Christina “Tina” Day, 51, of Jackson, valiantly fought a 14- month battle with Glioblastoma. She passed away Friday, July 4, 2025, at her home in Fruitland.
Tina was born October 1, 1973, in Cape Girardeau, to Brenda Proffer. She was a 1992 graduate of Chaffee High School.
Tina and Dean Day were married September 29, 2012, at Cape Girardeau County Park in Cape Girardeau.
She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Harvest Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson. Tina was a gentle soul and a loving wife, mother, grandma, daughter, bonus daughter, niece, and aunt, and she will be deeply missed.
To cherish her memory, she leaves behind her husband of 12 years, Dean Day of Fruitland; sons Christopher (Kaylyn) Skaggs of Cape Girardeau and Hunter Bell of Jackson; grandson Emmett Skaggs of Cape Girardeau; mother Brenda (Proffer) Loper Rhodes of Oran; siblings Amy Loper Phillips, Bill Loper, and Melissa Goodale, all of Oran; maternal uncle Richard Proffer of Pekin, Ill.; along with nine nephews, a niece, three great-nephews, and a greatniece.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, N. A. and Margie Schweer Proffer.
Visitation is from 11:30 a.m. to service time, Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, 2484 Old Toll Road (CR 328) in Jackson.
The Rev. Randall Perkey will conduct the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
Interment will follow at Proffer Cemetery in Crump.
If considering a memorial contribution, the family suggests Harvest Missionary Baptist Church.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall above Tina’s obituary article at mccombsfuneralhome.com.
