Stories from Tuesday, October 25, 2016

SIKESTON, Mo. - Shirley Lane, 80, died Oct. 24, 2016, at her home. She was born June 22, 1936, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of the late Fred and Sweetie Pace Aylor. On Dec. 27, 1954, at Decatur, Ill., she married Lawrence Jacob Lane, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 1975...

SIKESTON -- Pallbearers for funeral services to be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ponder Funeral Home for Cleta L . Duncan, 91, who died on Oct. 23, 2016, will be: Scott Riley, Rick Faulkner, Ralph Palmer, Johnny Jones, Larry Blunt and Dan Culbertson.

MATTHEWS, Mo. - Gabriel Cameron "Gabe" Sauceda, 29, died Oct. 23, 2016, at his home in Matthews. Born Sept. 14, 1987, in Sikeston, to Joseph and Darcee Ackley Sauceda of Sikeston, he was a member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and worked as a low-voltage technician for Hi-Tech...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Mary Patsy Skelton passed away Oct. 24, 2016, at her home in East Prairie at the age of 75. She was born March 9, 1941, in Osceola, Ark., to the late G.E. and Artie Mae Herndon House. On Oct. 19, 1963, she married Charles Skelton, who preceded her in death...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Paul Edward Craig, 59, died Oct. 18, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 2, 1957, in Dorena, to the late James and Annie Canady Craig, he served in the United States Army from 1977 until 1984. Survivors include: four brothers, James Tyrone Craig of Poplar Bluff, Timothy Craig of Phoenix, Ariz., Frederick Kelly Craig of St. ...

SIKESTON -- Saint Francis Xavier School has announced the honor roll students for the first quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. They are: Second grade Beth Bollinger, Jesse Haley, Kami Marshall, Joey Najjar, Charlie Ressel, Claudia Rowland, Cash Thomas, Davy Williams...