Stories from Friday, April 5, 2019

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The nationally recognized, four-day Dogwood-Azalea Festival in Charleston is ready to kick off on April 11. “With four days of beauty and fun for all ages, it’s no wonder this premier springtime event in Southeast Missouri has earned several substantial regional and national honors,” said Charleston Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karen Teeters, who took the helm in July 2011...

While the reasons for an unwanted pregnancy may vary, the final and end result is that abortion is murder. Period. The end.

MALDEN, Mo. — Goldie Mae Benford, 88, died April 2, 2019, at her home in Malden. Born Dec. 11, 1930, in Malden, daughter of the late Adolphus Aikens and Addie Smith Aikens, she was a member of the Zion Grove Baptist Church in Malden. On April 10, 1948, in New Madrid, she married Albert Thomas Benford, who preceded her in death on Oct. 18, 2014...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Paula Hayes Carnell, 63, died April 2, 2019, in Poplar Bluff. Born Oct. 25, 1955, she was the daughter of Bernard Hayes of Marston and the late Shirley Fincher Hayes.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Anita Sue Poley Wolford, 82, died April 3, 2019, at her Delta South Nursing Cener in Sikeston. Born Dec. 14, 1936, in Dorena, daughter of the late James and Leota Trevathan Poley, she was a 1954 graduate of Anniston High School and member of St. James General Baptist Church in East Prairie. She was employed for many years at Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corp. Head Start in East Prairie...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Mary Frame McLain, 92, died April 3, 2019, at Charleston Manor. Born May 25, 1926, in Cumberland, Md., daughter of the late Charles and Julie Mooney Frame, she was retired from the United States Army, last serving in Washington, D.C...

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s annual No MOre Trash! Bash will be held April 15 - May 15. The Trash Bash is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation and Missouri Department of Transportation as part of an ongoing No MOre Trash! statewide anti-litter campaign. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Marshall Dial understood the need to preserve Southeast Missouri’s oral histories. Armed with a small tape recorder, Dial would seek out older residents. He would ask them about their families, their childhoods and their work. He was curious about their first cars, their past times and even moonshine...

Giselle Galang, daughter of Roy and Daisy Galang, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for April. Galang, third runner-up in the 2018 Miss Sikeston Contest, will attend the University of Missouri in the fall where she intends to major in Biology...