Obituaries in Charleston, MO

Nina B. Harris Heppe age 92 longtime Charleston business and community leader passed away early Sunday January 11 2026 at the home of her son near Sikeston MO. She was born March 23 1933 in the Texas Bend community north of Charleston MO the daughter of Estel and Florence Haley Harris. She graduated...

Mitch Albom says it best with his expression on loss and enduring love Death ends a life not a relationship. James Elgin J.E. Parker crossed the rainbow bridge from his home in Charleston MO at 443 p.m. Monday January 12 2026 surrounded by those who love him most. With an estimated birth date of Apr...

Carl Wayne Napier age 88 of Sikeston MO died Saturday January 3 2026 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau MO. Born April 17 1937 at Portageville MO to the late Mack Napier and Mary Magdalene Porter Napier he had lived in Sikeston most of his life where he was employed as a driver with ABF...

Alan English Smith passed away on January 5 2026 in Shreveport Louisiana. He will be remembered as a thoughtful jovial and funloving man whose curiosity and joy for life left a lasting impression on everyone who knew him. Above all else Alan cherished his family. His children were the center of his ...

Dana Brown Partaker born on February 27 1975 in Sikeston MO passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 7 2026 at age 50 in Rogersville MO while in hospice care. I lived a life marked by resilience humor and fierce love. Known affectionately as Wonder Woman a name lovingly given to me...

Carter Page Fenton D.O. a wellknown family practitioner and former resident of Charleston Missouri passed away peacefully January 11 2026 at The Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Dr. Fenton the son of Drs. Thomas Page Fenton and Alouise Carter Fenton was born April 251943 in Wyatt Missou...

Born July 2 1924 at Patch 13 Pittsburg IL to the late Roy and Leatha Harrison Bearden J.D. grew up in the Fayette County IL area and where he completed his high school education in 1942. Drafted into the U.S. Army on June 24 1943 he would be stationed in Europe in 1945 and receive his honorable disc...

Luther Avery Durflinger age 76 formerly of New Jersey died Sunday January 18 2026 at his home in East Prairie MO.

William Joseph "Bill" Patterson age 76 of Sikeston MO died Sunday December 28 2025 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston MO Born on October 171949 by Mother Shelia Rae Vitale. William known as Bill will be following his wife Tammy Pagano into the hereafter where they will live together again ...

Paula Louise Faris aged 73 passed away peacefully on January 2 2026 in St. Louis MO surrounded by members of her loving family. She was born on April 10 1952 in Wyatt MO to Reverend Paul Faris and Dorothy Herndon Faris. Paula was a proud resident of Charleston MO where she graduated high school and ...

Kelly H Barker died on December 16 2025 at Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital in Stuart Florida. He was born in Mississippi County Missouri to Lonnie Eugene Barker and Clora W. Hopgood Barker and was raised on the Barker Family Home Place in the area known as Barkers Ridge. The farm shaped his l...

Dorothy Morgan McDowell age 92 passed away peacefully Tuesday December 30 2025 at her home in Charleston Mo. Born October 2 1933 at Datto Arkansas the youngest of ten children to the late Clarence Everett Morgan and Pearl Elizabeth Fears Morgan she had lived in Charleston most of her life and was a ...