Stories from Thursday, August 9, 2018

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System and Ferguson Medical Group have entered formal discussions regarding the group’s joining Saint Francis Medical Partners. A merger between Saint Francis and Ferguson allows both organizations to focus on a shared vision – patients’ outcomes, experience and value, according to a news release from Saint Francis...

SIKESTON — Stanley Treece, 56, died Aug. 8, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 17, 1961, in Hayti, son of the late Billy Jack and Gladys Watt Treece, he was employed by the Community Sheltered Workshops in Hayti and Sikeston. Survivors incldue: three brothers, Clinton Treece and Jack Alan Treece of Caruthersville and Steve Treece of Henderson, Ky.; and his Crossroads family of Sikeston...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Cape Girardeau, Mo., man has been found guilty of a 2017 robbery in Charleston. According to Darren Cann, prosecuting attorney for Mississippi County, Gabriel Bland, 18, was found guilty of first degree robbery and armed criminal action in a bench trial held July 27 in Charleston. Judge Blake Pearson presided over the trial and rendered his guilty verdict on both counts on Aug. 2...

SIKESTON — Ross Merideth said he’s always known the annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo to be a community event, a community effort and a tradition like no other. And as the general chairman of the 2018 rodeo, which is in its 66th year, the Sikeston native has an even better, up-close-and-personal view of it...

SIKESTON — Betty Jo Mitchell, 91, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. Mrs. Mitchell was born Feb. 23, 1927, in Sikeston, daughter of the late William R. and Linnie Ritch Heath. Mrs. Mitchell was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, past member of United Methodist Women and other volunteer positions in the church. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Robert Clifton “Bob” Patrick, 64, died Aug. 7, 2018, at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton. Born April 16, 1954, in Dorena, son of the late Robert Harold and Dorothy Staggs Patrick, he was of Pentecostal belief and worked as an independent contractor...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Irene Brantley, 91, died Aug. 9, 2018, at the Charleston Manor. Born Nov. 30, 1926, in Charleston, daughter of the late Perry and Lucille Morgan Butler, she attended school in Diehlstadt. First employed with Brown Shoe Company, she later worked as a sales clerk at Wigdor’s Department Store, had been a member of the Rebekah Lodge and was a member of the Southside Baptist Church where she had served as a Sunday school teacher...