Stories from Friday, December 28, 2018

"Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen" (Rom 1:24-25).

SEBRING, Fla. — Sondra Seyer Holloway, 79, died Dec. 22, 2018, in Sebring, Fla. She was born Nov. 6, 1939, to the late Bernard and Cecil Seyer of Sikeston. In Jan. 1957, she married Bill Holloway who preceded her in death in Aug. 2014. Survivors include: one son, Mike Holloway of Boytin Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Shirley (Duke) Rudd of Ellsinore, Mo. ...

SIKESTON — Bobby Ray Ramsey, 88, died Dec. 28, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 26, 1930 in Troy Kan., to the late Brad Ramsey and Agnes May Ward, he was a veteran of the United States Navy and was an over the road truck driver for ABF...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Jack Stanley, 82, died Dec. 25, 2018, at the New Madrid Nursing Center. He was born May 8, 1936, in Morley, Mo., to the late Harris and Esther Story Stanley. He was married to Frances Smith Stanley who survives of the home. Survivors include: three sons, Kevin Stanley of Clarksville, Ark., Patrick Stanley of New Madrid, Jason Stanley of Little Rock, Ark.; four daughters, JoAnne Elps of Clarksville, Ark., Laurel (Jody) Peeples of Little Rock, Ark., Jacqueline Wilson of Clarksville, Ark. ...

SIKESTON — Albert Ray Holmes, 86, died Dec. 27, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born April 28, 1932, in Sandy Ridge, Ark., to the late William Henry and Cordie Lovelace Holmes. On Aug. 12, 1983, in Benton, Ky., he married Joyce Johnson Holmes, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON - John Sailors, 71, died Dec. 27, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. Born July 19, 1947 in Cape Girardeau to the late Rufus Lynn Sailors and Ruby Higgs Sailors Lindsey., he was a member of the Baptist faith, had served in the U.S. National Guard, was a 32 Degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Sikeston Masonic Lodge #310 AF&AM, a member of SEMO Shrine Club of which he was past president, and a member of Sikeston Elks BPOE #2319 of which he had been secretary and Bingo chairman for many years.. ...

Work is underway on the Rail Trail project in Historic Downtown Sikeston. The first phase of the rail to trail will begin on the west end of the Depot at Malone Avenue in Downtown Sikeston and will end at Main Street. Hessling Construction of Dexter is doing the work...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Students in the W.E. Sears Youth Center’s “Genesis Group” joined with center staff to offer a special gift to homeless and at-risk veterans in the southern Missouri and northeast Arkansas region this season. “It started when the Sikeston Police Department donated a number of used bikes to the John J. ...

SIKESTON — Law enforcement encourages everyone to make good decisions regarding their New Year’s celebrations. “A traffic crash or jail cell would be an unfortunate way to begin 2019,” said Lt. Col. Eric T. Olson, acting superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Scott County Presiding Commissioner and longtime Democrat Jamie Burger, who lost his re-election bid in November, plans to run for a state House seat in 2020 as a Republican. Burger said he will seek the District 148 state representative seat now held by Republican Holly Rehder, who will not be able to run in 2020 because of term limits...

One word that can be associated with 2018 is change. And there was no bigger change locally than the November election, one day after President Donald Trump visited Cape Girardeau to rally Republicans. Trump rallied thousands of cheering supporters on a rainy Nov. 5 in Cape Girardeau, offering closing arguments for the Republican Party before Nov. 6 crucial midterm elections to decide the balance of power in Congress...