Lady Lake, FL--CHARLES J. RAUH, 81, of Lady Lake died Monday (Dec. 3, 2001). Born in Commerce, Mo., he moved to Lady Lake from St. Louis in 1996. He was a retired retail manager for a department store and a Baptist. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of American Legion Post 347, Lady Lake. Survivors include his wife, Delores Rauh of Lady Lake; two sons, Ronald Rauh of Slidell, La., and Richard Rauh of Charlotte, N.C.; daughter, Sherry Abrams of St. Louis; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Beyers Funeral Home, Lady Lake.  --Daily Commercial, The (Leesburg, FL) - December 4, 2001.


St. Cloud, FL--TOM REAMS JR., 62, 2876 S. Missouri Ave., St. Cloud, died Thursday (Feb. 9, 1989). Born in Perkins, Mo., he moved to St. Cloud from Davison, Mich., in 1974. He was a retired self-employed sod farmer with the Ream Sod Farm, Davison. Survivors: wife, Marie; daughters, Sandra Williams, Burton, Mich., Marsha Rechwitz, Davison; mother, Ethel Reams, St. Cloud; sister, Ruth Niemeyer, Flint, Mich.; three grandchildren. Fisk Funeral Home, St. Cloud.   --Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - February 10, 1989


Cape Girardeau, MO--FRANCES HELENA COBLE REED, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at Chateau Girardeau Health Center.  She was born June 16, 1914 in Graysville, KY, daughter of John Thomas and Louisa Bom Coble.  She and Clyde E. Reed were married Dec. 23, 1963 in Benton, MO.  He died Jan. 5, 2007.
A lifelong member of Seventh-day Adventist Church, Helena's entire life born eloquent testimony to her deep and abiding faith.  She had been a cook on riverboats 10 years.  She was awarded Volunteer of the Year for her association with Meals On Wheels in Scott City.  She was a member of Commerce Better Community Club.
She is survived by three sons, Clyde E. Reed, Jr. and wife Fran of Big Canoe, GA, Odis R. Reed and  wife Gloria of Houston, TX, Rodger D. Reed and wife Connie of Jackson, MO; two daughters, Patricia J. LeGrand and husband Maurice of Houston, Susan E. Bond and husband Jay of Cape Girardeau; a brother, George Coble of CA; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Virgil Lee Norton; a brother; and three sisters.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to service time Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.  The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Tom Morris officiating.  Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens at Morley, Mo.


SIKESTON, MO--JULIA RENFRO, 100, a resident of Sikeston, died February 28, 2009 at the home of her daughter.
She was born March 28, 1908 in Okolona, Mississippi to the late Walter and Bessie Jane Randle Edwards and had lived in Missouri for over 80 years.
She was a retired cook and a member of West End Missionary Baptist Church where she served as an usher and Sunday School Teacher.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Lexa Nixon, J. D. Renfro and Sylvester Williams and two children, Flo Spence and Michael Gibson.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Everett and Betty Nixon of St. Louis, Oblenis and Flo Gipson of St. Joseph, MI and Arthur Renfro of Sikeston; three daughters and one son-in-law, Bessie Renfro of Chicago, Syletta and Larry Williams and Everlean Brown of Sikeston; 28 grandchildren, 51 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren.
Friends called Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 12:00 until the funeral hour of 1:00 P. M. at the West End Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston with Rev. L. L. Williams officiating.  Interment followed in the Sunset of Memories Cemetery.
Williams Funeral Home of Sikeston in charge of arrangements.  --Published: Cairo Citizen, Friday, March 13, 2009.


LEXINGTON, IL - CARL F. RHODES, 74, of 301 E. Wall St., Lexington, a construction laborer, died at 2:48 a.m. yesterday (March 17, 1993) at his residence. He had been ill.
His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Musselman-Beck Funeral Home, Lexington, the Rev. Dennis Pritchard officiating. Burial will be in Lexington Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mr. Rhodes was born March 6, 1919, in Vanduser, Mo., the son of Claude and Leona Smith Rhodes. He married Irene Crump Aug. 21, 1943, in Lexington. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth S. Lockenvitz, Lexington; one sister, Gertrude Armstrong, Lexington; and two grandchildren.
A brother and sister preceded him in death.
He was a member of Church of Christ, Uniting, Lexington, and was a member of Laborers Local 362 for 30 years. He retired in 1981 because of disability.
--Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - March 18, 1993


WESTMINISTER, CO--BERNICE L. RICHARDS, 89, of Westminster died March 5. Services were March 8, with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Richards was born in Benton, Mo., on May 31, 1906. She married Carl Richards, 1931. She was a member of Eastern Star Loyalty Chapter 145.
Survivors include son Charles of Cedardale; daughter Joyce Miller of Westminster; stepson Earl of Fort Lupton; stepdaughters Virginia Terry of California, Mary Lu Fling of Denver; 22 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. --Rocky Mountain News (CO) - March 10, 1996


OSTEEN, FL--KATIE I. RICHARDSON, 86, State Road 415, Osteen, died Saturday. Born in Benton, Mo., she moved to Osteen from Longwood in 1980. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Longwood. Survivors: sons, Roy, A.C., Franklyn, Troy, all of Osteen, George, Wasilla, Ala.; daughters, Betty Vansell, Sanford, Wanda Spurlock, Conroe, Texas, Roslia Smith, Bradford, Ark., Bonnie Ledford, Orlando, Neoma Ruth Kennedy, Longwood; 57 grandchildren; 80 great- grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Altman Funeral Home, DeBary. --Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - June 20, 1988


Bowling Green, KY--CHARLOTTE L. RILEY, 91, of Bowling Green died at 11:20 a.m. June 19, 2002, at her home.
The Scott County, Mo. native was a housewife and a member of Lehman Avenue Church of Christ. She was a daughter of the late Rayeford Royal and Mary Harding Royal and wife of the late Stanley Riley Sr.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Lovers Lane chapel, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary R. Keown of Bowling Green; six sons, Stanley Riley Jr. of Shelbyville, J.D. Riley of St. Matthews, Dr. Cordell Riley of Glasgow, Wayne D. Riley and Perry P. Riley, both of Bowling Green, and Leo Riley of Abilene, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.   --Daily News (Bowling Green, KY) - June 20, 2002


ORLANDO, FL--PAUL RISTIG, 88, 412 Lillian Drive, Orlando, died Friday. Born in Benton, Mo., he moved to Orlando from Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1926. He was a retired certified public accountant. He was a member of the Downtown Baptist Church, Orlando. He was a member of the Camelia Society of Central Florida, American Camelia Society, and the Pine Castle Center of the Arts. Survivors: wife, Gladys; son, J.P. Jr., Orlando.
Budday Winter Park-W. Guy Black Funeral Home. --Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) - June 23, 1990.


SCOTT CITY, MO - NORVAL NICHOLAS ROBERT, 71, died at 7:50 a.m. Sept. 21, 2001, in Greenville.
Born Dec. 11, 1929, at Kelso, son of Martha Catherine Westrich Robert of Benton and the late Nicholas Henry Robert, he was a boiler technician for St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau and member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso.
On Oct. 7, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, he married Elvie Lee Robison who survives of the home.
Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include: one son, Thomas Robert of Scott City; one daughter, Marian Ellis of Scott City; one brother, Melvin Robert of Cape Girardeau; one sister, Martha Hamm of Benton; and three grandchildren.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, where parish prayers are scheduled for 7 p.m.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine Catholic Church with the Rev. Oliver Clavin officiating.
Burial will follow in the St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery.
–Sikeston Standard Democrat, Monday, September 24, 2001.


CHAFFEE, MO - GEORGE WILLIAM ROBINS, 73, died Nov. 4, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Born May 5, 1928, in Palestine, Ark., son of the late Ullit and Martha Shaford Robins, he was a member of the SEMO Beagle Club and retired as a machine operator for the Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Joliet, Ill.
On July 27, 1989, he married Ersell Hathcock who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: one son, Michael Robins of Auburn, Ga.; one stepson, Lyndell Greenlee of Bullhead, Ark.; four stepdaughters, Bonnie Haney of Chaffee, Melba Valerza of Kankakee, Ill., Martha Berry of Aroma Park, Ill., and Tereasa Clodi of Clifton, Ill.; five sisters, Sue Kent of Deerfield Beach, Fla., Faylene Cantu of Fresno, Calif., Lana Barringar of Princeton, Ill., Anna Givens of Allenville and Judy Lackey of St. Ann, Ill.; and two grandchildren, 11 stepgrandchildren and five stepgreat-grandchildren.
Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee where services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Kenneth Harp officiating.
Burial will follow in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley.
--Tuesday, November 6, 2001, Sikeston Standard Democrat

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