Stories from Friday, March 15, 2013

davidj@standard-democrat.com COLUMBIA -- All season long the Dexter Lady Bearcats basketball team has went by the mantra, "one team, one dream." On Thursday the Lady Bearcats saw that dream shattered by the nationally ranked, undefeated Incarnate Word Red Knights in impressive fashion 66-25...

sports@standard-democrat.com COLUMBIA -- At the end of regulation, the Sikeston Bulldogs pulled off one miracle shot to send the game into overtime. But in the extra period, a second prayer would not be answered as the Bulldogs dropped a heartbreaking 74-72 loss to Normandy in a Class 4 semifinal matchup at Mizzou Arena Thursday afternoon...

EAST PRAIRIE -- George Russell Miller, 79, died at 11:45 p.m. March 14, 2013, at his home. Born Feb. 10, 1934, at James Bayou, son of the late Jimmie and Bertha Johnson Miller, he lived all his life in Mississippi County where he was a retired farmer and member of the First Church of God in East Prairie...

CANALOU -- Gary Lee Wilson, 70, formerly of Charleston, died March 13, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 3, 1942, in Charleston to the late Lee Elsworth and Gertrude Tyler Wilson, he graduated from Charleston High School. ...

PORTAGEVILLE - U. G. "Pete" Totty, 94, died at 10:30 p.m. March 14, 2013, at the Memphis Regional Medical Center. DeLisle Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.

SIKESTON -- Anna Lou Freeman, 67, died March 12, 2013, at her home. Born Sept. 30, 1945, to the late Murray L. and Mildred L. Moody Pease, she was a retired nursing home activities director and a member of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston...

SIKESTON -- Fred Allen Estes, age 72, died March 13, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 13, 1941, in St. Louis to the late Espen and Margie Dost and C.W. and Dora Estes, Fred grew up in Sikeston and was one of four children...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Audrey L. Oatsvall, 91, died March 15, 2013, at her home in East Prairie. Arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

MINER -- Darrell Dewayne Hardin, 59, died March 12, 2013, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1953, in East Prairie, to the late William Robert and Elsie Jean Florence Hardin Jr. Survivors include: one son, Shawn Hardin of Conway, Ark.; three brothers, Jackie Hardin of Greenbrier, Ark., Robert Hardin of Sikeston and Michael Hardin of Benton; three sisters, Debbie Hardin of Pleasant Hill, La., Candy McWhirter of Miner and Barbara Rudisill of New Madrid; and his lifetime partner, Connie Hardin Lee...

NEW MADRID -- Sa'Breya Jeanette Brown, daughter of Terreztremayne L. Henderson and Dantwan M. Brown, died March 8, 2013, at St, Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. In addition to her parents, she is survived by: five siblings, Zaniya Brown, DeAnton M. Brown, Khiree Z. Brown, Daelon M. Brown and Adyn K. Wilkerson; paternal grandparents, Tonette and James Brown; and maternal grandparents, Linda J. Henderson and Freddie Henderson...

CHARLESTON -- Billy G. Watson, 76, died March 13, 2013, at the Charleston Manor. Born Aug. 20, 1936, in the Lusk Chapel community of Scott County, to the late William Albert Watson and Ophelia Franklin Watson, he had lived his entire life in rural Charleston where he was a landowner and farmer. A member of the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston, he had served with the Missouri National Guard and was a member of the Gateway Toy Club in St. Louis...

The 2012-13 Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 3, District 1 girls basketball team has been recently released. New Madrid County Central's Benesha Childress and Karen McGloson were named to the team, as was Charleston's E'Neikqua Ewing and Sierra Frazier...

scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- A property owner has 30 days to clean up his property or face the courts now that the ones messing it up are gone. Mississippi County commissioners held a public hearing for a nuisance ordinance violation during their regular meeting Thursday. This is the second property nuisance case to go as far as a public hearing since the ordinance was established...

SIKESTON -- Teen drivers should be sure to buckle up ever day and for the next two weeks law enforcement will checking. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety will join with statewide law enforcement today through March 31 for an aggressive youth seat belt mobilization...

JEFFERSON CITY -- A Missouri Lottery player from Benton is the first person to claim a top prize on a "20X The Cash" Scratchers ticket. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to our electronic edition.

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Food, fun and fitness will rule this weekend during the 33rd Annual Kenny Rogers Children's Center Telethon. The Center's largest annual fundraiser takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Sikeston Field House with the theme, "Under the Bigtop." All of the Center's stars -- the therapists and the children they service will attend...