Stories from Wednesday, January 8, 2020

On Dec. 22 members of Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310, presented a 70-year membership pin to Ralph E. Boyer from the Grand Lodge of Missouri for his years of loyal and distinguished service to the organization. The presentation was made by Worshipful Master Matthew Short with the assistance of Samuel Smith, Ronald G. Galemore and Lee Stallings. Pictured are, seated: Ralph E. Boyer; and back row, from left: Stallings, Short, Smith and Galemore...

Sikeston VFW Post 3174 recently made a recent donation to the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center which will be used for coffee and cookies in medical center waiting rooms and the Valentines for Veterans Concert. “It is with your help that we are able to continue to provide these things to our Veterans and we appreciate your donation very much,” said VA Voluntary Services Officer Dale Garrett told the VFW. Pictured are, from left: Garrett and Gary Ozment of Sikeston VFW Post 3174...

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Paul Davis Watson Sr., age 89, passed away Jan. 6, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 21, 1930, in East Prairie, Missouri, the son of the late Charles and Ruth Barnhill Watson. He was a member of Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and worked with experimental defense aircraft and in the space program at McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing before, retiring...

WYATT, Mo. —John Patterson Brown, 48, died Jan. 8, 2020, at his home in Wyatt. Born Oct. 23, 1971, at Charleston, son of the late C.D. Brown and Carman Louise Snider Brown, he had lived in Charleston most of his life, moving to Wyatt 18 years ago. He had been employed as a commercial truck driver and was of the Pentecostal belief...

SALEM, Ill. — Blanchette Sue (Davenport) Davis, of Salem, Illinois, formerly of Pocahontas, Illinois, departed this life on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, at Hitz Memorial Home, Alhambra.  She had attained the age of 80 years, 5 months and 12 days. Sue was born on July 24, 1939, in Sikeston, Missouri. She was the daughter of James A. and Velma M. (Mays) Davenport. On Sept. 14, 1962, she was united in marriage to Howard Wray Davis, Sr. and he preceded her in death on July 23, 2007...