Melody Ann Lyell

Melody Ann Lyell obituary

Melody Ann Lyell

Melody Lyell Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by McMikle Funeral Home - Sikeston on Oct. 25, 2025.

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Melody Ann Herring Lyell, age 53, of Puxico, MO and formerly of Sikeston, MO, died suddenly, Friday, October 25, 2025, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO.

A complete obituary is pending.

Surviving is her son, Duane Austin Lyell of Sikeston, her mother and stepfather, Judy Nunnelee Leigh and Jim Leigh of Sikeston, as well as several aunts, uncles and many cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father, Walter Herring, her brother, Jonathan Walter Herring, her maternal grandparents, John F. Nunnelee and Myrtle Rogers Nunnelee and her paternal grandmother, Mattie Jane McSwain.

Arrangements for a service at the First Baptist Church in Sikeston, MO, are incomplete.

McMikle Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.

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