Stories from Monday, September 17, 2018

SIKESTON — A Sikeston woman faces charges after allegedly stabbing and injuring another woman Saturday in Sikeston. Jasmine N. Stevenson, 28, of Sikeston is charged with first degree assault and armed criminal action, according to Sgt. Jon Broom, public information officer with Sikeston Department of Public Safety...

SIKESTON — Fire crews battled a field and tractor fire along with triple-digit temperatures Monday in Scott County. At 11:45 a.m. Monday, crews with Miner Police Department, Sikeston Department of Public Safety and Scott County Rural Fire responded to a field and tractor fire in a salvage yard behind Double D Supply Co.,1078 US Highway 62, which is located just outside of Miner city limits, according to Miner Police Chief Chris Griggs. ...

SPARTA, Wis. — Thomas “Ricky" Bean Jr., 58, died Sept. 14, 2018, at his home. Born on Jan. 7, 1960, in Sikeston, Mo., son of the late Thomas Sr. and Florene Buchanon Bean, he graduated from Sikeston Senior High. Shortly after graduating, he served in U.S. Army from 1982-1991, stationed in Hawaii and Germany. He worked for Cardinal Glass for a short time, started his corrections career as a parole officer and was a corrections officer for Jackson County Correctional facility...

SIKESTON — Dorothy Broom, 99, died Sept. 16, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 12, 1919, in Ozark, Ark., daughter of the late John and Lacie Bankston Graham, she was a foster grandmother for Sikeston Public Schools and had worked for Krystal Restaurants in the Memphis, Tenn., area...

SIKESTON — Donald Eugene Weakley, 68, died Sept. 16, 2018, at the Miner Nursing Center. Born Jan. 5, 1950, in Bertrand, son of the late Charles Walter Weakley and Mary Virginia Ledbetter Weakley, he had lived in Southeast Missouri his entire life and was a graduate of Charleston High School. He had been employed with Rubbermaid in Jackson until his retirement...

DEXTER, Mo. — Harold Morrow, 80, died Sept. 16, 2018, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Born May 10, 1938, in St. Louis, son of the late Manual and Elizabeth Notra Snow Morrow, he moved to Dexter 45 years ago from St. Louis. He had owned and operated a cleaning service and was of the Jehovah's Witness belief...

SIKESTON — George N. Hubbard Sr., 91, died Sept. 14, 2018, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  Born Nov. 13, 1926, in Clay County, Ark., son of the late Thomas and Clydia Flanigan Hubbard, he had been an auto mechanic and heating and air conditioning serviceman. He was of the Pentecostal belief and a former member of several bowling leagues. ...

SIKESTON — Gertrude McCoy, 93, died Sep. 16, 2018, at Delta South Nursing in Sikeston. Born March 4, 1925, in Nettleton, Ark., she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Savannah Horton Ergle. On March 28, 1945, in Sikeston, she married Nathan Ray McCoy, who preceded her in death on Aug. 22, 2008...

SIKESTON — Andrew Alexander Ormsby Jr., 74, died Sept. 15, 2018, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 23, 1943, in Galveston, Texas, son of the late Andrew and Wanda Misuerkiewitz Ormsby, he was employed by the Internal Revenue Service for 23 years before retiring. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston...