Stories from Tuesday, January 7, 2020

ORAN, Mo. — Thomas Lee Senciboy, 66, died Jan. 5, 2020, at his home. Born Sept. 6, 1953, in Oran, son of the late Truman and Christine Senciboy, he worked for 40 years for Priggel Farms. On Aug. 13, 2001, he married Rita Stacey, who preceded him in death on Oct. 31, 2003...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Billy Dean Lee, 86, died Jan. 4, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born April 14, 1933, in Toppertown, son of the late Steve and Pearl McDowell Gibbs, he was adopted by the late Charlie and Maud Cook Lee following his parents’ death. ...

SIKESTON — Brenda Marquetta Boyer, 73, formerly of East Prairie, died Jan. 6, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 18, 1946, in Phoenix, Arizona, daughter of the late Johnny Anderson Nipp and Ruby Estelle Perdue Nipp, she was raised in Phoenix and moved to East Prairie in 1989, recently moving to Sikeston...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Eugene Bishop, 91, died Dec. 30, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 16, 1928, son of the late Henry and Janie Bishop, he was educated in the public schools of Lilbourn and graduated from high school in Sikeston. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — John Turner, 29, formerly of Sikeston, died Dec. 30, 2019, in Fayette. Born July 22, 1990, in Sikeston, son of Rose Faulkner of Sikeston and John Turner of Haywood City, he attended Sikeston High School in Sikeston and was employed at Tyson Food in Dexter before relocating to Columbia...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Catherine Hayden Dawson Cook, 87, died Jan. 5, 2020, at her home in New Madrid. Born Aug. 23, 1992, in Caruthersville, daughter of the late J.A. “Peck” and Letha Hayden, she was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Madrid. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Martha Green, 72, died Dec. 29, 2019, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Facility in Charleston. Born Dec. 21, 1947, in Charleston, daughter of the late Manuel and Margrett Dickson Clemons, she attended Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. ...

LILBOURN, Mo. — Jettie Mae “Peanut” Daniel, 89, died Jan. 1, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 12, 1930, in Marianna, Arkansas, daughter of the late James and Louise Hicks, she was a professional cook and employed at Cross Truck Stop in New Madrid and 76 Truck Stop in Matthews. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Maurice Lionel “Markie D” Butler, 52, died Dec. 30, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 12, 1967, in Charleston, son of the late Willie Jarrett and Maedine Butler, he was a 1985 graduate of Charleston Public Schools and attended Three Rivers College and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, receiving a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. ...

SIKESTON — A proposed ordinance to allow the use of UTVs on Sikeston city streets was tabled at Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting after citizens raised concerns about the ordinance. Lloyd Smith spoke out against the ordinance, expressing concern about allowing UTVs on streets when there is an estimated 27,000 to 28,000 people in Sikeston during the work day...

SIKESTON — An increase in the rental lighting rate from the Board of Municipal Utilities was tabled by the Sikeston City Council Monday after questions were raised about lighting in some parts of the City. The new rates were being proposed by BMU after recently soliciting the help of a nationally known rates consultant to review all of BMU’s rates for accuracy and adequacy. ...

Workers with Hickman Construction are working to rebuild the back wall of the Stallcup Building in downtown Sikeston. Work began in early December to tear down the back wall and work was scheduled to be finished this month, weather permitting.

SIKESTON — Ronnie Lenal Walker, 58, died Jan. 3, 2020, in Nebraska. Born May 24, 1961, in Steele, son of Mary E. Scott-Walker and the late Aron Calvin Walker and, he lived in Sikeston most of his life. He was an over-the-road truck driver for Potashnick Transportation in Sikeston...

SIKESTON — Doris Imogene Livingston, 89, died Jan. 7, 2020, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 3, 1931, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Luther and Alpha Baker, she was a member of Miner Baptist Church, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had worked as a secretary for Bank of Sikeston before retiring...

A Caruthersville, Mo., man is in serious condition after a being injured on a boat in the Mississippi River Dec. 28, 2019. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael J. Hawks, 58, was heading upstream on the Mississippi, about 7 1/2 miles north of Caruthersville at approximately 4:15 p.m. Hawks was working on a vessel motor when he hit his head on the motor. The boat continued traveling forward until it struck the bank, ejecting Hawks...

Missouri saw nearly a 6% decline in its number of traffic-related deaths for 2019 while the number of fatalities on Southeast Missouri’s roadways increased significantly. Patrol officials report 866 people died statewide in 2019, down 55 from the 921 who were killed in 2018...

Local farmer creates app providing real-time info on irrigation For Nathan Holmes of Oran, keeping track of agricultural irrigation was “like trying to unscramble an egg.” Between employee miscommunications, sometimes tedious record-keeping and uncertainty about irrigation pump status, he said he felt frustrated with the system of irrigating his family’s farmland...

SIKESTON — Brenda Fowler, 70, died Jan. 7, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON — Peggy Lou Harris Ham, 90, died Jan. 7, 2020. Born Nov. 21, 1929, to Doug and Nevelle Harris, she was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Floyd Ham; and daughter, Donna Cox...

The Social Security Administration announced the reinstatement of the reconsideration, the first step in the disability appeal process, in Missouri beginning on Jan.1, 2020. In 2019, eight states--Alabama, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania--reinstated the reconsideration...

SIKESTON — Monroe Young Sr., 80, died Jan. 3, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.  Born April 2, 1939, in Batesville, Miss., to the late Earnest and Alma (Kuykendall) Young, he attended public school in Batesville and Sardis, Miss.. and spent many years working at auto mechanic shops where he painted and detailed cars and he also was skilled at landscaping lawns...