Stories from Monday, February 10, 2020

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The body of a missing Gideon, Mo., man was discovered during a search Saturday. New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens reported the body of Gary K. Cagle Jr., 22, was discovered on a farm turn row, just across the county line in Stoddard County. Cagle was last heard from on Jan. 31 and his car located on Feb. 1 in a ditch on State Highway A in New Madrid County...

CHARLESTON, Mo. —Frances W. Jackson Slaten, 97, died Feb. 8, 2020, at Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand. Born Oct. 10, 1922, in Mississippi County, Missouri, daughter of the late C.J. “Jody” Jackson and Maude Kidd Jackson, she had lived most of her life in Charleston where she owned and operated Slaten’s Grocery a number of years and had worked as an Avon representative. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Charleston...

SIKESTON — Zelma Mae DeWitt, 92, died Feb. 8, 2020, at the Miner Nursing Center. Born July 9 1927, in the Big Opening community, daughter of the late James “Howard” and Emma Tate DeWitt, she graduated from Matthews High School in 1947. She was a former member of the Little Vine and North Acres General Baptist Churches. She taught at York School for two years before working at Woolworths, Bank of Sikeston, Lieble and Crumpecker, Malone and Hyde before retiring from the Fleming Company in 1992...

CHARLESTON, Mo. —E. Paul Jackson, 98, died Feb. 9, 2020. Born June 10, 1921, in Swinton, Missouri, son of the late W.E. and Mary Etta (Bell) Jackson, he lived in Charleston. After working 25 years in the construction business, he became a Realtor with the Missouri Board of Realtors. ...

KELSO, Mo. — Wade Charles Robert, 84, of Kelso, Missouri, died Feb. 9, 2020, at his home. He was born Dec. 8, 1935, in Kelso, Missouri, to Eugene P. and Irene Clara Schlosser Robert. He married Judith Marie Brockmire on April 26, 1984, in Kelso. She preceded him in death on March 10, 2002...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Brenda J. Held, 70, died Feb. 8, 2020, at her home. Born April 6, 1949, in Chaffee, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Velma Green Miller. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Bob Miller. On Nov. 30, 1968, in Chaffee, she married Ronnie Held; he survives...

SIKESTON — Cynthia LaVerne Burrell-Redd, 47, died Feb. 8, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 26, 1972, in Detroit, Michigan, daughter of Earl and Nazareth Baker of Haywood City and the late Curtis Lee Burrell, she was a 1990 graduate of Scott County Central High School. She later attended Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Illinois, and was the general manager of Long John Silver’s and A&W in Sikeston.