Stories from Monday, April 1, 2019

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Billy D. Jones (Bill), 92, died peacefully at the Missouri Veterans’ Home in Cape Girardeau on March 30, 2019. Bill graduated from Gideon High School in 1944 and graduated from Capitol College of Pharmacy, Denver, Colo., in 1947. ...

OAKVILLE, Mo. — Marvin E. Proffer, 88, died March 27, 2019, at his home. Born on Feb. 3, 1931, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Marvin W. and Alta Proffer, he graduated from Central High School and was granted a football scholarship to Southeast Missouri State University. ...

SIKESTON — Barbara Jean Smith, 71, died March 31, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born June 21, 1947, in East Prairie, daughter of the late James Marion and Ella Lovita Lane Markland, she worked in the restaurant at the Ramada Inn in Sikeston for many years...