Obituaries
Salvador (Junior) Lopez Martinez, 37, of Cobden, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at St. Louis University Hospital.
He was born on April 16, 1983, in Guanajuato, Mexico, the son of Salvador and Sara Martinez Lopez. He married Hortensia Zamora.
Salvador is survived by his wife, Hortensia Zamora-...
Robert W. Boyd, 66, of Anna, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at his home.
He was born on Aug. 23, 1954, in Anna, the son of Robert H. and Sybil Dillow Boyd.
Mr. Boyd was a federal corrections officer for 22 years and worked at several different correctional facilities throughout the country. He...
Janice Marie Marvel- Franks, 68, of Vanduser, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, close to family in Paducah, Ky.
She was born on July 12, 1952, in Crowder, Mo., the daughter of Alma Gilliam and James Everett Marvel.
She and Randy Gene Smith SR were married on July 26, 1968, in Cape Girardeau. He...
Dr. Harold Franklin Wilkins, 87, died from COVID-19 in Baldwin, Wis., on Jan. 7, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Harley Wilkins, mother Pauline Ruth (Fox) Wilkins; and a brother, John Harley Wilkins II.
Survivors include his devoted partner, Bryan Gjevre; extended family and...
Doris H. Choate, 97, of Lick Creek, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at her home.
She was born on Aug. 10, 1923, in Blytheville, Ark., the daughter of Samuel Morris and Frankie Mae Epperson Singleton.
She married Raymond Choate on May 3, 1941, in Blytheville, Ark. He preceded her in death on Oct. 11...
Betty Jo Russell, the daughter of the late James T. Bridges and Alice May Pribble Bridges, died on Jan. 12, 2021, at the age of 86. She went home to Jesus to be reunited with her late husband, Charles T. Russell; her daughter, Victoria, and grandson, Johnny.
She was born on July 14, 1934, in Anna...
Mary Sharon McGinness, 80, of Paducah, and formerly of Cairo, gained her wings on Jan. 5, 2021, in Paducah.
She was born on April 23, 1940, the daughter of Warren and Margaret Mitchell of Mounds.
She was a sibling to Buddy Mitchell of Tamms, Maurlene Steinbuck of Big Sandy, Tenn., and Janet Sue...
Janie Ann Evans, 82, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at home.
She was born on Jan. 5, 1939, in Bloomfield, Mo., the daughter of Wade Gross and Janie Wilson (Barbara Narcissis Janie McDowell).
She is survived by her sons Kirby Evans and Andrew Thompson; her daughter Crystal Evans;...
Billy “Bill” Wilburn Parker, 87, of Cape Girardeau, went home to be with Jesus at 6:39 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Parker; his parents, James Ruben and Alice Rose Evans Parker; brothers Gene Arthur Parker and Ruby Alfred “Jr” Parker; sisters Dolly LaVerne...
Pat J. Hudson, 91, of Mound City, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at Spring Meadows in Naperville.
She was born on Jan. 1, 1930, in Cairo, the daughter of Charles F. and Hazel Ada Sasseen Schlem.
She was a member of the Mighty Rivers Worship Center in Cairo. She was a housewife and homemaker.
She was...
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