Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Kennett, Missouri

Judy Emmons Hensley

Judy Emmons Hensley

Aug 2, 2022

Judy Emmons Hensley, daughter of Lois Johnson Emmons and the late Leo Emmons, was born on Friday, January 20, 1956, in Holcomb and departed this life on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 13 days. Judy had been a substitute teacher for the Holcomb R-III School...

Emma Louise Byrd

Emma Louise Byrd

Aug 2, 2022

Emma Louise Byrd, daughter of the late Woodrow Strawther and Theda Roach Strawther, was born on Thursday, August 3, 1939, in Campbell and departed this life on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at her residence in Kennett at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 30 days. She was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church in Kennett....

Lavene Morrison Powell

Lavene Morrison Powell

Aug 1, 2022

View Funeral Webcast LaVene Morrison Powell, daughter of the late William Torrey Morrison and Martha Elizabeth Stroud Morrison, was born on Tuesday, March 17, 1936, in Salem, AR and departed this life on Monday, August 1, 2022, at her residence at the age of 86 years, 4 months and 15 days. LaVene was a dental assistant having worked with Dr....

Dorothy Curtis

Dorothy Curtis

Aug 1, 2022

Dorothy Ellen Curtis, daughter of the late Wendall Bristow and Dorothy Doggett Bristow, was born on Thursday, December 21, 1944, in Indianapolis, IN and departed this life on Monday, August 1, 2022, at NHC in Kennett at the age of 77 years, 7 months and 11 days. Dorothy was a homemaker and a resident of Bragg City. Survivors include husband,...

Opal E. Mcmunn

Opal E. Mcmunn

Jul 26, 2022

Opal E. McMunn, daughter of the late Archibald York and Mollie Patterson York, was born on Thursday, February 24, 1921, and departed this life on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell at the age of 101 years, 5 months and 2 days. She was a homemaker and member of the First Assembly of God Church...

Maverick Cash Osorio

Maverick Cash Osorio

Jul 25, 2022

Maverick Cash Osorio, infant son of Carlos Osorio and Leslie Holloway Osorio, was born on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Poplar Bluff and departed this life on Monday, July 25, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 14 weeks. Survivors include parents, Carlos & Leslie Holloway Osorio of Kennett; sister, Sophia Isobel Osorio of Kennett; maternal...

Deborah Denise Rees

Deborah Denise Rees

Jul 23, 2022

Deborah Denise Rees, daughter of the late Jim Gordan Kitchen and Geraldine Watts Kitchen, was born on Thursday, March 21, 1957, in Louisville, KY and departed this life on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett at the age of 65 years, 4 months and 2 days. 

On May 1, 2004, she was united in marriage to Kelly...

Stephanie Holsten Patton

Stephanie Holsten Patton

Jul 15, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Stephanie Holsten Patton, daughter of Steven Holsten, Sr. and the late Phyllis Diane Riggs Holsten, was born on Saturday, November 26, 1977, in Pocahontas, AR and departed this life on Friday, July 15, 2022, at her residence in Kennett at the age of 44 years, 7 months and 19 days. Stephanie was a loving and caring daughter,...

Tammy Elizabeth Bang

Tammy Elizabeth Bang

Jul 10, 2022

Tammy Elizabeth Bang, daughter of the late Stanford Duke Bang and Carolyn Dobbs Bang, was born on Wednesday, March 25, 1964, in Vancleave, MS and departed this life on Sunday, July 10, 2022, at her residence in Kennett at the age of 58 years, 3 months and 16 days. She was a homemaker. Survivors include daughters, Leslie Osorio & her...

James "Big Jim" Jones

James "Big Jim" Jones

Jul 8, 2022

James "Big Jim" Jones, son of the late Floyd Cooper Jones, Sr. and Azalee Biggs Jones, was born on Saturday, January 18, 1941, near Steele and departed this life on Friday, July 8, 2022, at the Aspire Health and Rehab in Advance, MO at the age of 81 years, 5 months and 21 days. Survivors include a son, Brent Jones...

Judy Lamar Wilder

Judy Lamar Wilder

Jul 1, 2022

Judy Lamar Wilder, daughter of the late Billy Wilder and Wilma Jean Wheeling Wilder, was born Wednesday, January 6, 1960, in Kennett and departed this life on Friday, July 1, 2022, at her residence in Kennett at the age of 62 years, 5 months and 26 days. She was a homemaker. Survivors include daughter, Crystal Matamoros & her husband, Jose...

Tammie Kay Campbell

Tammie Kay Campbell

Jun 15, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Tammie Kay Campbell, daughter of Brenda Kay Walker and the late Edgar Taylor Francis, was born on Sunday, October 2, 1960, in Kennett and departed this life on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at her residence in Holcomb at the age of 61 years, 8 months and 13 days. Survivors include son, Kaylon Campbell & his wife, Michelle...

Jo Ann Utley

Jo Ann Utley

Jun 14, 2022

Jo Ann Utley, daughter of the late Arvel Estes and Millicent Davis Estes, was born on Tuesday, January 31, 1961, in Kennett and departed this life on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at the Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti at the age of 61 years, 4 months and 14 days. Survivors include husband, Thomas Utley of the home in Kennett; son,...

Ronald Gene Campbell

Ronald Gene Campbell

Jun 14, 2022

Ronald Gene Campbell, son of the late Malvon Austin Campbell and Jettivee Crawford Campbell, was born on Wednesday, August 24, 1949, in Campbell, Missouri and departed this life on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at his residence in Tulsa, OK at the age of 72 years, 9 months and 21 days. Ronald was a United States Army veteran having served during...

Kenneth Hopper

Kenneth Hopper

Jun 12, 2022

Kenneth Howard Hopper, son of the late Lester Edward Hopper and Mary Ellen Brown Hopper, was born on Monday, September 29, 1959, in Kennett and departed this life on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at his residence in Kennett at the age of 62 years, 8 months and 14 days. Survivors include brothers, Robert Hopper of Lewisville, MS, Randy Hopper of...

Richard Lynn Metcalf

Richard Lynn Metcalf

Jun 11, 2022

Richard Lynn Metcalf, son of Shirley Lebo Metcalf and the late Ronald Metcalf, was born on Saturday, June 29, 1969, in Red Bud, IL and departed this life on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis at the age of 52 years, 11 months and 13 days. Survivors include sons, Andrew Metcalf of Phoenix, AZ, Jullian...

Ashtin Craig Hubbard

Ashtin Craig Hubbard

Jun 5, 2022

Ashtin Craig Hubbard, son of Tracy Walker Wigfill and the late Glenn Hubbard, was born on Saturday, November 25, 1989, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 32 years, 6 months and 11 days. Ashtin had lived in Campbell around family and friends....

Joan Crawford Odom

Joan Crawford Odom

Jun 4, 2022

Joan Crawford Odom, daughter of the late Billy Edward Crawford and Opal Irene Crawford, was born on Monday, August 24, 1959, in Kennett and departed this life on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould at the age of 62 years, 9 months and 11 days. Joan was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend....

Marilyn Wallace Bullock

Marilyn Wallace Bullock

Jun 4, 2022

Marilyn Wallace Bullock, daughter of the late Wayne Wallace and Winifred Bledsoe Wallace, was born on Saturday, October 5, 1946, in Kennett and departed this life on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett at the age of 75 years, 7 months and 30 days. She was a retired employee of Arkansas-Missouri Power Company in Blytheville. Survivors...

Wavie Shumate

Wavie Shumate

May 30, 2022

Wavie Shumate, son of the late Carl Shumate and Anna Harris Shumate, was born on Friday, October 15, 1954, in St. Louis and departed this life on Monday, May 30, 2022, at his daughter's home in Malden at the age of 67 years, 7 months and 15 days. Wavie had worked as an auto mechanic. Powell Funeral & Cremation Services,...