Recent Obituaries

Katherine Elaine (Ewing) Forrester, 79, of Memphis passed away February 25, 2026, at her home. She was born September 29, 1946, in Keokuk, Iowa, the oldest of two children born to Clark Baldwin and Katherine Madeline (Monroe) Ewing of Rutledge, Missouri. She was the granddaughter of Nick Bland and Bessie Vernon (Cox) Ewing of Rutledge, […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Brian Gerard Childress ,64, announces his passing on February 16, 2026. Brian was born on December 2, 1961, in Gary, Indiana, to Donald Dean and Geraldine Childress. Brian was a graduate of Scotland County High School in Memphis, Missouri. He worked in food service at The […]

Vicki Lynn (Sublett) Shalley, 70, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2026, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, surrounded by those that loved her. She was Born on January 19, 1956, in Avon, Illinois, the daughter of Jack and Phyllis Sublett. Vicki was the beloved wife of Doug Shalley of Memphis, Missouri, and a […]

Melba Joann “Jo” Wickert, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and longtime resident of the Memphis community, passed away peacefully in hospice care at the Putnam County Care Center on October 29, 2025, at the age of 89, after a years-long battle with dementia. Jo was born May 21, 1936, to Joseph William Tiemann and Viola […]

Joseph Charles Manuel Rader, 15, of Memphis died Monday, October 13, 2025 at his home. He was born the son of Jose M. Reyes, Jr., and Amber N. Rader on April 22, 2010 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was known affectionately as Jojo and was a member of the First Baptist Church in […]

Tommy Adolphus Bagwell, 82, of Memphis, formerly of Easley, SC, stepped out of this world and into the arms of his Lord and Savior on October 9, 2025. He was born in Liberty, SC on June 14, 1943, the son of James Perry and Vera Nancy (Patterson) Bagwell. He was raised on the mill hill […]

Memorial services for James R. Beer, Jr., 79, of Memphis will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, August 17 at the Richland Baptist Church. James R. Beer Jr. died August 7, 2025 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.

Richard E. Sharp, 82, of LaBelle, formerly of Wyaconda, died Friday, August 1 at the LaBelle Manor Care Center. No services are planned.

Mary Anna Andrews, 91, of Memphis, Missouri and Milton, Iowa, died peacefully on July 18, 2025 at her daughter’s home, where she had been residing and cared for in the last years of her life. She was born August 9, 1933, to Brainerd and Genola (Cunningham) Billups near Memphis. She attended elementary school at Pleasant […]

David Shultz died on Sunday, July 20, 2025 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on December 7, 1943 to Paul and Virginia (Gunn) Shultz. On March 29, 1969 he married Lee Ellen Seyb at the Newman Center on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. She survives. He […]