Stories from Tuesday, October 1, 2019

SIKESTON — A Sikeston woman was injured after her vehicle struck a fence and a school’s digital sign before catching fire early Monday in Scott County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 3 a.m. on US 61, five miles north of Sikeston, as the southbound vehicle driven by Katice M. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Bernadette Mary Teresa Fuwell, 80, died Sept. 28, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born July 9, 1939, in Chicago, daughter of the late Leo Lucas and Rose Coones Lucas, she was a homemaker. On Aug. 15, 1959, in Chicago, she married Buford Roy Fuwell Sr., who preceded her in death on May 19, 2009...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Terrez D. Taylor, 21, died Sept. 25, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Feb. 24, 1998, in Sikeston, he was the son of Otis and Tosha Maxwell Taylor of Howardville. In addition to his parents, survivors include: one daughter, Kymlee Nicole Taylor of Poplar Bluff; three sisters, Latrisha Resonna of St. ...

BENTON, Mo. — A Sikeston man was arrested for stealing two all-terrain vehicles. According to a release from Scott County detective Matt Scroggins, on Thursday the Scott County Sheriff’s Office arrested Geoffrey Shaffar, 40, in reference to possession of stolen property. ...

SIKESTON DEPOT MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER Annual BootHeel Regional Judged Art Show: The Sikeston Cultural Development Corporation (The Sikeston Depot Museum & Cultural Center) is proud to invite all area artists (within 150 miles of Sikeston), 18 years or older, to participate in the 35th Annual Bootheel Regional Judged Art Show...

SIKESTON — Ramona Owens, 89, died Sept. 30, 2019. Born Nov. 7, 1929, in Lilbourn, daughter of the late Raymond and Bessie (Taylor) Lloyd, she was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church in Sikeston. She worked in education all of her life. She began her career in Wardell, then Lilbourn and finally Sikeston Public Schools where she taught first grade at Southeast Elementary until her retirement in 1991. ...

HOUSTON, Texas — Vicki Marlene Whistler, 71, died Sept. 21, 2019, in Houston. Born July 29, 1948, in Borger, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Leonard and Anna Jean Dorsey Davis On Feb. 8, 1969, she married Stephen P. Whistler, who preceded her in death on Aug. 27, 2011...

SIKESTON — Thelma Hill West Tanksley, 85, died Oct. 1, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Nov. 23, 1933, in New Madrid, Mo., daughter of the late Otis and Eula Mae Hill, she was of the Christian belief and a member of West End Missionary Baptist Church, where she served on the Mother's Board, Choir Director and Secretary. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Mississippi County man, who shot and wounded a law enforcement officer, will serve a lengthy prison sentence. Jonathan L. Jones, 39, of Wyatt was sentenced to 25 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections on each of six counts of first degree assault, six counts of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting/ interfering with an arrest in connection with a gun battle where Jones and a Mississippi County sheriff’s deputy were wounded. ...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council amended the city ordinance for medical marijuana dispensaries reducing the distance they must be from schools, churches and day cares from 1,000 feet to 500 feet. The original ordinance, which was approved in July, stated that the dispensaries must be 1,000 feet from schools, churches and day cares. ...

WYATT, Mo. – Gladys Brown Sevic, 99, died Oct. 1, 2019, at her home in Wyatt.

SIKESTON — Lila J. Harden, 99, died Oct. 1, 2019, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born March 25, 1920, in Canalou, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus and Susan McKinney Pointer. On Oct. 20, 1935, in New Madrid County, she married James Louis Harden, who preceded her in death on Oct. 6, 1982...