Stories from Thursday, February 28, 2013

sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- All season long the Charleston Bluejays have hung their hat on the ability to put together one of the more feared defenses in southeast Missouri. Fittingly enough it was the Bluejays relentless pressure that made up for a luke-warm shooting performance Tuesday as the Bluejays outlasted Clearwater 85-63 during the Class 3 sectionals...

SIKESTON - A series of arrests have put several persons in jail on drug-related charges. Arrested Monday by Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers were Holly Ann Johnson, Victoria Elizabeth Vaught, Jeremy C. Griffin and Terry Howard Wheetley. They are being held in the Scott County Jail with bond set at $35,000 on charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of any methamphetamine precursor drug with intent to manufacture and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Timothy Lamont "Mont" Wilson, 28, died Feb. 25, 2013, at Portageville. Born Jan. 11, 1985, in Sikeston, he was the son of the late L.C. and Linda Faye Boyd Wilson. He was also preceded in death by one sister, Ashley Nicole Wilson. Survivors include: one brother: Charles Allan Johnson of Cape Girardeau; a niece, Adrianna Wilson of Kennett; two nephews, Quantavis Wilson of Cape Girardeau and JaMarkas Wilson of Kennett; and numerous aunts and uncles...

SIKESTON -- John Henry "Jack" Yount Jr., 97, died at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Born July 13, 1915, in Cairo, Ill., to the late Dr. John Henry and Minnie Jane Marshall Yount Sr., he was a landowner and farmer in New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard counties in Southeast Missouri. He attended the Western Military Academy in Alton, Ill., for three years and graduated from Doldan High School in St. Louis...

KIRBYVILLE -- William Davidson "Bill" Crutchfield, 74, died Feb. 26, 2013, at his home. Born Nov. 9, 1938, in Bernie, son of the late Ralph and Viola Davidson Crutchfield, he attended school in Bernie before moving to St. Louis, where he worked for McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft as a machinist and welder for five years. ...

CHARLESTON -- Cora Lee McMinn, 93, died Feb. 27, 2013, at the Charleston Manor. Born Jan. 5, 1920, in the Bayouville community in New Madrid County, to the late George and Flora Ann Duffey Schneider, she graduated in 1938 from East Prairie High School before working with Boyce Implement Company in East Prairie. ...

WAPPAPELLO -- Velvadean "Dean" Hendrix, 86, died Feb. 23, 2013, at Westwood Hills Health Care Facility in Poplar Bluff. Born Dec. 25, 1926, in Zalma, to the late Richard Overton and Lula Jackson Overton Hodge, she was raised in Puxico, spent from 1951 to 1990 in Alton, Ill., and moved to Wappapello in 1990, where she was a member of the Lakeland Assembly of God Church...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. John Doyle Parker, 82, a resident of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at The Lutheran Home. He was born Aug. 8, 1930, in Parma, to the late Thomas Hudson and Lillie Gertrude Singleton Parker. John honorably served his country in the U.S. ...

CHARLESTON -- Dorothy Parker Baugh, died Feb. 28, 2013, at her home in Charleston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home.

SIKESTON -- Ruby E. Yanson, 94, died Feb. 26, 2013, at her home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 4, 1918, in Dudley, to the late Robert Joel and Clersey Ann Garner Edwards, she and her husband owned and operated Yanson's Jewelry Store in Sikeston for many years before retiring...

BLODGETT - Virgie "Boots" Yancy Holt, 80, died Feb. 26, 2013, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born May 24, 1932, in Essex, to the late Daniel and Pearl Hedger Thurman, she was a homemaker. On June 12, 1963, she married Oral Delano Yancy, who preceded her in death on April 12, 1983...

SIKESTON -- Florida M. Robinson, 81, died Feb. 26, 2013, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 6, 1931, in Collierville, Tenn., to the late James and Dora Fowler Nolen, she had attended public school in Collierville and was of the Baptist belief...

SIKESTON -- Thelma Roberson, 92, died Feb. 28, 2013, at the Miner Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home.

DEXTER -- Betty Henderson Joyner, 84, died Feb. 25, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Born Dec. 6, 1928, in Flint, Mich., to the late George Allen and Ruth Brown Carwile, she had lived in Dexter most of her life. She had attended the First General Baptist Church and worked as a licensed practical nurse for Dr. Robert Jibben Sr. several years ago...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Sandra Gayle Mudd, 59, died Feb. 26, 2013, at her home. Born Dec. 2, 1953, in Owensboro, Ky., to Inelle Milton Mobley of Owensboro and the late Edwin Leroy Mobley, she worked at Ohio County School from 1975 to 1986 as a sixth grade elementary teacher. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Mississippi River shippers have returned to hauling full loads after several storms and aggressive rock-clearing helped deepen the waterway, eliminating worries about barge traffic shutting down, the river's stewards and barge operators said Wednesday...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- A new program will give young men and women in the Sikeston and surrounding area the chance to explore the various job opportunities in healthcare -- before even setting foot in college or enrolling in a training program...

SIKESTON -- An elderly Sikeston man died Tuesday after he caught himself on fire while smoking a cigar in his home. Officers with Sikeston Public Safety responded Tuesday to the 700 block of North Kingshighway in reference to a fire. The caller said her 97-year-old father, John Yount, had caught himself on fire while smoking a cigar...

MINER -- A Mississippi fugitive was captured by local law enforcement Monday in Miner. Cornellius Long, 21, of Tupelo, Miss. -- wanted on several warrants, including armed robbery, aggravated assault and other such crimes-- was located and arrested by officers with the Miner Police Department Monday...