Obituaries

    Joan Frances (Hughes) Field was born November 20, 1933 in St. James, Missouri passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 in Denver, Colorado of complications related to COVID-19 at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 3 days.

    Lonnie Ray Morrison of Cuba, Missouri was born April 8, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri to Willis and Anna Chandler Morrison and passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at the age of 81 years, 1 month and 18 days.

    Betty L. Luke of Cuba, Missouri was born Sunday, July 19, 1931 at Berryman, Missouri to William and Mamie (nee Haffer) Emerson and passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020 at the age of 88 years.

    Viola M. Koch of Murphysboro, Illinois, formerly of Sullivan, Missouri, was born in Japan, Missouri on December 1, 1920 to Henry and Minnie (Mueller) Mueller and passed away, Monday May 25, 2020 at the age of 99 years.

    Bernadette “Bunny” Alice Kelly (nee DeMorrow) of Viburnum, Missouri was born January 30, 1939 to Lloyd and Cecelia DeMorrow and passed away Saturday, May 23 at the age of 81 years.

    James Alvin “Jim” Gilliam Jr. of Cuba, Missouri was born on June 26, 1942 in Cuba, Missouri to James and Rose Ann (Killeen) Gilliam Sr.  and passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at the age of 77 years.

    Vanessa Marie Crets of St. James, Missouri was born Monday, May 2, 1955 at St. Louis, Missouri to Walter and Rose (nee Janes) Loeblein and passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at the age of 65 years.

    Pearl Louise Brandenburger of Cuba, Missouri was born on Monday, April 25, 1932 in Owensville, Missouri to Benjamin W. and Clara (nee Shulte) Kahle and passed away on Tuesday May 26, 2020 at the age of 88 years.

    James Douglas Black of St. James, Missouri was born September 13, 1958 in Burlington, Vermont to James Fredrick Black and Marlene Ann Brooner and passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020 at the age of 61 years.

    Marcella “Jean” Tucker of Sullivan, Missouri was born in Urbana, Missouri on September 22, 1944 to John Martin and Christina Maude (Willis) Tracy and passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the age of 75 years.

    Margot Fannie Richards of Sullivan, Missouri was born in Germany on June 17, 1926 to Max and Hedwig Reichenberg and passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020 at the age of 93 years.

    Shawn Allen Pitts of Cook Station, Missouri was born on Thursday, October 13, 1983 in Rolla, Missouri to Allen Lee and Linda Fay Buettner Pitts and passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at the age of 36 years, 7 months and 6 days.

    Myra Marie Modglin of Bourbon, Missouri was born in St. Louis, Missouri on December 30, 1960 to Edward M. Crawford and Marian J. Brosh and passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the age of 59 years.

    Terry Joseph Hendrix of Bourbon, Missouri was born on Monday, April 18, 1965 in Rolla, Missouri to William Joseph and Sally Ann Walls Hendrix and passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 at the age of 55 years and 1 month.

    Kristen C. Ferguson of Cuba, Missouri was born Saturday, September 25, 1993 to James and Amy (nee Franke) Ferguson and passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at the age of 26 years.

    Daniel W. Smith Jr. was born February 17, 1942 in Laurel, Mississippi to Daniel Walter and Zetta Sarah Wheelis Smith Sr. and passed away Monday, May 11, 2020 at the age of 78 years.

    Carrie Jean (Garner) Lee of St. James, Missouri was born December 23, 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa to Betty and Billy Garner and passed away on May 9, 2020 at the age of 63 years.

    Rita Fay Wasson (nee Bobbitt) of Seaton, Missouri was born November 20, 1958 in Columbia, Missouri to Fredrick Franklin and Addie Elizabeth Stringer Bobbitt and passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 at the age of 61 years, 5 months and 18 days.  

    Clifford Todd of Steelville, Missouri was born October 24, 1939 in Howes Mill, Missouri to James and Wilma Turnbough Todd and passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020 at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 7 days.

    Cheryl Kay Peck of Sullivan, Missouri was born July 27, 1945 in Du Quoin, Illinois to John and Lillian Brummet and passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020 at the age of 74 years.