Obituaries

Jamin Scott Weaver, 17 months of Dongola, peacefully entered into the arms of Jesus after a battle of Menkes Disease. He was born on March 5, 2016, in Carbondale and died on Aug. 12, 2017, at 7:15 a.m. in his home. Jamin is survived by his parents, John and Eva Weaver of Dongola; one brother, Keith...
Russell K. ‘Hokie’ Johnson Jr.
Russell K. “Hokie” Johnson Jr., 44, of Jonesboro, died at 8:20 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, at his home. He was born on Feb. 17, 1973, in Peoria, the son of Russell Keith Johnson Sr. and Shirley Cady Page. He was a truck driver for over 10 years and worked as a mate on the river. He enjoyed fishing...
Barbara Sue Landis Fisher
Barbara Sue Landis Fisher, of Dongola, died at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, at Integrity Healthcare of Anna. She was born in Anna, the daughter of Willy Everett and Mildred Viola Nimmo Landis. She married Raymond Fisher in 1957. He preceded her in death on Dec. 1, 2008. She was a beautician...
Nolan Logan ‘No No’ Stanard
Nolan Logan “No No” Stanard, 19, of Anna, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Anna. He was born on Dec. 6, 1997, in Carbondale, the son of Douglas D. and Nora L. Hardin Stanard. He is survived by his mother, Nora L. (Randall) Freeman of Marion; brothers Jonathon Allen of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Jacob...
Charles Randall Baker
Charles Randall Baker, 79, of Cobden, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at his home. He was born on May 2, 1938, in Fairplay Community, Ky., the son of Harvey Jessie and Eva Lee Spoon Baker. He married Bessie Irene Sorrels on July 26, 1958, in Chicago. She preceded him in death on Jan. 19,...
Edna Ruth “Nell” Coad, 89, of Cape Girardeau,  died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in the company of her family. Funeral Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Burial was in Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Memorials can be made...
Russell K. Johnson Jr., 44, of Jonesboro, died at 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 7, at his home. Funeral arrangements were pending at Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro.
Harold Lloyd Stevenson
Harold Lloyd Stevenson, 79, of Tucson, Ariz., and formerly of Elco, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at Tucson Medical Center. He was born on May 21, 1928, in Elco, the son of Lloyd L. and Norma D. Campbell Stevenson. He married Hilda Trask on Nov. 5, 1970. She preceded him in death on May 18, 2015....
Fred Leon Morse
Fred Leon Morse, 62, of Anna, died at 10:50 p.m. Friday, July 28, 2017, at his home in Anna.   He was born on Nov. 6, 1954, in Union County, the son of John and Pearl Smith Morse.   He married Donna June Cantrell, who preceded him in death on Nov. 25, 2015.   He worked for the railroad in Kansas...
Linda Evans Schoonmaker, 66, of Ft. Myers, Fla., and formerly of Bradley, died Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla. She was born April 30, 1951, in Anna, the daughter of Dallas and Gladys Sechrest Evans Bloodworth.   She married Michael Schoonmaker in May 1976. She...

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