Recent Obituaries

Tonya Sue Lyman, 44, of Memphis died Thursday, December 6, 2018 at her home following a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born the daughter of John Walter and Dorothy (Claireday) Logan in St. Louis on April 9, 1974. Tonya completed her GED before attending Berkshire Community College in Berkshire County, MA. She […]

Paul Jerome Johnson, 99, of Downing, died November 15, 2018 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Bert J. and Ellen (McClendon) Johnson on November 10, 1919 in Mineral Wells, Texas. Paul was a retired carpenter who lived in California prior to moving to Downing in 1979. He was a […]

G. Maurine Bradley, 85, of Bible Grove, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 12 at her home. Maurine, or Sissy as she was affectionately called by her siblings, was born December 28, 1932 in Kirksville, Missouri to Morrise Glen Newcomb and Mary Ruth Long Newcomb. She lived her entire life in northeast Missouri in […]

Dennis Gene Baker, 68, of Memphis died Wednesday morning, August 15, 2018 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. He was born the son of Ray Thomas and Nellie Louise (Robinson) Baker on June 15, 1950 in Kirksville. Dennis graduated in 1968 from Memphis High School and earned a degree from drafting school in Quincy. He married […]

James ”Jim” Carlton Kratzer, 69, of Memphis died Sunday, July 22, 2018 at the Scotland County Care Center. Jim was born July 28, 1948 to Oswald Dewitt and Madeline (Mathes) Kratzer in Downing, Missouri. The family later moved to Warsaw, IL where Jim attended grade school. When Jim was in the sixth grade, his father […]

Darlene Labay Allen, 93, of Bible Grove died Friday, July 20, 2018 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. She was born the daughter of Casper Paul and Wanda (Davis) Smith on March 17, 1925 in Wapello County, Iowa – east of Ottumwa in the Eldon/Blakesburg area. She lived on different farms in Southeast Iowa, which provided […]

Jasper (Jack) Willis Smock, 78, of Farmington, ARK, formerly of Scotland County, MO, passed away Friday, June 29, 2018 at his home. Jack was a 39 model, born November 24 in Baring, MO. He was educated in the one room school house in Baring, MO and worked on the family farm. In 1956 he hopped […]

Harriet Louise Poole, 96, of Chatham, IL, formerly of Memphis, died Saturday, June 23, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL. She was born the daughter of Ira Curtis and Zelpha Elizabeth (Wade) Baker on December 14, 1921 in Memphis. Harriet attended the Conyers and Dover Schools before graduating from the Memphis High School in […]

Catherine Faye Ralph, 83, of Memphis died Sunday morning, June 17, 2018 at the Scotland County Care Center. She was born the daughter of Wayne and Edith May (Couch) Ralph on August 17, 1934 at the family home in Scotland County. She lived on the family homestead until moving to the Scotland County Care Center […]

Gloria Marlene Cowell, 84, of Arbela died Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Scotland County Hospital. She was born the daughter of George and Ruth (Dieterich) Riebel on January 24, 1934 in Arbela. Marlene was married to Andrew Martin Cowell on November 25, 1951 at the Methodist Parsonage by the Rev. Wilbur Longstreth. Martin preceded her […]