Funeral services held for New Madrid CCC boy Wiseman
James L. Wiseman age 18 died when a CCC truck overturned near Portageville Missouri. He was buried at Stewart Arkansas after services in Bragg City Pentecostal church attended by 62 New Madrid CCC camp mates. Survivors include his parents two sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Wiseman
Bragg City
CCC
Portageville
Stewart, Ark
Hardy
Pentecostal
New Madrid
Cleveland
Charleston
William J. Wiseman
Funeral services for Mrs J M Keller held in Sikeston
Funeral services for Mrs Retta Keller 76 wife of J M Keller were held Wednesday at the Christian church with Rev R S Rains and Rev C F Transue officiating. Interment followed in Sikeston City Cemetery. She died Monday at her Delmar street home after a period of ill health and paralytic strokes. Survived by husband three sons William Grover and John Keller and daughter Mrs Rosa Tomey. A lifelong Christian church member activities limited by age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retta Keller
J M. Keller
Christian Church
R S. Rains
C F. Transue
Church of the Nazarene
Sikeston City
Dempster
Keller
Delmar Street
Sikeston
Washington
William and
Grover Keller
John Keller
Park Island
Rosa Tomey
The
Many From Out of Town Attend Matthews Rites
Funeral services for Mrs A J Matthews were held last Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Leonard McMullin. Attendees from distant towns included Jos L Moore Allen Olner Steve Hunter C A Vandivort Judge Frank Kelly and numerous others from Cape Girardeau Charleston Rochester Farmington Kansas City Jefferson City Benton Oran Pine Bluff Ark St Louis and Columbia relatives also traveled to pay respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard McMullin
A J Matthews
Jos
L Moore Allen Olner
Steve Hunter
C A. Vandivort
Frank Kelly
Jas Finch
Cape Girardeau
Moore Haw
Lindsay Brown
Jim S5r
Jas Deal
Ralph Carson
Charleston
Oliver French
Rochester
Harry Wiliams
Joe Swink
Farmington
Matthew Murray
Kansas City
James E. Matthews
Jefferson City
Harris D. Rogers
Harry Watkins
R L Harrison
Benton
R. Black
Frank S Rice
Oran
Tom Scott
Wm Chiver
Chaffee
Emil Steck Formfelt
Emory Matthews
Gloria Pine Bluff
Ark
Lyman Matthews
Richard Payne
Allen Matthews
St. Louis
Mabel Baker
Rebecca Baker
James Baker
Columbia
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Mary Darby
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Frances Darby 80 lifetime Sikeston resident were conducted Tuesday at the Baptist church Reverend E W Mhiner officiating Interment followed at Memorial Park cemetery Mrs Darby born November 2 1858 married James Darby November 2 1879 The family includes three children Edith Darby Lula Purtle Nashville Tennessee and Charles Darby Jackson Michigan Ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive She had lived in or near Sikeston most of her life after months of heart trouble and a stroke shortly before her death May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Darby
Sikeston
The
Baptist Church
E. W Mhiner
Memorial Park Cemetery
Darby
Mary Frances Carr
James Darby
Edith Darby
Lula Purtle
Nashville
Tenn
Charles Darby
Jackson, Mich
Funeral Services Held for Straud Exfant
Funeral services were conducted for Elbert Glenn Straud, 144 year old son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Straud of the Straud family. Friends and relatives gathered to pay final respects as the community remembered the long life and legacy of this local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straud Exfant
Elbert Glenn Straud
Oscar Straud
It Is Dangerous to Sell a Substitute for Less Profit
A warning that selling a substitute for 66 jest to gain a few extra cents is risky. It stresses customers as the business’s best asset and warns that losing them harms the business. The note claims 666 value equals several times a substitute’s worth in profit.
Attended Last Rites for Oran Aunt Crescent Miller
Funeral services for Mrs Crescent Miller 69 were held at Guardian Angel Catholic church Oran with Rev M Helmbacher officiating. Interment followed in Oran Catholic cemetery. She died Sunday after appendectomy complications at St Francis Hospital Cape Girardeau. She is survived by husband F C Miller three sisters and one brother Z A Heusserer of Oran. Several relatives from Sikeston attended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Mitchell
Leroy Heisserer
Guardian Angel
Miller
Mary Olivia
Joliet
Bff Tenkhoff
Long Beach
Calif
Louis Dohogne
St. Louis
Z. A Heusserer
Oran
Sikeston
John Simler
Anton Meiderhoff
Joe Meiderhoff
Frank Keller
Mary Welter
John Hitt
P. D. Malone
Baltimore, Md
Two Hundred Attend Russell Family Reunion
Russell family reunion marks century since Cyrus Russell’s Missouri migration. Attendees include Dwiggins kin and descendants from Virginia to California. featured relics such as Cyrus Russell’s 10 inch silk hat and deed from Millard Fillmore era. Program in Arcadia tabernacle showcases violin and baritone solos and a history read by Ann Russell Kirksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell-Berryman Famihes
Arcadia
Cyrus Russell
Missouri
C. V Dwiggins
Metropolitan
Dwiggins
Bessie Lindsay
Poplar Bluff
Virginia
California
Florda
Washington
Kansas
Tennessee
Illinois
New York
Louisiana
Missoun
Cyril Russell
Connecticut
Tabernacle
Methodist Assembly
Russell
Claud Russell
Bourbon
Mr. Russell
St. Louis
Harry Dover
Sikeston
Ann Russell
Kirksville
Fredericktown
England
America
Millard Filmore
United States
Anne Russell
Gene Dixon
Florence McCormick
Shirley Russell
Virginia Griffith Sanford Russell
Julia Russell Keach
Edith Engebretson
Eben Russell
C. L. Whitener
Nora Russel
John Pollock
Mary Ruth Pollock
Lorene Pollock
Helen
Robert Pollock
Baby
Susie
George A. Smith
C. A. Smith Ironton
Lucille Griffith
Lawrence Griffith
Gloster
Norman
David Russell
Betty Russell
Curtis Lovejoy
Geneva Russell
Roscoe
Willard Russell
Thomas Russell
Hayti
P. Russell
Adelaide Russell
L. Lindsay
Georjean
Emily Rae Lindsay
Cape
Farrar and Russell Families Listed in Reunion Notes
The article lists numerous Farrar Russell and Dover family members across Missouri Kansas Illinois and beyond including Arch and John Russell and Mrs J C Dover Sikeston Mo along with others such as Florence and Ben Farrar and the Dover relatives. It notes a reunion memory for Cyrus Russell and mentions local residents visiting Vienna Illinois and a Kroger meat department employee Charlie Stearns planning a 15 day vacation with fishing trips on Current river and Reelfoot Lake
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Louise Weidenheimer
Kinsley
Kansas
Eloise Russell Bul Russell
Russell Springfield
A. Delano
Delano
Neal O Farrar
Gary Farrar
St Petersburg
Cyrus Russell
Arch
John Russell
J. C Dover
Sikeston
Charlies Stearns
Kroger
Front Street
Alton
Reelfoot Lake
Tenn
Graham Family Reunion at Fredericktown
Judge and Mrs. Wm Graham and relatives attend the first Graham family reunion at Fredericktown on Sunday June 19 Registrations begin at 9 am at Memorial Park with a program to follow Speakers include Dr Willis J Bray of State Teachers College Kirksville Mo and Rev George W Graham pastor of Compton Heights Baptist Church Music by the Graham Orchestra of Dinos and all attendees bring a basket dinner in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Graham
J. Wm. Foley
Billy
Bob
Effie Lindley
Charles Graham Lindley
Graham
Fredericktown
Memorial Park
Willis J. Bray
State Teachers College
Kirksville
George W Graham
Compton Heights Baptist Church
St. Louis
Graham Orchestra
Dinos
Cardinals meet Bees at St Louis Sunday
St Louis hosts Boston Bees to open a weekend series at Sportsmans Park as the Gas House Gang face the fast‑moving NL leaders in a two game set. The Bees also return Monday for a single game before Burleigh Grimes brings the Brooklyn Dodgers for a three game series.
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ST Louis
Cardinals
Boston Bees
Bees
Jimmy Wilson
Philadelphia Phillies
Sportsman's Park
Phils
Boston
Burleigh Grimes
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
New York Giants
Red Birds
New Bleachers Placed at School Field
Workmen erect new bleachers at the high school athletic field replacing old time and weather worn structures. The project uses some WPA labor to build stronger seating.
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Cairo
Northwest Territory
Ohio River
J. M. Keller
Salcedo
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Idaho
Paeeneee
Aian
Amy Druggist
WRS
Mary Darby
J. WM. Foley Motor CO
Ford Foley
Sikeston, MO
Malone Ave
Lasses
WHITE
Honey Wilds
Hal Wilson
Flora Delano
Thomas
Robert Farrar
Mary Elzabeth Farrar
Hester Dover
Howard Johnson
Washington, DC
Jerome C. Berryman
John Berryman
Josh Lindsay
Phipp C Johnson
Vernon Heisler
Marshall Davis
Charles Andres
Vienna
Athleic
Butler
FOX
RINSO
LUX
Lifebudy
Tanner C. Dye
Sanitary Barber Shop
Malone Theatre
Colbert
Gtlds AC LL
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Ginger Rodgers
James Stewart
Mary Carlisle
Lloyd Nolan
Lynne Overman
Poplar Bluff Pictures
Ozarks
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