Stories from Monday, January 16, 2012

BENTON - Hattie Slinkard, 89, died Jan. 16, 2012, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Benton is in charge of arrangements that are incomplete.

SIKESTON - Joann Proffer Cravens 86, died Jan. 16, 2012, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

DEXTER - Delmer R. Barks, 82, died Jan. 14, 2012, at the Missouri Southern Healthcare. Born Aug. 24, 1929, in Lowndes, son of the late David Ransom and Minnie Ann Hardesty Barks, he was raised in Wayne County and resided in Dexter since 1962. He began a teaching career at the Frye School, a one room school house in Wayne County, and later was a teacher, coach, and a principal for the Greenville Schools. ...