Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Kennett, Missouri

Marian Christain

Marian Christain

May 5, 2020

Marian Christain, daughter of the late Lloyd Chailland and Marian Masters Chailland, was born on Tuesday, October 23, 1956 in Kennett, MO and departed this life on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at her residence in Kennett at the age of 63 years, 7 months and 12 days. On September 16, 1977 she was united in marriage to Larry Christain. He...

Jordan Mekhi Roberts

Jordan Mekhi Roberts

May 1, 2020

Jordan Mekhi Roberts, son of Gregory Roberts and Maranda Alford, was born on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Pine Bluff, AR and departed this life on Friday, May 1, 2020 in Little Rock, AR at the age of 11 years, 11 months and 27 days. He loved to play video games and basketball and enjoyed his family and friends. His...

Travis Orel Davis

Travis Orel Davis

Apr 27, 2020

Travis Orel Davis, son of the late Orel Davis and Sylvia Rosenbaum Davis, was born on Friday, July 14, 1933 in Senath, MO and departed this life on Monday, April 27, 2020 at his residence in Kennett at the age of 86 years, 9 months and 13 days. He was united in marriage to Shirley Chailland on November 22, 1956...

Lena Nix Ribbing

Lena Nix Ribbing

Apr 13, 2020

Lena Nix Ribbing, daughter of the late Olan Cecil Nix, Sr. and Avis Mavis Lovele Johnson, was born on Friday, May 18, 1956 and departed this life on Monday, April 13, 2020 at Piggott Community Hospital at the age of 63 years, 10 months and 25 days. She was a homemaker. Survivors include daughters, Ashley Gower and her husband, Zach...

Jack Alen Powell

Jack Alen Powell

Apr 12, 2020

Jack Alen Powell, son of the late Jack Oscar Powell and Helen Bolton Powell, was born on Saturday, July 6, 1940 in Chicago, IL and departed this life on Sunday, April 12, 2020 in Poplar Bluff at the age of 79 years, 9 months and 6 days. He was a retired U. S. Army veteran, a retired Police Officer of...

James Charles Hess

James Charles Hess

Mar 30, 2020

James Charles "Jim" Hess, son of the late Charles Joseph Hess and Carmene Drewing Hess, was born on Monday, June 1, 1959 in St. Louis, MO and departed this life on Monday, March 30, 2020 in Kennett at the age of 60 years, 9 months and 29 days. Jim, a resident of Kennett, formerly of St. Louis, had worked as...

Raymond Gilbert Wade, Jr.

Raymond Gilbert Wade, Jr.

Mar 18, 2020

Raymond Gilbert Wade, Jr., son of Raymond Gilbert Wade, Sr. and the late Kathleen Thompson Wade, was born on Friday, February 20, 1976 in St. Louis, MO and departed this life on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 in Kennett at the age of 44 years and 28 days. He had worked as a construction worker. Survivors include his wife, Donna, of...

Joyce Greene

Joyce Greene

Mar 12, 2020

Joyce Greene, daughter of the late W. A. Myricks and Alice Myricks, was born on Sunday, August 18, 1940 in Bernie, MO and departed this life on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Ridgeview Nursing Center in Malden at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 24 days. She was a homemaker and had worked at Brown Shoe Company. On...

Jamie Bernard Childress

Jamie Bernard Childress

Mar 12, 2020

Jamie Bernard Childress, son of Ester Childress and Sylvester Artis, was born on Tuesday, November 4, 1986 in Kennett, MO and departed this life on Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Kennett at the age of 33 years, 4 months and 8 days. He had worked at ARI as a supervisor and later transitioned to Monroe. In his spare time he...

Lois Hinchcliff Baledge

Lois Hinchcliff Baledge

Mar 11, 2020

Lois Hinchcliff Baledge, daughter of the late Earnest Wayne Hinchcliff and Vera Warren Hinchcliff, was born on Saturday, September 7, 1940 in Kennett and departed this life on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 79 years, 6 months and 4 days. She was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church...

Gregory Steven Hanks

Gregory Steven Hanks

Mar 7, 2020

Gregory Steven Hanks, son of the late Deano McMeans and Pamela Hanks, was born on Monday, March 16, 1970 in St. Louis, MO and departed this life on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the age of 49 years, 12 months and 21 days. Survivors include sons, David Sudduth of Fredericktown, MO, Donald Kimbrell of St. Louis, MO, Steven Hanks &...

Edmund Randolph "Scooter" Davis, Ii

Edmund Randolph "Scooter" Davis, Ii

Mar 6, 2020

Edmund Randolph "Scooter" Davis, II, son of Rose Marie Powell Davis and the late Edmund Randolph Davis, was born on Monday, January 4, 1971 in New Orleans, LA and departed this life on Friday, March 6, 2020 in Batesville, AR at the age of 49 years, 2 months and 2 days. He had worked as a airplane mechanic for approximately...

Daniel Boyd Purigraski, Sr.

Daniel Boyd Purigraski, Sr.

Feb 24, 2020

Daniel Boyd Purigraski, Sr., son of the late Lazar Purigraski and Rosa Hughes Purigraski, was born Saturday, June 1, 1946 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and departed this life on Monday, February 24, 2020 at his residence in Steele at the age of 73 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was united in marriage to Carol Wilkins on April 1, 1970...

Braxton Ray Pruett

Braxton Ray Pruett

Feb 24, 2020

Braxton Ray Pruett, infant son of Bobby Pruett and Ashley Williams, was born on Sunday, November 3, 2019 in Little Rock, AR and departed this life on Monday, February 24, 2020 in Little Rock, AR at the age of 3 months and 21 days. His survivors include his father, Bobby Pruett of Sandtown, AR and mother, Ashley Williams of Paragould;...

Mervil "Cowboy" Casteel

Mervil "Cowboy" Casteel

Feb 24, 2020

Mervil "Cowboy" Casteel, son of the late Leonard Mervil Casteel and Ethel Marie Pankey Casteel, was born on Saturday, October 19, 1963 in Rector, AR and departed this life on Monday, February 24, 2020 at the Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti at the age of 56 years, 4 months and 5 days. Survivors include sons, John, Josh & Logan Casteel,...

Joe Mcinyre

Joe Mcinyre

Feb 21, 2020

Joe McIntyre, 45, of Kennett, was born on Tuesday, March 26, 1974 and departed this life on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital, Hayti. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Faith Temple Church of God in Christ, 320 S. Mallory St., Hayti. Visitation will begin there at 12:00 p.m. Saturday....

Bobby (Dad) Joe Nelson, Jr.

Bobby (Dad) Joe Nelson, Jr.

Feb 11, 2020

Bobby (Dad) Joe Nelson, Jr., son of Bobby Lockridge and the late Deneatha Ann Lovelady, was born Tuesday, May 2, 1978 in Kennett and departed this life Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at NHC of Kennett at the age of 41 years, 9 months and 9 days. He was preceded in death by his mother, Deneatha Lovelady; grandmother, Annestine Jones; aunt,...

Ray Usrey

Ray Usrey

Feb 10, 2020

Ray Usrey, son of the late Walter Dempsey Usrey & Ella Cross Usrey, was born Wednesday, April 30, 1947 in Newsurvey, MO and departed this life Monday, February 10, 2020 at Southeast Hospital, Cape Girardeau at the age of 72 years, 10 months and 10 days. He was a Pipefitter. On August 17, 1974 in Kennett, he was united in...

Sarah Jackson

Sarah Jackson

Feb 6, 2020

Sarah Jackson, daughter of Lynda Speer Abraugh & the late Jimmie Abraugh, was born Friday, January 16, 1976 in Fresno, California and departed this life Thursday, February 6, 2020 in Paragould at the age of 44 years and 20 days. Sarah had worked as a hairdresser.  Later, she became an instructor at a beauty school in Jonesboro.  Her hobbies included...

Linda Sue Casteel

Linda Sue Casteel

Feb 2, 2020

Linda Sue Casteel, daughter of the late Alton Mallett and Vivia Harris Mallett, was born on Monday, June 27, 1949 and departed this life on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the age of 70 years, 8 months and 5 days. She was a homemaker. Her survivors include: daughters, Marietta Haywood & Lillian Stevens, both of Kennett; 5 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren;...