Stories from Sunday, August 11, 2019

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Courtney Brooke Collins and Quinton Taylor Roberts were united in marriage during a 3 p.m. ceremony June 8, 2019, at the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. The Rev. Brian Robison of Belleville, Ill., officiated. The bride is the daughter of Kevin Collins and Katherine Collins of Sikeston, and the groom is the son of Brad and Julie Valerius of Belleville...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Johnny Raymond Simpson, 67, died Aug. 9, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 7, 1952, in Fresno, Calif., son of the late Mary Pigg Simpson and Robert Allen Simpson, he was a member of First United Methodist Church of Portageville...