Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2009

DEXTER -- Pallbearers for services conducted Monday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter for Arthur Eanes Moore, 90, who died April 16, 2009, were: Tim Russell, Dean Smith, Bill Baker, Doug Spratt, Lester Clayton and Bill Gillespie.

PORTAGEVILLE -- Susie "Kitty" Sylvan, 82, died April 20, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. Funeral arrangements are with the DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Kenney E. Spitler, 73, died April 19, 2009, at the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

ORAN -- Sybil Jean Milam, 67, died April 18, 2009, at the Clearview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are with the Hutchings Funeral Chapel of Marble Hill. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

RANDLES -- Willard D. Keys, 70, died April 19, 2009, at his home. Funeral arrangements are with the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

NEW MADRID -- Anna Mae Zachary Masterson, 78, passed away April 19, 2009, surrounded by her family at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are with the Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- It may not have been the perfect seventh inning of relief work, but Tyler Whybark got the job done nonetheless. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs got back in the win column Monday, as they defeated the visiting Anna-Jonesboro, Ill. Lady Wildcats 6-2 at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Bulldog tennis team lost a competitive match Monday afternoon to the Poplar Bluff Mules 6-3. GIDEON -- Kelly Robey threw her fifth no-hitter of the spring in NMCC's 11-0 win over Gideon on Monday afternoon. For the complete roundup and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON - Sikeston native Neal E. Boyd's debut CD will be available in stores this summer a day before he appears in concert in his hometown. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BLOOMFIELD -- A Stoddard County man has been arrested for sex crimes. Cletus Wayne Patterson Jr., 36, of Bernie, was arrested for statutory sodomy and child molestation, according to a news release from the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- A new USS Missouri is slated to be back in the water by the end of this year. There have been four previous U.S. naval vessels named after the state. Roscoe Vaughan of Sikeston twice viewed the most famous of these -- the Iowa-class battleship upon which the official surrender of Japan was signed to end World War II...

SIKESTON -- Many people may not realize it, but low birth weight is quite common in Southeast Missouri. "A low birth weight baby is a significant issue in many of our counties," said Cynthia Dean, CEO of the Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, which covers Scott, Mississippi, New Madrid, Dunklin and Pemiscot counties. "The number of people affected is high enough in our own client pool it's something we address quite often."...

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