PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Euladean M. Farmer, 88, died Sept. 15, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born June 12, 1930, in Portageville, daughter of the late Mary Blanche Hall Dacus and James Olian Dacus, she was a member of the First Church of God for over 60 years. She served in many capacities throughout those years on the church council and as a Sunday school teacher in the women’s group.

SIKESTON — Judith Ann Gray, 66, died Sept. 19, 2018, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born April 7, 1952, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of the late Dennis Gray and Marie Dodd Gray Taylor, she was of the Baptist belief and had lived in Gulfport, Miss., for about five years but spent most of her life in the Sikeston area. She had been a paralegal with attorney Jim Moore for about 10 years. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Hugh Lay, 98, died Sept. 18, 2018, at the Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand. Born May 1, 1920, in Bell City, son of the late Albert Charles and Mable Ramsey Lay, he had lived in Bloomfield all of his life. He was retired from Monarch Feed Mill and was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...