Stories from Sunday, April 8, 2012

EAST PRAIRIE - Betty Lou Funk, 88, died April 6, 2012, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at the Shelby Funeral Home of East Prairie.

ST. LOUIS -- Albert Donald Henson, 83, formerly of Dexter, died April 4, 2012, at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Born Dec. 11, 1928, in Gideon, son of the late Walter Joseph and Pearl Babbs Henson, he was of the Freewill Baptist belief. On Sept. 2, 1964, he married Sarah Walker who preceded him in death on Jan. 4, 2005...

PUXICO -- James Thomas Woods, 70, died April 4, 2012, at his home. Born Sept. 17, 1941, in Shaw, Miss., son of the late J.T. and Virginia Wright Woods, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a pastor and a farmer. In December 1967, in Cleveland, Miss., he married Lucye Brantley who survives of the home...