Stories from Monday, November 18, 2019

DEXTER, Mo. — Verlon L. Phillips, 96, died Nov. 16, 2019, at his home in Dexter. Born Jan. 6, 1923, in Arkansas, son of the late Lee Phillips and Sylvia Nole Phillips, he was a retired Union Carpenter from Chicago, Ill., and a member of the Gospel Assembly Church...

SIKESTON — Lillian Dugger, 99, died Nov. 17, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 29, 1920, in Tarkio, she was the daughter of the late Ira and Anna Fox Smith. On April 12, 1942, she married B.F. King who preceded her in death. On Sept. 30, 1994, she married Phillip Dugger, who preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 2016...

SIKESTON — Jerry Emerson, 79, died Nov. 16, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Ellsinore. Born May 31, 1940, in Phoenix, Ariz., son of the late John Mac Emerson and Ossie Mae Pratt Emerson, he was of the Christian belief, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had been a truck driver for Pilot before retiring...