Stories from Friday, May 10, 2019

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Colleen Glenn, 89, died May 6, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 4, 1930, in Mississippi County, daughter of the late James Hazzard Thompson and Birdie Sally Evans Thompson, she had lived in rural Charleston most of her life. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Betty LaVerne Eastman, 82, died May 7, 2019, at Westfield Nursing Center near Sikeston. Born Sept. 7, 1936, in Sassafras Ridge in Mississippi County,  to the late Leondas and Olivia Irene Bell Allen, she owned and operated Eastman Decorating. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Charleston...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Mary Sue Riggins, 98, died May 8, 2019, at her home. Born Dec. 27, 1920, in Jackson County, Tenn., to the late John Henry and Ada Marie Brown Melton, she was a homemaker. She was of Baptist belief. In 1938 in Steele, she married James Wade Riggins; he preceded her in death November 1998...

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SIKESTON — Orville Edward Skalsky, 98, passed away May 10, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 12, 1921, in La Forge, son of the late Charles and Golda Haynes Skalsky, during WWII Orville served as a combat infantry man in the 90th Amphibious Division and participated in the invasions of Leyte and Okinawa. He retired from Board of Municipal Utilities after 47.5 years of service, where he earned the honor of BMU employee of the year in 1984...

SIKESTON — On Monday, May 9, 2019, Richard Wilfred Trum Jr., husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away at the age of 71. Rick will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 43 years, Mattie Recker Trum, and his daughter, Frances Trum Pearson, and sons, Tyler, Richard and Randy. Rick is survived by his five grandchildren, Edward, Trinity, Hunter, Wil and Bryce; and his half sisters, Karen Cunningham and Nicki Caprone...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron — The Blue Angels — is returning to Southeast Missouri for the third time to demonstrate a variety of high-energy airborne aptitude the team will perform along with several other flyers during the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival on May 18 and 19...

Anna Claire Sides is the Queen of Hearts in the New Madrid Elementary School’s presentation of “Gettin’ Down with Mama Goose” performed Friday afternoon. Students from pre-kindergarten through second grade presented the musical to an auditorium filled with family and friends...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Mississippi County Back the Blue volunteers recently held a planning meeting to discuss the Third Annual Mississippi County Back the Blue Banquet which honors all current law enforcement officers and first responders and their families who are serving in Mississippi County while recognizing an outstanding Law Enforcement Officer and First Responder of the Year. ...

SIKESTON — Nine education majors at Southeast Missouri State University-Sikeston will pause this weekend to celebrate an educational milestone – the completion of their college degree -- before moving on to school districts throughout southeast Missouri where they’ve already been tapped to positively shape the minds and lives of the next generation...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents today set tuition and fees for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Board of Regents approved an $11.75 per credit hour increase in in-state undergraduate tuition and a $1 per credit hour increase in the maintenance and repair general fee, bringing the total increase to $12.75 per credit hour. ...

ANNISTON, Mo. — Linda Kay Vanvickle, 60, died May 6, 2019, at her home.   Born Jan. 25, 1959, in Hayti, daughter of the late Floyd and Mildred Gaskins Vanvickle, she was a homemaker. She was of Baptist belief. Survivors include: two sons, Brian Mashburn and Scotty Tidwell of Anniston; one daughter, Tamara Tidwell of Anniston; one stepson, Daniel Griggs of Anniston; three stepdaughters, Rachel Griggs of Atlanta, Ga., Rebecca Griggs of Jackson and Charlotte Griggs of Anniston; three brothers, Carl Vanvickle of Canalou,  Doyle Vanvickle of Essex and Richard Vanvickle of Caruthersville; and five sisters, Brenda Prince of Pascola, Wanda Abbott of Doniphan, Peggy Blevins of Campbell, Edith Walker of Pascola and Gladys Boyer of Homestown; and 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mary Rita Scheffer Mashburn, 62,  died May 10, 2019, at her home in Charleston.