Stories from Monday, December 24, 2018

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Elizabeth Jean Frala, age 80 years, of Jefferson City, passed away Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at Landmark Hospital in Columbia surrounded by family. She was born on Aug. 22, 1938, in New Madrid County, the daughter of Valentine Richard and Mildred Lurene (Holder) Frala...

ADVANCE, Mo. — David Webster Griffin, 71, died Dec. 21, 2018, at his home. Born June 27, 1947, in Chaffee, son of the late John Webster and Betty Elizabeth Russell Griffin, he was a retired maintenance man for Chaffee Grade School and the City of Chaffee. He was a member of the Faith Family Church of Painton and the First General Baptist Church of Advance. He was in the Army National Guard...

SIKESTON — William Myron Vanover, 81, died Dec. 12, 2018, at his home near Sikeston.               Born Feb. 4, 1937, in Sikeston, son of the late Lester "Buddy" and Virginia Metcalf Vanover, he was a lineman for the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities, veteran of the U.S. Navy, of the Baptist belief, a member of the Henry Meldrum Post of the American Legion and Fraternal Order of Eagles...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Willadene Fulkerson, 101, died Dec. 21, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 3, 1917, near Bloomfield, daughter of the late George and Beryl Asbell Cook, she had lived in the St. Louis and Bloomfield areas all her life. She had worked as an LPN, was a member of the Mount Pisgah General Baptist Church and had been a member of the Easter Star in Bloomfield...

CLARKTON, Mo. — Bob Girtman of Clarkton, 60, died Dec. 21, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 12, 1958, in Lilbourn, son of the late Donald Gene and Nadine Girtman, he had lived in St. Louis and moved to Clarkton in 2005. He had worked manufacturing windows...