. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

CHARLESTON -- Willis Henry Cox, 65, of Charleston, died Friday, Aug. 25, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 12, 1930, in Charleston, son of Ernest and Gearldine Folkes Cox. He and Alberta Betts were married July 24, 1953...

ANNA, Ill. -- Belinda Jo Blessing, 41, of North Dupo, died Sunday, Aug. 27, 1995, at her home. She was born April 6, 1954, in Anna, daughter of James and Lois Caraker. Blessing was a supervisor at Mercantile Bank in St. Louis, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Dupo...

A memorial mass for Clyde F. LeGrand of St. Louis was held Saturday at All Saints Catholic Church in St. Louis. LeGrand, 69, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 1995, at his home, following a brief illness. He was born Aug. 27, 1925, in Cape Girardeau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick LeGrand...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Former Police Chief Jake Abner, 84, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 20, 1911, at Bell City, son of Frank and Carrie L. Tibby Abner. He and Pearl Marie Simpkins were married May 16, 1932...

Pauline T. Bartlett, 80, 342 Hillview, died Monday, Aug. 28, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 22, 1915, in East St. Louis, Ill., daughter of David and Katherine Branson Toler. She first married Charles Carl Pulley, who preceded her in death. She and George Bartlett were married June 3, 1976, in Houston, Texas...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- George W. "Buddy" Harrell Jr., 42, Mounds Route 1, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 8, 1953, in Cairo, son of George W. and Elaine Hamilton Harrell Sr. Harrell was a pilot with Tennessee Valley Towing Co. in Paducah, Ky...

BERTRAND -- Winona Evonne Walker, 67, of Bertrand, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at her home. She was born July 17, 1928, in Bertrand, daughter of Grady Donald and Mary Lena Winslow McAdoo Sr. She and Leroy Walker were married July 26, 1948. Walker had been a housekeeper at Bertrand Nursing Center, and member of Bridges United Methodist Church...

Anna M. O'Donnell Panhorst, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at the Missouri Veterans Home. She was born March 1, 1899, at Leopold, the daughter of Henry and Anna Steiner Tenholder. She and James O'Donnell were married Feb. 12, 1918. He preceded her in death Jan. 20, 1961. She married Edward Panhorst Dec. 21, 1975. He also preceded her in death July 10, 1987...

WAPPAPELLO -- Donald Ray Propst, 54, of Wappapello, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 23, 1941, at Sikeston. Propst was a retired factory worker. Survivors include a son, David Propst of Chicago; two daughters, Donna Propst of New York City, Jamie Blissett of Sikeston; his mother, Opal Rose of Wappapello; a brother, Dale Propst of Kansas City, and a sister, Becky Conklin of Cape Girardeau...

MARBLE HILL -- Oren S. Estes, 74, of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at his home. He was born April 11, 1921, at Grassy, son of Louis and Lury Like Estes. He and Mary Lou Lawson were married Jan. 21, 1971. She died Oct. 27, 1991. Survivors include a son, John Estes of Marble Hill; a brother, Charles Estes of Marble Hill; two sisters, Goldie Guthrie and Dorothy Swan of Marble Hill...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Hugh H. Held, 85, of Wolf Lake died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro, Ill.

SIKESTON -- Bobby Ralph Slayton Sr., 63, of Sikeston died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at the Clearview Nursing Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are incomplete at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Service in Morehouse.

JACKSON -- Noma M. Allen, 82, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 11, 1913, at Sedgewickville, daughter of Thomas B. and Louvina J. Hartle Crites. She and Clarence Allen were married Jan. 7, 1933. He preceded her in death Oct. 12, 1991...

MARBLE HILL -- Harley Roosevelt Jaco, 90, of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 21, 1905, son of William and Amanda Vernom Jaco. He and Alice Carver were married Dec. 29, 1932. Jaco was a member of Grassy Friendship General Baptist Church...