Stories from Tuesday, July 16, 2019

A international medical service known as Heart to Heart International – USA held a brief meeting last Wednesday, July 10 to discuss ways to improving healthcare services in communities where residents have very limited access to healthcare. Heart to Heart has been studying several issues and is continuing to learn where the needs exist in the Missouri Bootheel counties of Pemiscot, Dunklin, Mississippi and New Madrid Counties...

What happens when you punch a gift horse in the mouth? It leaves! On July 1, both of the recycling trailers will no longer be in use. The City of Portageville did has a contract with the Pemiscot County Sheltered Workshop in Hayti with a Bootheel Recycling Grant that ended on June 30, 2019...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Ronnie Wayne Lane, 68, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died July 8, 2019, at UK Chandler Medical Center in Lexington. Born April 18, 1951, in Cairo, Ill., son of the late Harry D. Lane and Bell Dyer Lane, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and had been employed in construction...

SIKESTON — Judith Ann Ralph, age 65, passed away July 15, 2019, at her home in Benton, Missouri. She was born Oct. 16, 1953, in Stoddard County, Missouri, daughter of the late James Porter and Mildred Louise (Burton) Senciboy. She was a member of First Christian Church in Sikeston, Missouri, and attended First Christian in Chaffee, Missouri. She had worked at Ben Franklin retail store, owned her own business (The Party Place), and was a real estate investor as well as a homemaker...

Citing a federal prohibition against marijuana, Saint Francis Healthcare System says it will not allow its affiliated physicians to become certified to prescribe medical cannabis. Meanwhile, SoutheastHEALTH is exploring the issue as health care providers across the state grapple with conflicting state and federal laws...

SIKESTON — Over 300 people participated in the “Stop the Violence” community event Saturday at the new pavilion located at the corner of Branum and William streets in Sikeston. “The community is tired of the useless killings that these young people are committing,” said Tonya Mitchell of Sikeston, whose 24-year-old nephew, Marcus Dixon, was shot and killed Feb. ...

BENTON, Mo. — Nearly 100 people turned out to meet Scott County R-4 “Kelly” School District’s new superintendent during a welcome reception Sunday in the high school gymnasium. After he was introduced by Kelly Board of Education President David Brashear, Dr. ...

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — Aaron Kyle “Ribz” Lawrence, 38, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died June 30, 2019. Born Nov. 7, 1980, in Memphis, Tenn., he was the son of Ann Grimes and the late Timothy “Nibbs” Lawrence and had lived in Sikeston for several years...

ROCKVIEW, Mo. — Mildred Mattlene Wilhite, 92, died July 14, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 23, 1927, in McGee, daughter of the late Robert T. Young and Cecile McDaniel Young, she was a homemaker and member of the Grace United Methodist Church...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Doris F. Woods, 91, moved into heaven on July 16, 2019, at the home of her daughter in Sikeston, Missouri. Doris was the youngest daughter born to the late Daniel E. and Nellie (Brooks) McBride of Lilbourn. On April 3, 1950, she married her best friend and the love of her life, T.J. Woods, who preceded her in death in 2006. She met the Lord in 1953 and became a member of First Baptist Church in Lilbourn...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Willie D. Harris, 57, died July, 10, 2019, in Sikeston.  Born June 27, 1962, son of the late Lula Mae Harris and Frank Dawkins, he was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and employed as a commercial truck driver. Survivors include: two sons, Marcus (Jassmine) Johnson and Aaron Johnson; one daughter, Samantha Schaefer; three brothers, Frank Harris, Elijah Harris and Nathaniel Harris; one sister, Noanna Harris; his former spouse, Shirley Harris; and 11 grandchildren...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Darren “Digger” Buckner age 52, passed away on July 13, 2019, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 16, 1967, in Charleston, he was the the late Warren and Delores Faye Walker Buckner. Survivors include: two sons and two daughters-in-law, Wade and Leatha Buckner of Jackson and Dwight and Chelsea Buckner of Matthews; one brother, Dwight E. ...