Stories from Monday, October 16, 2017

SUNDAY, OCT. 15 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)-- These Missouri lotteries were drawn Sunday: Pick 3 Evening 2-0-5 (two, zero, five) Pick 3 Midday 7-2-4 (seven, two, four) Pick 4 Evening 2-3-1-0 (two, three, one, zero) Pick 4 Midday 8-8-1-1 (eight, eight, one, one)...

BERTRAND, Mo. -- On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at 4:38 a.m. at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center, Loretta Elizabeth "Betty" Hodges joined her Heavenly Father and received her angel's wings. She had been a resident of the nursing home since 2012. She was born on Nov. 29, 1922, in Tanner, to the late Richard Vernon Vanover and Grace Whelshel Vanover...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Ronald Leslie Jaynes, formerly of Parma, Sikeston and Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Oct 13, 2017, surrounded by family and friends at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Born April 21, 1946, in Hayti, son of the late Leslie and Helen Jaynes, he was a former sports editor for The Daily Standard in the 1970s and owned and operated many small newspapers in Southeast Missouri up until his retirement...

SIKESTON -- Noel "Gene" Long, age 78, passed away on Oct. 14, 2017, at Delta South Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 15, 1939, in Waynesboro, Tenn., to the late Willie and Florence Haddock Long, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the American legion Post 595 in New Madrid, where he had served as an officer; he was the golf pro at the New Madrid Country Club for many years. He was of the Baptist faith...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Roy Leon Day, 69, died Oct. 15, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 5, 1948, in Henderson Mounds, he was the son of Geneva Jackson Day and the late Calvin Day. On Feb. 5, 1965, he married Shirley Flowers, who preceded him in death on Dec. 28, 2015...

SIKESTON -- Della Mae Hiller, 89, died Oct. 16, 2017, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 26, 1928, in Poplar Bluff, she was the daughter of the late James A. and Cora M. O'Neal Blunt. Her husband, Ralph Hiller, preceded her in death...

SIKESTON -- Audrey Louise Beck, age 88, died peacefully Oct. 15, 2017, at her home in Sikeston surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 16, 1929, in Blodgett, to the late Daniel Aldrich and Ada (Tallant) Aldrich. Mrs. Beck was a former member of Tanner Street Church of God, Sikeston Community Choir and Sikeston Little Theatre. She worked for the Bank of Sikeston for many years before retiring...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Jackie Lee Allen "Jack" Jines, 84, died Oct. 14, 2017, at his home near Bloomfield. Born Jan. 11, 1933, in Sikeston, son of the late Lyman Lloyd and Cora Mae Knight Jines, he had lived in Southeast Missouri all of his life and in Bloomfield the past 59 years. ...