Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Kennett, Missouri

Roger Dale Burke, Sr.

Roger Dale Burke, Sr.

Apr 3, 2021

Roger Dale Burke, Sr., a resident of Ada, Oklahoma, was born on Sunday, January 15, 1956 and departed this life on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Missouri at the age of 65 years, 5 months and 18 days. Graveside Services will be held on Monday, July 12, 2021, at 12:00 p.m....

Jeweldean Laws

Jeweldean Laws

Apr 2, 2021

Jeweldean Laws, daughter of the late Robert P. Laws and Nellie Maye Myrcle Laws, was born on Friday, June 7, 1946 in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life on Friday, April 2, 2021 at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett at the age of 74 years, 8 months and 25 days. Jeweldean Laws had worked in the health-care industry in Nashville...

Dorothy Lee Verble

Dorothy Lee Verble

Mar 27, 2021

Dorothy Lee Verble, daughter of the late Arthur Clay Masters and Rosa Lee James Masters, was born on Thursday, July 17, 1947 in Kennett and departed this life on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti at the age of 73 years, 8 months and 10 days. Dorothy Lee Verble was a homemaker. She was united in...

Debbie Ann Whitson

Debbie Ann Whitson

Mar 27, 2021

Debbie Ann Whitson, daughter of Frances Rhomhill Constant and the late Cletus Constant, was born on Monday, November 17, 1958 in Rockford, IL and departed this life on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti at the age of 62 years, 4 months and 10 days. Debbie Ann Whitson was a homemaker and former employee of Wal-Mart....

Beth Robertson Quick

Beth Robertson Quick

Mar 23, 2021

Beth Robertson Quick, daughter of the late Bob Robertson and Jewell Folkes Robertson, was born on Friday, January 24, 1958 in Kennett and departed this life on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, Paragould at the age of 63 years. Beth Robertson Quick was a homemaker and a member of the Abundant Life Assembly of God Church...

Joyce Caroline Beach

Joyce Caroline Beach

Mar 9, 2021

Joyce Caroline Beach, daughter of the late Homer and Clara Stedingk Tinnin, was born on Saturday, March 31, 1934 in St. Louis and departed this life on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott at the age of 86 years. Joyce Caroline Beach was a former resident of Springfield having worked there as a Speech Pathologist...

Jesse Jones, Jr.

Jesse Jones, Jr.

Mar 6, 2021

Jesse Jones, Jr., son of the late Jesse Jones, Sr. and Annestine Nelson, was born on Wednesday, September 28, 1965 in Hayti, Missouri and departed this life on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at his residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 55 years, 5 months, 8 days. He was a former resident of Kennett. Survivors include children, Jesse...

Sue Martin

Sue Martin

Mar 5, 2021

Sue Martin, daughter of the late Everett Martin and Pauline Ellis Martin, was born on Tuesday, July 9, 1946 in Rives, MO and departed this life on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett at the age 74 years, 8 months and 26 days. She was married to Charles Franklin for 25 years. Together, they owned and...

Bruce Dewayne Sams, Sr.

Bruce Dewayne Sams, Sr.

Mar 3, 2021

Bruce Dewayne Sams, Sr., son of the late Albert Sams and Christine Jewel Mann Sams, was born on Tuesday, March 19, 1957 in Hayti, MO and departed this life on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 in Kennett at the age of 61 years, 11 months and 12 days. Survivors include sons, Bruce Dewayne Sams, Jr. & his wife, Erica of Hayti,...

Lola Christine King

Lola Christine King

Feb 27, 2021

Lola Christine King, daughter of the late Ervin Edward Taber and Owna Mae Barnes Taber, was born on Saturday, April 15, 1944 in Sapulpa, OK and departed this life on Saturday, February 27, 2021 in Campbell, MO at the age of 76 years, 10 months and 12 days. She was formerly of Sand Springs, OK. She was united in marriage...

Jerry Phillips

Jerry Phillips

Feb 26, 2021

Jerry Allen Phillips, son of the late John Richard Phillips and Alberta Glen Weber Phillips, was born on Wednesday, January 3, 1940 in Leasburg, MO and departed this life on Friday, February 26, 2021 at his residence in Kennett at the age of 81 years, 1 month and 23 days. He had been the owner/operator of J & H Auto...

Bobby Allen Sturgeon, Sr.

Bobby Allen Sturgeon, Sr.

Feb 21, 2021

Bobby Allen Sturgeon, Sr., son of the late Albert Andrew Sturgeon, Sr. and Vi Lettie Jackson Sturgeon, was born on Saturday, January 7, 1933 in Kennett and departed this life on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at NHC of Kennett at the age of 88 years, 1 month and 14 days. He worked as a salesman for Sears for over 25...

Deborah Carol Jaco

Deborah Carol Jaco

Feb 20, 2021

Deborah "Debbie" Carol Jaco, daughter of the late Richard Tucker and Beulah Woodliff Tucker, was born on Monday, October 10, 1955 and departed this life on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff at the age of 65 years, 4 months and 10 days. On October 12, 2013 in Manila, Arkansas, she was united...

Rosalind Grogan

Rosalind Grogan

Feb 20, 2021

Rosalind Pok Soon Lee Grogan, 89, of Poplar Bluff, MO formerly of Kennett, MO, passed at her home on Saturday, February 20, 2021. She was born to Chung Kun Lee and Mon Tsuchida on April 21, 1931 in Hilo, Hawaii, the youngest of 5 children. While working as a waitress in Honolulu she met a handsome, young sailor named Jimmy...

Donald Ray Cox

Donald Ray Cox

Feb 19, 2021

Donald Ray Cox, son of the late O. T. Cox and Rennie Masters Cox, was born on Thursday, November 9, 1948 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on Friday, February 19, 2021 at his residence in Poplar Bluff at the age of 72 years, 3 months and 10 days. On October 29, 2017 in Poplar Bluff, he was...

Rickie Edward Hood

Rickie Edward Hood

Feb 15, 2021

Rickie Edward Hood, son of the late John Orbin Hood and Mary Beatrice Hichcox Hood, was born on Saturday, November 7, 1953 in Osceola, Arkansas and departed this life on Monday, February 15, 2021 at his residence in Arbyrd, Missouri at the age of 67 years, 3 months and 9 days. He had been a truck driver. Survivors include sons,...

Kenneth Alonzo Walker

Kenneth Alonzo Walker

Feb 8, 2021

Kenneth Alonzo Walker, 69, of Kennett, MO, departed this life on Monday, February 8, 2021. Kenneth, affectionately known as KEMO, was born January 22, 1952 in Orlando, Florida to the late Eva Lee Hilton-Williams and the late Julius N. Walker, Sr. Educationally, he attended Washington Shores Elementary, Carver Middle and graduated in 1970 from Boone High School where he played...

Martha Faye Emmons

Martha Faye Emmons

Feb 6, 2021

Martha Faye Emmons, daughter of the late Isaac Woten and Vada Hillin Woten, was born on Tuesday, March 16, 1937 in Wardell, MO and departed this life on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at her residence in Holcomb, MO at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 20 days. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of Christ....

Nathan "Cletus" Easley

Nathan "Cletus" Easley

Feb 6, 2021

Nathan Allan "Cletus" Easley, son of Roger D. Easley and Angela Blankenship Biby, was born on Monday, August 16, 1999 in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at his residence in Kennett at the age of 21 years, 3 months and 20 days. On May 18, 2019 in Campbell, Missouri, he was united in marriage...

Michael Eugene Trainer

Michael Eugene Trainer

Feb 2, 2021

Michael Eugene Trainer, son of the late Virgil Eugene and Catherine Moore Trainer, was born on Sunday, August 25, 1957 in Paw Paw, Michigan and departed this life on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 63 years, 5 months and 7 days. Michael, a life-long resident of Kennett, was a big St....