Stories from Monday, January 22, 2018

SIKESTON -- A home robbery attempt left a man with a bullet wound early Monday in Sikeston, according to Sikeston Department of Public Safety. About 7 a.m. Monday, a 71-year-old Sikeston resident walked over to his neighbor's house in the 200 block of Tanner Street, according to Sikeston DPS. As he approached the back door, a subject walked up to him from a vehicle parked on Park Street...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Carlton Glen Curneal, 77, died Jan. 20, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Born Aug. 10, 1940, in Bloomfield, son of the late Carl and Edith Scudder Curneal, he retired from Superior Electric in Cape Girardeau. On May 22, 1982, he married Roberta Bass, and she preceded him in death on May 2, 2013...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Lois J. Wilson, 85, died Jan. 18, 2018, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Born Feb. 12, 1932, in Bernie, daughter of the late Elmer T. and Henrietta Owens Hammonds, she had lived in St. Charles, Ill., until she retired and moved to Dexter. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Dexter...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Jimmie Wayne Cave, 74, died Jan. 20, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 24, 1943, in East Prairie, son of the late James Herman and Irene Mae Stockman Cave, he was a veteran of the United States Navy and member of East Prairie Masonic Lodge. He was employed by MidSouth Tractor Parts for over 30 years and retired from D&S Salvage in Sikeston. He was of the Baptist belief...

ARNOLD, Mo. -- Lester H. Staples, 69, formerly of East Prairie, died Jan. 20, 2018, at his sister's home in Brentwood. Born Oct. 12, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ruth Hockersmith Staples of St. Louis and the late Sidney Lee Staples Sr., he was a 1966 graduate of East Prairie High School and had served in the United States Army during Vietnam War. He held degrees in electronics engineering and had been employed as an electronics engineer and also as an instructor for ITT Tech in St. Louis...

SIKESTON -- Larry Freeman Fetters, 68, died Jan. 21, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 9, 1949, in Sikeston, son of the late Freeman "Pete" and Winona Holden Fetters, he was a lifelong resident of this area and had been a member of the Sikeston Elks Lodge and American Legion. He had been a self-employed painter and dry waller in the construction business...

RISCO, Mo. -- Dovie Beatrice Duckworth, 95, died Jan. 20, 2018, at her home in Risco. Born July 19, 1922, in Dry Bayou, daughter of the late Walter Jackson and Mary Cheshire Jackson, she had been the parts manager for Duckworth Garage in Risco and attended Pleasantview General Baptist Church in Risco...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Jo Elma Houston Carter, 92, died Jan. 21, 2018, at the Charleston Manor. Private burial was held at Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston. Memorial services will be at a later date at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.