Stories from Monday, March 11, 2013

sports@standard-democrat.com FARMINGTON -- Every season since 2009 -- the last year Dexter advanced to the Show-Me Showdown -- the Lady Bearcats have made it one step closer to state. 2010, lost in district championship. 2011, lost in sectionals. 2012, lost in quarterfinals...

sports@standard-democrat.com FARMINGTON -- "Free throw shooting only matters in close games." It's a common phrase used among basketball pundits. On Saturday night, it certainly proved true for the Sikeston Bulldogs. Sikeston needed some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch in a hard-fought 62-52 victory over Gateway Tech in a Class 4 quarterfinal game on Saturday at the Farmington Civic Center...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Billy Sherrill Lowe, 74, died March 6, 2013, in Lexington. He is survived by: four daughters, Robin Steinzor and Angie Covey of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Annette White and Holly Davis of Waverly; one brother, Larry Lowe of Tampa; and 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Ellen Rice Culbertson, 91, formerly of New Madrid, died March 7, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 12, 1921, in New Madrid, she was the daughter of the late James Washington and Nelia Wren Rice Sr. On Nov. 18, 1943, he married Earl Culbertson who preceded her in death on March 10, 2005...

DEXTER -- R.W. "Dub" Conner, 89, died March 9, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter. Born April 15, 1923, in Louisville, Ky., to the late Eugene Wilson and Buena Oceola Conner, he had lived in Essex and Dexter all his life. He had worked for the railroad, had been a police officer in Kentucky and had operated his own saw sharpening business. He attended the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Essex. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the D.A.V...

ROCKVIEW -- Billy Gene Lenand, 72, formerly of Scott City, died March 9, 2013, at his home. Born May 29, 1940, son of the late James William and Ruby Alma Niswonger Lenand, he was a retired truck driver and of the Baptist belief. On May 27, 1961, he married Lavonna Jean Riley who survives...

BENTON -- Dora Kalb, 87, died March 9, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.

NEOSHO -- Farris DuFay Fortner, 89, entered into rest on March 8, 2013, at Freeman Neosho Hospital in Neosho, following a short illness. He was born on July 7, 1923, in Shirley, Ark., to Glover Montrose and Ruth Ermoine (Brown) Fortner. The family moved into the Delta area of Southeast Missouri (also known as the Missouri Bootheel). ...

jillb@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON - George Morris has crossed one thing off his bucket list. Morris now has a yacht for his pond. The yacht and the pond became a part of Morris' bucket list after seeing the movie "Secondhand Lions." The movie, he said, reminds many of his life...

MINER -- Police continue to search for a Miner woman who has been missing since Thursday. Jordan Miller, 26, has been missing since Thursday afternoon or night according to reports. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to our electronic edition...