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Mary Bonifield
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mary Ann Bonifield, 97, died March 7, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 31, 1922, at Datto, Ark., daughter of the late C.E. Morgan and Pearl E. Fears Morgan, she had lived many years in Commerce where she was a member of the St. Paul United Methodist Church. She had lived in Charleston since 2003...
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Rickey Houston
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
MATTHEWS, Mo. — Rickey Gene Houston, 73, of Matthews, Mo., passed away March 6, 2020, with his family by his side. He was born Nov. 1, 1946, at his home on Como Ditch outside of Lilbourn, Mo., to Willie Isaac and Artaxi (Ted) Houston. He spent most of his childhood in Southeast Missouri, moving to Granite City, Ill., as a teenager where he met his wife Sharon Marie Dusky. ...
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Sheila Ritch
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
ESSEX, Mo. — Sheila Ritch of Essex, 59, died March 7, 2020, in Kennett. Born Dec. 30, 1960, in Dexter, daughter of Charles Ray Ritch of Dexter and Gloria Harlan Ritch of Grayridge, she had lived in Grayridge and Essex most of her life and worked at Jack’s Deli. She had attended the The Lighthouse Chrisitan Church in Dexter...
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Dennis Pipkin
(Obituary ~ 03/09/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Dennis Pipkin, age 68, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020, at his home in New Madrid, Missouri. Born March 2, 1952, in Kennett, Missouri, son of Mabel Curtis Pipkin of Kewanee, Missouri, and the late John William Pipkin, he was an employee of Noranda Aluminum for 43 years before retiring...
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Several local fire departments work together to contain brush fire Sunday
(Local News ~ 03/09/20)
HAYWOOD CITY, Mo. — Several local fire departments worked to contain a brush fire that endangered multiple structures Sunday afternoon. According to a statement from Scott County Rural Fire Protection District Fire Chief Jeremy Perrien, firefighters were called to a brush fire on Elm Street in Haywood City about 3:45 p.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found they fire was in a heavily wooded area with a small pile of tires involved...
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