Stories from Thursday, August 30, 2018

SIKESTON, Mo. — A Cape Girardeau man has been arrested for the Aug. 23 shooting death of Marcus De’Andres Price. Shamar A. Lowe, 19, was arrested by the Sikeston Department of Public Safety on Thursday and charged with first degree murder, armed criminal action and resisting/interfering with a felony arrest. Lowe’s bond is $200,000 cash only...

SIKESTON — Barbara Jean Wheetley, 78, died Aug. 29, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center Sikeston. Born Nov. 27, 1939, in Granite City, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Norman and Janetta Jolly McDaniel. On July 31, 1957, in St. Louis, she married Kenneth Wheetley, who survives of the home...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Peggy Maxine Parks, 85, died Aug. 29, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters. Born July 14, 1933, in Asherville, daughter of the late James Samuel and Frances Ruby Barter Parks, she had lived in St. Louis where she worked as a supervisor for the Grove Company Junior Sprotsware in Brentwood for 25 years. She moved to Wappapello in 1985 and Bloomfield in 2007. She attended the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

SIKESTON — Markus "Mark" T. McCormick, 63, died Aug. 29, 2018, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti.  Born Sept. 30, 1954, in Chicago, son of the late Eulen and Lee (Mitchell) McCormick, he was of the Pentecostal belief and had been a grill cook at various restaurants. He had been a resident of the Sikeston area for two years and had previously lived in Metropolis, Ill. ...

ANNISTON, Mo. — James Francis “Jim” Garner, 76, died Aug. 28, 2018, at Bertrand Nursing Center.  Born April 14, 1942, in Matthews, son of the late William Claude and Gwendolyn Cole Garner, he had been employed by International Engineer Operators Union in St. Louis.  He was a member of St. James Baptist Church in East Prairie...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Gary Wayne Brown, 65, died Aug. 24, 2018, at his home in New Madrid. Born April 22, 1953, in Parma, son of the late Wilmore Brown and Viona Walker, On Aug. 3, 1987, he married Alice Ervin Brown, who survives of the home. Other survivors include: one son, Gary D. Brown of Hayti; two daughters, Tonya McCarter of Hayti and Becky Brown of New Madrid; two sisters, Carol Leflin of Jackson and Debbie Jaynes of Oak Grove; and four grandchildren and one great-grandchild...

George “Bud” Hartwell, 99, of New Madrid, was presented with the World War II Victory Medal and Honorable Service Lapel Button by U.S. Rep. Jason Smith Thursday at the American Legion Hall in New Madrid. When Hartwell was discharged from the army in December 1945, he held the rank of corporal but never received a proper medal ceremony in the haste to bring soldiers home. For he complete story, see the weekend edition of the Standard Democrat...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Candy Ann Rolwing, 50, died Aug. 29, 2018, at her home.  Born April 13, 1968, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Cecil William and Goldie Mae McGee Banks, she was a bookkeeper and member of St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Charleston...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Dale Wayne Beyer, 59, died Aug. 29, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 23, 1958, in Dexter, son of Wayne and Mary BeCraft Beyer of Bloomfield, he had lived in St. Louis where he had worked for Husband Refrigeration. He moved to Bloomfield six years ago and went to Life Chapel Church in Sikeston...

SIKESTON — Frances Carolyn “Sis” Evans Duff (Granny) was born Aug. 7, 1938, in Bloomfield, to Roy and Frances Yeakey Evans, who preceded her in death. She was the only daughter, but was blessed with three loving brothers, Jim (Gerry), Tom (Glenda) and Norman (Molly) “Punk” Evans...

BENTON, Mo. — A Scott County Sheriff’s deputy exceeded 120 mph and drove the wrong way on Interstate 55 to join a pursuit in progress before totaling his patrol vehicle at the Benton, Missouri, exit earlier this month, according to records provided by authorities Tuesday...

SIKESTON—Visitors and residents will be out in full force along Route 61 Labor Day weekend in search of bargains at the 61-Mile Yard Sale from Bloomsdale to Jackson, Mo., but MoDOT wants you to remember the greatest savings of the event could be a life...

NEW MADRID, Mo. – A Dunklin County man was convicted of two counts of first degree murder during a jury trial in New Madrid County. William “Josh” Carter was found guilty after the jury deliberated for just 36 minutes. The verdict stems from an incident in June of 2016 when Carter intentionally struck his estranged wife, Heather Carter, and her friend, Aaron Campbell, with his SUV, killing them...

BENTON, Mo. — Benton, Missouri’s annual three-day Neighbor Days Festival originally debuted in 1925 and is back this week for its official 50-year celebration. “Actually, this thing started back in the 1920s,” said Jim Wade, president of Benton Chamber of Commerce. “But during World War II, they stopped it, then didn’t start it back up again until 1969.”...

BENTON, Mo. — Missouri’s auditor’s office found Scott County’s financial operations in “good” standing, according to a news release. It found some flaws, however, citing questionable or improper disbursements including the purchase of solar eclipse glasses and the failure to have proper financial controls in some areas of county government over the past two years...

Construction is continuing on Wing Elementary, a new elementary school in the Sikeston R-6 school district. In April 2017, voters approved an $11 million bond issue to build the school which will include a multi-purpose building and safe room. The overall plan is for the building to be completed by July 2019 and ready for use for the 2019-2020 school year...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A second man is now in custody in connection with the molestation of a child less than 12 years old. The New Madrid Police Department reported Wednesday evening the arrest of Gerald Davis of Lilbourn, Mo. Davis, who police had sought since charges were filed Tuesday, is charged with first degree sodomy/ attempted sodomy and second degree child molestation...

SIKESTON — Rick Rapert always knew he wanted to be a police officer. “I had an uncle who was a Missouri state trooper that I saw as a kid growing up,” Rapert said of the late Bennie Rapert. “I was around law enforcement and knew that’s what I wanted to do.”...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — John Jordan Jr., 71, died Aug. 22, 2018, at Evelyn’s Hospice House of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Dec. 26, 1947, in New Madrid, son of the late Elnora Denwood and John Jordan, he was a graduate of O'Bannon High School and worked at the United States Postal Service for a number of years...