Records / Obituaries

Naomi Dye, 91, passed away peacefully November 24, 2020. She was born June 21, 1929 to J.O. and Opal Mason. She married W.T. Dye December 26, 1945. They had three children, William Thomas Dye, Jr. (Anita), Nancy Jane Weaver (Steven), and Dr. David Dye (Deborah). ...

Joe Ford, Jr., 94, of Kennett, was born January 24, 1926, in the Johnson Island Community, near Kennett. Joe passed away November 22, 2020 at the Piggott Community Hospital. Joe was the son of the late Joseph Alfred Ford, Sr. and Lottie (Gee) Ford. Joe was a World War II veteran and was inducted into the Army-Air Force in 1944 immediately after completing Senath High School in Senath. ...

John Mike Mowrer, 75, of Kennett, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020 at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com...

Judith Ann (Maxey) Amon, 79 of Rogers, Ark., formerly of Malden, passed away November 23, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elliott Lender and Erma Irene Maxey, and her stepfather C. Dale Maxey; She is survived by her husband, John D. ...

Paul David Ford, 64, of Paragould, Ark., passed away Thursday, November 19, 2020 at St. Bernard Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.  He was born in Malden, Mo., April 15, 1956.  He was a graduate of Parma High School in Parma, Mo.  He has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. Paul was an Army veteran who served during the Gulf war.  He was a salesman for Certified Labs for 28 years.  ...

Donald Lee Hopper, son of the late Arthur Hopper and Alma (Morris) Hopper, was born August 31, 1928 in Monkey Run, Arkansas and departed this life November 22, 2020 at the age of 92 years, 2 months and 22 days. Donald married Della Mae Ford May 14, 1944. She preceded him in death...

Frankie Joe Rice, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Malden is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com...

Bessalea (Clingingsmith) McGhee, of Kennett, was born August 24, 1925, into the family of William Henry Clingingsmith and Alice Catherine (Mills) Clingingsmith, and passed away at the age of 95 due to complications from Covid November 20, 2020, while a resident of Heritage Skilled Nursing Center...

Darell Wheeler, son of the late Ernie Wheeler and Catherine (Whitlock) Wheeler, was born September 25, 1942 in Senath, Missouri and departed this life November 21, 2020 at the age of 78 years 1 month and 26 days. Darell married Brenda Evelyn James November 25, 1960 in Senath...

Bessalea “Bett” McGhee, 95, of Kennett, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett will be in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com...

Joe Ford, 94, of Kennett, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020 at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett will be in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at mcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Mary Liane Mathews of Cleburne, Texas passed away peacefully November 11, 2020, filled with the assurance that she is deeply loved by God and by her family.   Born Mary Liane Pearman, to parents Chester and Mary Jane Pearman, June 6, 1941:  Liane was 79 years old at the time of her death. ...

Carl Austin Townsend was born in 1934 to James and Myrtle Townsend in Fisk, Missouri. He was one of 11 siblings that reached adulthood. After deciding to leave high school early, Carl joined the Air Force and was stationed overseas on a couple of occasions. ...

Carl Austin Townsend was born in 1934 to James and Myrtle Townsend in Fisk, Missouri. He was one of 11 siblings that reached adulthood. After deciding to leave high school early, Carl joined the Air Force and was stationed overseas on a couple of occasions. ...

John Lee Duck, 64, of Clarkton, passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at his residence. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Malden. Online guest book at www.landessfuneralhome.com.

Our beloved Laura Ross Alvarez, 56, passed away November 9, 2020 from complications related to her long battle with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. Daughter of the late Charles and Norma Myers Ross, Laura was born July 26, 1964 in Memphis, Tenn. The family moved from Southaven, Miss. ...

Gary Paul Walker, 69, of Holcomb, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden. Online condolences may be made to www.bradshawfh.com...

Tommy Verlon Bryant passed away November 14, 2020 at Winchester Place in Bernie, Mo. at the age of 81 years. He was born August 23, 1939 in Center Ridge, Ark., to the late Harrison and Stella Prince Bryant. He was married to Charisse Bryant for 33 years...

Sheila Yvonn Thompson, 61, of Campbell, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020 at her residence. Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Campbell is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com.

Leonard Junior Walker, 80, of Campbell, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020 at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Malden is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com.

William T. “Bill” Bradshaw, 86, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements will be under the direction of Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Malden. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com...

Kevin Lee Greer, Sr., 55, of Malden, was born to Lewis Donald Greer and Joan Depew Greer in Poplar Bluff, Missouri Wednesday, August 25, 1965, and departed this life Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Malden, Mo. Kevin Lee Greer, Sr. was the owner of Greer Roofing...

Lavern Simmons, the daughter of the late James and Mattie Bell McClung Bradley, was born December 29, 1929, in Hughes, Ark. She was a member Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Parma, Mo., where she was a Sunday school teacher. She also helped organize the Parma Community Betterment Club and was their first President...

Mallie Bartlett, 89, of Malden, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at her daughter’s residence in Sikeston, Mo. Landess Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of arrangements. Online guest registry at: www.landessfuneralhome.com.

Ronald Brown, 74, of Malden, passed away Monday, November 9, 2020 at his brother’s residence in Bernie. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Malden. Online guest registry at www.landessfuneralhome.com.

Phillip Wilburn, Sr., 69, of Kennett, passed away November 11, 2020 at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett will be in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com...

Reta Mardell DePriest, of Kennett, daughter of the late Curtis Eskew and Eva (Martin) Eskew was born February 12,1940 and departed this life November 6, 2020 at the age of 80 years. Reta married Ted Elliott September 8, 1961. He preceded her in death November 15, 1981. On July 13, 1983 she married Thomas DePriest...

Myrna Joyce Holbrook, of Kennett, daughter of the late James Edward Brown and Adelia (McBride) Brown was born January 15, 1945 in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life November 9, 2020 at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 25 days. Myrna married William Alfred Holbrook December 27, 1968 in Gobler, Mo...

Donald Ray Blackman, son of the late V.C. Blackman and Tyna Embrey Blackman, was born in Bernie, Missouri September 21, 1933, and departed this life at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas October 21, 2020 at the age of 87. Mr. Blackman proudly served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean War.  After retiring from the private sector, he and his wife purchased Crafton Repair Service in Mountain Home, Ark., where he repaired trolling motors for fishermen from all over the United States that came to Norfork Lake.  If the walls of his repair shop could talk they would tell stories of all the big fish that got away! What we are most proud of are the many lives that were saved in that little shop where just a stack of little red paper bibles sparked a conversation. He also was a member of the Twin Lakes Baptist Church in Mountain Home.. ...

Glenroy George Brown, the son of the late Ephraim Brown and the late Eula Morgan, was born Tuesday, October 14, 1958 in the parish of St. Thomas, Jamaica. Glen grew up in the Wheelfield District, an industrious and ambitious young man picking watermelons working in sugar cane, working for Riggs supply company, loved building and woodworking...

Myrna Holbrook, 75, of Kennett, passed away November 9, 2020 at National HealthCare in Kennett. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice com.

Weldon Lee Wallace, son of the late Donald Wallace and Marie (Massey) Wallace, was born April 21, 1950 in Liberal, Kansas and departed this life November 5, 2020 at the age of 70 years. Weldon married Pam James July 9, 1969 in Senath, Mo. Weldon was of Campbell, Missouri and served as the Chief of Police in Campbell for almost 50 years. He loved playing his guitar, singing in church, helping people and flying his plane...

Betty Laverne Smith, 90, of Campbell, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020 at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Campbell. Online guest registry: www.landessfuneralhome.com...

Arthur Neal Blake, 60, of Bernie, Mo., passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020 at Winchester Place Nursing Center in Bernie. Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Malden is in charge of arrangement. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com.

Reta Mardell DePriest, 80, of Kennett, passed away November 6, 2020 in Kennett. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Truett Daniel  Palmer, of Owensville, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. He had reached  the age of three years, eight months and seven days. He was born  Feb. 27, 2017, to Brett and Danielle (Williams) Palmer in St. Louis...

Randol Scott “Randy” Caldwell, son of Pat (Holmes) Caldwell and the late Don Caldwell was born April 15,1961 in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life November 3, 2020 at the age of 59 years, 6 months and 19 days. Randy married Paula Merrell on October 1, 1988...

Lonnie Gene Bell, the son of the late Maynard Gordon and Burlie Marie Voyles Bell, was born January 11, 1942, in Cave City, Ark., and departed this life Monday, November 2, 2020, at his home in Campbell, Mo., at the age 78 years, 9 month and 22 days...

Tommy Kaise Striegel, son of the late E K Striegel and Hazel (Jones) Striegel was born September 26, 1935 in Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life November 5, 2020 at the age of 85 years. Tommy married Nancy Hanna May 17, 1958 in St. Louis, Mo. Nancy preceded Tommy in death August 29, 2015...

Verble Duncan, 74, of Kennett, passed away November 5, 2020 at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Weldon Lee Wallace, 70, of Campbell, passed away November 5, 2020 at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at wwwmcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Dick Beall, 85, of Malden, was born September 5, 1935 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late Richard Van Beall, Sr. and Nell Hunt Lovell Beall. He departed this life Monday, November 2, 2020 at Ridgeview Nursing Community in Malden. Dick Beall had been an insurance agent for The Old Reliable Insurance Company. ...

Mary “Bonnie” Kirk of Malden, the daughter of the late Everett Lee and Mary Inas Hopkins Clark, was born in Blodgett, Missouri March 11,1936, and passed away November 3, 2020, at The Winchester Place in Bernie, Mo., at the age of 84 years. She worked at Inland Shoe Factory as an assembly line worker, she loved her dogs and cats. She lived in the Parma, Mo. area most of her life. ...

Linda York, 76, of Campbell, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott Ark. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Campbell. Online condolences may be made at www.landessfuneralhome.com...

Donna Rodery, 65, of Campbell, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2020 at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Campbell. Online condolences may be made at www.landessfuneralhome.com...

Erma Hardesty, 88, of Campbell, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Campbell. Online condolences may be made at www.landessfuneralhome.com...

Randy Caldwell, 59, of Kennett, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Methodist Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Quentin Craft, 56, of Qulin, Mo., passed away Friday, October 30, 2020 at his residence. Services were under the direction of Landess Funeral Home of Campbell. Online condolences may be made at www.landessfuneralhome.com.

Charley Robert VanGennip, 91, of Coconut Creek, Fla., formerly of Malden, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Manor Care in Boca Raton, Fla. Private services are under the direction of Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Malden. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com...

Edna Ratican, 77, of Parma, Mo., passed away Monday, October 26, 2020 at Southeast HealthCare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc. of Malden is in charge of private services. Online condolences may be made at www.bradshawfh.com...