Stories from Monday, September 25, 2017

A New Madrid County man is in jail after a shooting Monday morning.

SIKESTON -- Alma "Jean" Harris, 71, a lifelong resident of the area, died Sept. 22, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 18, 1946, in Sikeston, to the late T.L. and Lillie Whittmore Coatney, she was a Sunday school teacher and member of Temple of Faith Church in Sikeston, had worked at the Cream Castle for 10 years and later at National Lock for 22 years...

SIKESTON -- Clyde James "Jimmy" Barnes Jr., age 80, died Sept.23, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born in Sikeston on Jan. 4, 1937, to the late Clyde James Barnes Sr. and Rubye Vaughan Barnes. On May 29,1959, in Jackson, he married Billie Marshall Barnes who survives of the home...

SIKESTON -- Loretta Coady, 90, died Sept. 24, 2017, at Hunter Acres Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born June 27, 1927, in Jellico, Tenn., daughter of the late William and Roxie Sowder Vanderpool, she had been a homemaker and a member of the Wauchula Baptist Church in Wauchula...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- James Brackston "Bud" Small Jr., 80, died Sept. 24, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born July 30, 1937, in Wyatt, son of the late J.B. and Ethel Daniel Small Sr., he attended elementary school in Wyatt and graduated from Charleston High School in 1956. ...

VANDUSER, Mo. -- Martha Sue Foster, 91, died Sept. 25, 2017, at her home in Vanduser. Born May 1, 1926, in Kenton, Tenn., to the late W.D. and Mamie Coker Moore, she attended Potters House in Sikeston. On Dec. 20, 1944, at Benton, she married Billy Coyle Foster; he preceded her in death Oct. 11, 2015...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- John Joe "Johnny Lightning"Aycock, 72, died Sept. 17, 2017, at Miner Nursing Center. Born June 19, 1945, in Charleston, to the late Clarence Son and Anna Ruth McCarty Countess, he was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston and had worked as a truck driver and in farming before retiring...