Obituaries – Friday, August 6th, 2021

Funeral services for Pete Lea of Steelville, age 96, will be held this morning at 11:00 at the Steelville Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be held this evening from 4:00 until 8:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Interment and Full Military Honors will be held at the Steelville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Golden Echoes of Steelville.

Funeral services for Brenda Caudill of St. James, age 75, will be held today at 12:00 noon at the St. James Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Friday from 11:00 until the time of service. Interment will be in the St. James Cemetery.

Funeral services for Julius Warner Swyers, Jr. of Salem, age 84, will be held Saturday morning at 10:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 this night. Burial will be in the Sligo Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Sligo Cemetery or Sligo United Methodist Church.

Graveside services for Roscoe “Coy” McCoy Johnson of Oates, age 91, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the Myers Cemetery in Black. A memorial dinner will follow at the Locust Grove Baptist Church in Oates. Services are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel.

Funeral services for Jerold Junior Sutton of Salem, age 62, will be Monday afternoon at 1:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial will follow in the North Lawn Cemetery.

Funeral services for Jean (Copeland) Faulkner of Bixby, age 89, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 in the Viburnum Christian Church. Visitation will be held Monday evening at 5:00 until 8:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Viburnum Chapel and on Tuesday from 11:00 until service time in the Viburnum Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Boss Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Viburnum Christian Church or to the Boss Cemetery.

A graveside service for Doris Stempniak of O’Fallon, age 89, will be held Tuesday morning at 11:00 at the North Lawn Cemetery in Salem. Memorials are suggested to Salem Library, Shepherds Nook, Methodist Church, or the American Cancer Society.

Funeral services for Rebecca Lynn Gilliam, nee Asher, of Steelville, age 55, will be held Tuesday evening at 6:00 in the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4:00 until time of service.

Funeral services for Tina Louise Dry of Salem, age 61, will be held at 11:00 Friday morning at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 Thursday evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial to follow in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Salem Pentecostal Church of God.