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Ollie Patterson
Ollie Patterson, 92, of Madison, Miss., formerly of Malden, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at his residence.
Born Oct. 30, 1908, in Carrier Mills, Ill., son of the late Benjamin Charlie and Ada Caseboon Patterson, he was a salesman for L.K. Ashcraft Wholesale and later worked at the G.H. Gossard Factory, both formerly located in Malden and a member of the First Christian Church in Malden.
On July 6, 1929, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., he married
Gladys Pauline Riddle , who preceded him in death on Dec. 19, 1996.
Survivors include two sons, Jerry V. Patterson, of Gulf Breeze, Fla. and Alan Dale Patterson, of Madison; one brother, Victor Patterson, of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; one sister, Betty Jo Bailey, of Cape Girardeau; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the Landess Funeral Home in Malden.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel with Glen Graham officiating.
Burial will follow in the Park cemetery at Malden.
Iris Wicker
Iris Bratton Wicker, 77, of Bellingham, Wash., formerly of Kennett, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.
Funeral services will be hed at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Paul Lanning officiating.
Burial will follow in the Memorial Gardens cemetery at Kennett.
Martha Yarbrough
Martha Yarbrough, 90, of Steele, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Born April 22, 1911, in Red Star, Ark., daughter of the late Elijah Hilure and Rhoda Herrod Wood, she was a homemaker and a member of the Denton Assembly of God Church in Denton, Mo. She married
William Earl Yarbrough, who preceded her in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Marie Howell, of Steele; one son, William Earl "Bill" Yarbrough, of Bryon, Ohio; one sister, Dora Hobbs, of Lubbock, Texas; eight grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren and 29 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Steele.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home with Revs. Gerald Moss and Charles Clark officiating.
Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion cemetery at Steele.
Willis Collier, Sr.
Willis James Collier, Sr., 73, of Wardell, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, at National HealthCare in Kennett.
Born June 8, 1928, in Armorel, Ark., son of the late Ed and Mozella Bass Collier, he was a farmer and of the Baptist faith.
On Nov. 27, 1947, in Piggott, Ark., he married
Jestene Smith, who survives of the home.
Survivors also include six sons, Willie James Collier, Jr., of Rochester, NY., Mose Ed Collier, of Malden, Mo., Ervin O'Neil Collier, of Carbondale, Ill., Roger Wayne Collier, of Lincoln, Neb., Gregory Dean Collier, of Warner Robins, Ga. and Calvin Ray Collier, of St. Louis, Mo.; four daughters, Thelma Lee Gates, of Hayti, Mo., Reepie Joe Edmond, of Wardell, Deborah Joyce Johnson, of Columbus, Ga. and Etta Faye Bivens, of Marietta, Ga.; three brothers, T.C. and Willie D. Collier, both of Robbins, Ill. and Robert Parr, of Benton Harbor, Mich.; nine sisters, Irene Watson, Earlene Bratton, Ruth Anderson and Mattie Williams, all of St. Louis, Vernida Barnes, of Wardell, Roxie Howard and Jacquelyn Bell, both of Tacoma, Wash. and Olivia Chandler and Velma Hughes, both of Benton Harbor; 43 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two daughters, Willie Jean Collier and Annete Louise Collier.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Homestown, Mo.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the St. Paul Baptist Church with the Rev. Emmanuel Lofton officiating.
Burial will follow at the Homestown cemetery.
Bradshaw-Osburn Funeral Home of Wardell is in charge of arrangements.
Thelma Mullen
Thelma Mullen, 89, of Kennett, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, Friday, Oct. 19, at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Fox officiating.
Royal Sanders
Royal Sanders, 86, of Blytheville, Ark., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis, Tenn.
Born in Blytheville, son of the late Robert L. and Arelia Crawford Sanders, he was a farmer, a member of the Steele School Board and Pemiscot County School Board and a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include his wife, Imogene Gaines Sanders, of Blytheville; three sons, L.W. Sanders, of Little Rock, Ark., Gary Sanders, of Steele, Mo. and John L. Sanders, of Kennett; one daughter, Rebecca Young, of Blytheville; one sister, Bernice Holmes, of Palm Springs, Calif; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. today, Friday, Oct. 19, at the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel in Blytheville with the Rev. Ken Stallings officiating.
Burial was in the Elmwood cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, 112 E. Main, Blytheville, Ark. 72315.
Ruth Shands
Ruth A. Shands, 88, of Jonesboro, Ark., formerly of Holcomb, Mo., died today, Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at the McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Hale officiating.
Burial will follow in the Oak Ridge cemetery at Kennett.
Beulah Skaggs
Beulah C. Skaggs, 98, of Campbell, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001, at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark.
Born July 15, 1903, in Campbell, daughter of the late Albert Anderson and Maylissie Jane Grimes McIntosh, she was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
On Sept. 13, 1918, she married
Wilburt Louis Skaggs, who preceded her in death on Dec. 23, 1985
Survivors include one daughter, Aileen Skaggs Brasher, of Campbell.
She was preceded in death by five brothers.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Friday, Oct. 19, at the Landess Funeral Home in Campbell.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Schlager officiating.
Burial will follow in the Elder cemetery at Campbell.
Iris Wicker
Iris Bratton Wicker, 77, of Bellingham, Wash., formerly of Kennett, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham.
Born Oct. 23, 1923, in Houston, Texas, daughter of the late Chelsea and Mary Lawson Bratton, she worked in the Dunklin County Surveyor's office and the County Tax Assessor's office in St. Charles County.
On Oct. 17, 1944, she married
G.R. "Bud" Wicker, who preceded her in death on Oct. 2, 1971.
Survivors include one son, William Bratton Wicker, of Bellingham; one daughter, Teresa Wicker Campbell, of Atlanta, Ga. and two grandchildren, Katherine Lawson Wicker and William B. Wicker, Jr., both of Mississippi.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Friday, Oct. 19, at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the McDaniel Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Paul Lanning officiating.
Burial will follow in the Memorial Gardens cemetery at Kennett.
Ruth Shands
Ruth Audrey Shands, 88, of Jonesboro, Ark., and formerly of Holcomb, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.
Born Sept. 26, 1913, in Molino, Mo., daughter of the late William Edgar and Cora Edith Barks St. Clair, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Holcomb.
She married
Wesley A. Shands, who preceded her in death April 12, 1959. Also preceding her in death were two brothers, John and Chester St. Clair and one sister, Eunice Fisher.
Survivors include two daughters, Aletrus Shands Kennedy of Jonesboro and Ruth Ann Shands Mills of Camdenton, Mo.; three sisters, Bertha Holligan of Kennett, Geneva Parish of Farmington, Mo. and Nina Simpson of Merrill, Ore.; one brother, the Rev. Edgar J. St. Clair of Ironton, Mo.; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services are 2 p.m. today, Sunday, Oct. 21, at McDaniel Funeral Service Chapel in Kennett with the Rev. Thomas Hale officiating.
Burial will be in the Oak Ridge cemetery in Kennett.
Pallbearers are John and Bryan Mills, Mark Davidson, Mike Overall and Jonathan and Jordan Hale.
Honorary pallbearers are John and Sammy T. Fisher and Jason Coleman.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimers Association, 9374 Olive. Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63132-3214
Thelma Mullen
Thelma Mullen, 89, of Kennett, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett.
Born Feb. 1, 1912, in Russellville, Ky., daughter of the late Herbert E. and Lenora Thornton Casbier, she was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church in Kennett and a former member of the United Methodist Church in Senath.
On Jan. 6, 1931, she marred Thurman E. Mullen in West Helena, Ark. He preceded her in death Feb. 10, 1958.
Survivors include one son, Thurman E. Mullen of Bartlett, Tenn., one daughter, Edna Hodges and her husband, Ed, of Kennett; one sister, Maurine Pollard of LaGrange, Ky.; five grandchildren, Christopher Mullen and Kimberly Mullen Glover of Nashville, Tenn.; Jeanie Hodges Stewart of Hayti, Mo., Joan Hodges Horton of Kennett and Dr. Janet Sue Hodges of Haslett, Texas; seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in the McDaniel Funeral Service Chapel in Kennett with the Rev. Bill Fox officiating.
Burial was in the Senath cemetery in Senath.
Pallbearers were Bob and Ed Horton, Rick Stewart, Doug Tefft, Mike Pierce and Edwin Bradley.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Kennett.
