Stories from Sunday, January 19, 2020

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat office will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The office will reopen with regular hours at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Jerry Don Grogan, 76, died Jan. 17, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Dec. 19, 1943, in Dorena, son of the late Edward Simon “Bob” Grogan and Lola Margaret “Sis” Brown Grogan, he had lived in Mississippi County his entire life. He had worked in the timber business with his father and went on to work with his brother, J.W. Grogan. in the construction business. He was a retired member of the Missouri National Guard...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Ted Eugene Rayburn, 61, died Jan. 17, 2020, at his home. Born Sept. 21, 1958, in Wyatt, son of the late Ted and Carolyn Brown Rayburn, he was a member of Victory Baptist Church in East Prairie. Survivors include: one daughter, Jessica West of East Prairie; two brothers, Ronnie Rayburn of East Prairie and Robert Rayburn of Cooter; and three grandchildren and one great-grandchild...