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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1953
Page
6
A crowded page lists Bigelow throw rugs, plastic rocking chairs, and four piece bedroom suites from Lair's with low prices and easy credit. It features numerous visits and gatherings of Sikeston residents, notes relatives visiting Osceola and Cape Girardeau, marriage anniversaries, and a steady stream of FRIGIDAIRE appliance promotions at LAIR'S alongside Baldwin piano notices and holiday cards.
Funeral services were held Sunday for Mrs Emma Jane Weakley wife of Ott Weakley 63 who died last Friday morning at home near Poplar Bluff Born April 1 1890 in Fulton Kentucky she married Ott Weakley April 26 1947 A resident of Poplar Bluff area since 1947 she was a Nazarene church member and an Eastern Star Survived by husband three step children three brothers and a sister in law Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery in Sikeston
Mrs Edna Carey 57 died at home of her daughter Gladys Badsberry in Steelville at 1 00 am Tuesday Born 1896 in Cherryville Missouri She is survived by eight children many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services were held in Steelville after the body was moved from Taylor Funeral Home
The funeral for Kenneth Leon Payne two year old son of Mr and Mrs Leon Payne of Sikeston was held Sunday afternoon at the Assembly of God church with Rev Loren Wooten officiating. Burial followed in Garden of Memories Cemetery. The child born March 18 1951 died Friday at 3 55 am at Missouri Delta Community Hospital. He is survived by his parents paternal grandparents Ben Payne of Sikeston maternal grandparents Lonnie Payne of Morehouse and great grandmother Ada Welty of Sikeston.
Graveside services were conducted Sunday at Garden of Memories Cemetery for Danny Charles Cauthorn infant son of Kenneth and Mrs Cauthorn of Sikeston. The baby died shortly after birth at Missouri Delta Community Hospital. Survived by his parents, twin brother, and paternal grandfather Lee Cauthorn.
Instructional notice urges readers to telephone 74 or 75 if The Herald copy is not delivered. The brief reads as a service prompt with two contact numbers for delivery issues.
Funeral services for Gladys Marie Freeman were held Monday at 2:00 p m at West Pleasant Valley Methodist church near Bloomfield with Rev Jimmie Edmondson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Freeman, born July 18 1902 in Paxico Kansas, died Saturday at her East Gladys Street home after a lengthy illness. Survivors include husband Arthur T Freeman of Sikeston a daughter Mrs Joe James of Colorado Springs CO a brother James Good of Lawrence Kansas and half-brother Delbert Wocke of St Marys Kansas.
Two grandchildren of Colorado Springs were among relatives attending the funeral services. Ira Shuffitt and daughter Charlotte visited St. Louis from Tuesday to Sunday for business and medical care at St. Luke's Hospital. Call 74 or 75 to share neighborhood news.
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