Stories from Tuesday, August 1, 2017

WILSON CITY, Mo. -- The Mississippi County Sheriff's office has launched a homicide investigation after the death of a Wilson City, Mo., man Tuesday morning. Mississippi County coroner Terry Parker confirmed that 55-year-old Ralph Edward Cross was found dead early Tuesday...

SIKESTON -- Rosemary Newman, 58, formerly of East Prairie, died July 31, 2017, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 18, 1959, in Wyatt, to the late James and Shirley Hunt Poore, she was employed by Miner Nursing Home. On Oct. 5, 1979, in East Prairie, she married Mike Newman, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON - Monroe Boston Davis Sr., 76, died July 24, 2017, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 30, 1941, in Sikeston, to the late Sherman and Lula (Williams) Davis, he was an ordained pastor and was pastor of the House of Refuge COGIC in Sikeston. A graduate of Sikeston High School, he was a former employee with Boyer Construction and with Firestone in Sikeston. He later co-owned and operated Davis-Moore Construction Co. and also operated a trash pickup service...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Danny Keith Eagle, 59, died July 25, 2017, at his home in Portageville. Born May 10, 1958, in St. Louis, he was the son of Christine Tiddwell Werner of Potas and the late Melvin Eagle. His wife, Barbara Kay Tribble Eagle, survives of the home in Portageville...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ray Dowd, 85, died July 31, 2017, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Born March 18, 1932, in Hayti, to the late Sidney Lee Dowd Sr. and Sarah Beatrice Rafferty Dowd, he worked as a conductor for Frisco Railroad Co. and later Burlington Northern Railroad in Chaffee. He retired in 1993. He was member of the UTU union and a member of the Chaffee Elks 1810. He also served in the Air Force form 1951 to 1954...

SOUR LAKE, Texas - Ronald Douglas Holland, 74, died, July 30, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Born May 10, 1943, in Lilbourn, Mo., to the late William Albert Holland and Orene Woods Holland, he grew up in St. Ann and Bridgeton, Mo. He graduated from the University of Missouri and went on to serve in the United States Army Reserves. After being deployed for riot control in Kansas, he worked for Sears for 35 years. He was self-employed for another 10 years before retiring...