John Alexander Simmons, 57, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape. He was born June 8, 1961 in Chaffee, Missouri, son of Paul and Hermine Hodle Simmons.  He and Shirley Richardson were married Mar. 30, 2002 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. John was a life time carpenter working with the Carpenters Local 1770 and also a member of the Elks.  He enjoyed fishing and gardening, he was known as a grill master and an excellent fish...

  Evelyn Goodson, 91, of Jackson passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born September 27, 1927, in Bisbee, Arizona, to A.O. and Pauline M. Sturgeon Pittenger. She was a graduate of Columbia High School in Columbia, Missouri and attended two years at Stephens College in Columbia. Evelyn and Raymond F. “R.F.” Goodson were married June 15, 1946.  They resided in Jackson and had been married 65 years when R. F....

Charles Shelby Ford, 97, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home, where he resided since 2016. Charles was born March 6, 1921, in Crescent City, Florida, to Edward and Effie Render Ford. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941 and took two years of college at the University of Florida, graduating as an Ensign in 1943 and was assigned to the USS LST 131, a tank-landing ship.  He was in the invasion of Saipan, Tinian, Peleliu Island, and was headed...

Audrey C. James, age 77, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019. She was born December 24, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Hansel L. and Velda E. Mitchell Gill.  Audrey graduated from Delta High School.  She worked 24 years at Walmart in Jackson. Loving survivors include two sons, Craig James and Kevin James, both of Colorado and a sister, Janet (Larry) Dunning of Delta. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Lisa James, and two brothers, James...

Irene Helen Mirly, age 89, of New Wells passed away Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson.  She was born Dec. 11, 1929 near New Wells daughter of Benjamin and Edna Kutscher Hoffman. She married Arnold William Mirly February 5, 1950 at Immanuel Lutheran Church at New Wells. They had been married 50 years when he passed away on July 12, 2000.  Irene was baptized Dec. 29, 1929 and was confirmed April 18, 1943 at Immanuel Lutheran Church where she was a...

Warren S. Skinner, age 87 of Jackson, passed away Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 15, 1931, in ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Oran, Missouri, son of Harry W. and Bertha Clingingsmith Skinner.  He and Ella A. Wedekind were married May 9, 1954.  She passed away Jan. 8, 2014. In 1956, Warren established Warren Skinner Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning in Jackson. ...

Mary Martha Brown Crites, 81, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born January 24, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, to George R. and Elsie Sebastian Brown.  Mary was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.  She was a 1954 graduate of Jackson High School.  She and George Donald “Tom” Crites were married June 4, 1954, at the Cape County Courthouse in Jackson.   Five children were born to...

Kelly R. Crites, 84, of Jackson, passed away Saturday January 12, 2019 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 26, 1934 in Bollinger County son of Edward B. and Mabel A. Seabaugh Crites. He and Dorothy Marie Kurre married September 3, 1955 at Old Appleton. Dorothy preceded him in death February 27, 2000. Kelly and Wilma Barks Yamnitz married May 2, 2002 and she recently passed away August 11, 2018. Kelly was raised at Sedgewickville, MO. Shortly after he and...

Florence P. "Flo" Lorenz, 91, of Jackson, formerly of Shawneetown, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019, at the Villas of Jackson. She was born December 27, 1927, in Altenburg, Missouri, to Anton and Mary Palisch Schade. She was baptized at home and confirmed and married at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. She attended Altenburg Public Grade School and was a 1946 graduate of Perryville High School. After high school, Flo moved to St. Louis, where she met her future...

Carol Ann Sander, age 76 of Millersville, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2019 at her son’s home in Jackson. She was born March 16, 1942, in Phoenix, Arizona, daughter of Oliver “Dean” and Mildred M. Lawrence Harper.  She and Doyle J. Sander, Sr. were married July 16, 1962.  He passed away January 13, 2006. Carol was a member of Haynes Chapel Congregational Methodist Church near Burfordville.  Loving survivors include three children, Doyle (Brenda Kay)...