Sikeston Memorial Park

Our annual spring clean up will occur this Saturday, March 18th. We will be removing items as outlined in the rules and policies (outlined on page 3 of the policies). The rules and policies are available at the link at the bottom of this post. If you have any questions or concerns about the process, please call us at 573-472-2700, or email us directly at [email protected] or [email protected] http://sikestoncemeteries.memorial/

We had a few trees that did not weather last night's storms. Please be patient with us as we work through clean up. Many of the trees in the cemetery have been lost over the past several years. Thank you for your patience as we work through the process of replacing these trees over the next few years.

From the Marine Corps League, Detachment 1081 website: "When Carlson's 2d Raiders Battalion went ashore on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands 17 August, 1942, Yarbrough was among 19 Marines to fall to Japanese defensive fire. When the Raiders withdrew to continue their South Pacific mission, Carlson paid natives to bury the fallen Marines. Their bodies were repatriated in December 1999, and Corporal Yarbrough was finally laid to rest with full military honors in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sikeston, Missouri 15 December, 2000."