Stories from Sunday, December 30, 2018

STEELE, Mo. — The death of a four-year-old is being investigated in Pemiscot County. According to a release from the Pemiscot County Sheriff’s Office, a four-year-old Steele child was brought to the Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital in Hayti at approximately 3:17 p.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead...

BENTON, Mo. — Norma Blankenship, 82, died Dec. 29, 2018, at her home. Born May 1, 1936, in Swinton, daughter of the late Earsley and Lillie Garland Ridings, she was a member of Cornerstone Wesleyan Church in Scott City. On May 10, 1952, she married Kenneth Blankenship, who preceded her in death on Nov. 24, 2014...

SIKESTON — Visitation for Paulette Mather Boardman, 56, who died Dec. 10, 2018, will be from 11 a.m. until time for the memorial service at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements...