Stories from Monday, December 12, 2016

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston wrestling team competed in the Farmington Duals Saturday going 1-4 as a team. The Bulldogs lost to Warrenton (34-30), Pacifice (42-34), Carthage (51-26) and Farmington (46-28) while taking down Farmington's JV team (57-24) to end the day...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston home received heavy smoke damage following a fire late Sunday. At 9:07 p.m. Sunday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety's Fire Division responded to a structure fire in the 200 block of Fuchs street. Upon their arrival, moderate to heavy smoke was coming from the north side of the home with flames showing in the living room area, said Sgt. Jon Broom, public information officer with Sikeston DPS...

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SIKESTON -- Willie Hill, 77, died Dec. 8, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 1, 1939, in Terrell, Ark., son of the late Rueben and Mable Valentine, he went to New Madrid High School and graduated in the class of 1951. He also joined Agape Love Kingdom Ministries in 2013...

O'FALLON, Mo. -- Cynthia Ann Daniel Morse, 61, died Dec. 8, 2016, in Talladega, Ala. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Franklin Daniel and Cecil Jean Brown)White; her brother, John Daniel Jr.; and her grandparents, J. Frank and Hazel M. Brown, and Thomas E. and Mathilda Daniel...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Rory Deverett Patrick, 38, died Dec. 9, 2016, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Aug. 28, 1978, in Sikeston, to Roy Eugene and Linda Sue Thompson Patrick, he was employed by Gates Rubber Co. until their closing and then became a full time student. He also served in the United States Navy...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Linda Jean Sumpter, 66, died Dec. 11, 2016, at Miner Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 19, 1950, in Mississippi County, to the late Nadine Bell Swann, she had worked at the 76 Truck Stop in Matthews. She was married to J.W. Counts; he preceded her in death...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Jo Ellen Cade, 76, died Dec. 11, 2016, at her home in East Prairie. Born Oct. 11, 1940, in Sikeston, to the late William Thomas and Maudie Johnson Alsup, she had been employed by MFA for 25 years. On Dec. 27, 1957, in Corinth, Miss., she married Gene Cade, who survives of the home...