Stories from Sunday, August 12, 2012

BERTRAND -- Ruth Ann Brumley Bates, 74, died Aug. 10, 2012, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

SULLIVAN -- Ruby P. Holden Mocabee, 82, died Aug. 8, 2012. She was born on Feb. 20, 1930, in Lilbourn, daughter of the late Alva and Ruth Cleveland Holden. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by three brothers, John Holden, Alvi Holden and Paul Holden, two sisters, Winona Fetters and Marie Little, and a granddaughter, Shannon Mocabee...

SIKESTON -- Clifford Gregory, 84, died Aug. 9, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 12, 1928, in Olney, Ill., to the late Theodore and Nettie Albin Gregory, he was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. During World War II and the Korean War, he served in the Occupational Forces of the U.S. Army. He worked as an agent for REA Express and later Turner Dairy before retiring...