Stories from Tuesday, October 8, 2019

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Cora Ellen Gremard, 87, died Oct. 5, 2019, at Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Born May 22, 1931, in Portageville, daughter of the late Katie Mae Tharp and William R. Jones, she earned her credential as an optometric assistant while living in California and had worked with her husband in several businesses and as an artist. ...

MONROE, Ga. — Calvin Douglas Pullen Sr., 68, formerly of Bell City, Mo., died Sept. 26, 2019, at Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe. Born Dec. 18, 1950, in Bell City, son of the late Elder J.C. and Elnora Shannon Pullen Jr., he attended high school in Bell City and then Three Rivers Junior College in Poplar Bluff. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Pauline Hamilton, 75, died Oct. 2, 2019, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born June 28, 1944, in Ridgely, Tenn., daughter of the late Willie D. and Mary Ella Johnson Hopson, she had been a homemaker. She married Charles Hamilton in Charleston, and he preceded her in death...

SIKESTON — Residents of Sikeston will soon be getting new meters from the Board of Municipal Utilities. Rick Landers, general manager of the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities, briefed the City Council on the Advanced Metering Infrastructure, at Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting...

SIKESTON — Getty Moy, age 87, passed away Oct. 4, 2019, at Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 12, 1932, in Canton, China, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Fong Me Yuen. On Aug. 7, 1955, in China, she married Chi Cheung Moy, who preceded her in death on April 5, 2015.

SIKESTON — Michael Ray Jeffries, 55, died Oct. 5, 2019 in Sikeston.  Born Sept. 3, 1964, in Sikeston, son of the late Billy D. and Ruth A. (Crawford) Jeffries, he grew up in Sikeston and was a member of Tanner Street Church of God. He received a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University; he then received his juris doctorate from Jones University in Montgomery, Ala. ...

SIKESTON — Timothy Noel 'Tim' Bell, age 65, passed away Oct. 8, 2019, at his home in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 21, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Richard and Alma Fischer Bell. Tim was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had been a route driver for Triple L. Contracting (FedEx) before retiring. He was assistant coach of youth baseball and soccer teams and enjoyed reading and studying the Bible...

SIKESTON —For director Cody Smither, the theater is all about memories. The memories created as a cast works together to perfect a production, the memories the audience takes away from watching a performance. So it isn’t really surprising Smither chose a play about memories and their importance as part of the Sikeston Little Theatre’s 61st season. ...

PORTAGEVILLE - Children in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms in the City of Portageville and throughout the country today face a multitude of high risk circumstances including the temptation to use drugs and alcohol, violence, bullying and internet safety, not to mention the fear of school violence...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Comedora Nelson Clark, 95, died Oct. 3, 2019, at his home in Portageville. Born Sept. 19, 1924, Bokerton, son of the late Bertie Territt Clark and Chapter Clark, he was a 60-year mason and retired from the Carpenters Union in Illinois. He had owned several businesses in Portageville and Illinois.  ...

The First Place winner in the Floats category in Portageville's 72nd Annual Soybean Festival Kiddie Parade is the "We're off to See the Wizard" float. The parade was held Tuesday night.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Alberta Moody Gardner, 95, formerly of Sikeston, died Sept. 28, 2019, at her home in Columbia. Born Jan. 17, 1924, in Holly Grove, Ark., daughter of the late Frank and Lady Gaye Johnson Moody, she was a longtime member of West End Missionary Baptist Church and Traveler's Rest Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston. ...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council will have a chance to approve an ordinance allowing UTVs on Sikeston streets at an upcoming meeting. At Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting, council members discussed putting an ordinance together allowing the use of UTVs and golf carts on city streets. In September 2018, Council held a first reading of a bill allowing the use of golf carts, but not ATVs or UTVs, on city streets. That bill was ultimately tabled...