Stories from Friday, August 3, 2018

Is the city of Sikeston going to move the trailer that was used to collect aluminum cans for money for the P.A.W.S. Humane Society on Compress Road? It was damaged in a storm and nobody has moved it. The Humane Society says they can’t get a new one until the old one is moved and a new one is possibly donated. I think our mayor, Steven Burch, should look into this matter and do something good about helping the cats and dogs that can’t help themselves. Thank you very much.

TRUESDALE, Mo. — Harold "Butch" Grasham, 57, died Aug. 2, 2018, at St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles. Born Feb. 11, 1961, in St. Louis, son of the late Raymond and Imogene Truell Grasham, he had lived in Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Wappapello and Hazelwood before moving to Truesdale. He attended Joshua House Church. He had worked as a tree trimer with Sterling Tree Trimming service...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Erma Jean Bell Robinson, 78, died July 30, 2018, at her home. Born July 21, 1940, in McCrory, Ark., daughter of the late Australia Alvin and Mary Pierson Bell, she was a member of Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, where she joined in 1960. She was a cook and housekeeper for several local families and a cook at Larry's Quick Shack and the Country Kitchen...