Stories from Sunday, December 8, 2019

SIKESTON — Nedra Lee Shelby, 89, died Dec. 6, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 26, 1930, in Matthews, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert and Nora Shelton Bohannon. On May 7, 1949, in Piggott, Ark., she married Carl Edward Shelby, who preceded her in death on Aug. 19, 1999...

SIKESTON — Violet Tidwell, 102, died Dec. 6, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 14, 1917, in Perks, Ill., daughter of the late Holly and Nora Scott Holifield, she was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Sikeston...