Stories from Monday, May 11, 2020

ORAN, Mo. — Donna Albee, 73, died May 8, 2020. Born June 13, 1946, daughter of the late Chester and Irene Carr of Oran, Mo., she attended school in Oran and graduated from Oran High School in 1964. She worked at the Oran Hat Factory, was co-owner of Albee Auto Supply and drove a school bus for Scott Co. R-3 School District for many years. She had lived in St. Louis and then returned to Oran...

SIKESTON —Everstine Lackey, 99, died May 8, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 18, 1920, in Lake County, Tennessee, to the late William and Aubrey Gaddie Scheland. Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, James and Mirtha Benson of Richardson, Texas; one daughter and son-in-law, Melbona and Ralph Sexton of Sikeston; one sister, Vivian Bynum of Granite City, Illinois.; and 10 grandchildren and many great- and great-great-grandchildren...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A New Madrid man is facing charges after an argument ended with gunshots Friday evening. According to a probable cause statement from Sgt. John Dubois of the New Madrid Police Department, he was patrolling at 5:15 p.m. Friday when he received a call of a fight in progress with shots fired at 721 Davis St. in New Madrid. The victim told the dispatcher that she was trying to leave when Alec Collier broke the key to her car, slashed her tires and shot at her...

FENTON, Mo. — Norma Lee Evans, 93, died May 7, 2020, at the Delmar Gardens Meramec Valley in Fenton. Born Feb. 3, 1927, in Chaffee, Mo., daughter of the late James Paul and Eda Irenie Robbins Jones, she lived many years in the St. Louis, Mo., area before retiring to Chaffee. She was a licensed hairdresser and a longtime member of the First Baptist church of Chaffee. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign War and S.O.S. Clubs...

SIKESTON — Pamela Sue Elliott, 57, passed away May 9, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 26, 1962, in Springfield, Mo., to the late Charles and Marie Ward Parsons. On May 27, 2007, in Sikeston, she married Keith Elliott, who survives of the home...

Another death related to COVID-19 has been reported in Scott County while more inmates and staff members have tested positive at the Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston. The Scott County Health Department reported their sixth death related to COVID-19 Monday afternoon while announcing 81 positive cases. Of those, 22 are still active with 53 recovered. There have only been three new positive cases since Thursday...