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Louise Essary
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Louise Marvel Essary, 82, died May 25, 2020. Born Sept. 19, 1937, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., daughter of the late Bill and Clara Marvel, she was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and had been a member of St. Eustachius Catholic Church for 50 years...
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Terry Greer
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — Terrance “Terry” Greer, 64, died May 25, 2020, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 13, 1955, in Flint, Michigan, son of the late Clyde and Ollie Taylor Greer, he had worked for Himmelberger-Harrison in Morehouse, Missouri, before retiring...
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Ina Jennings
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
BENTON, Ky. — Ina Oberlin (Moxley) Jennings, age 90, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., and Calvert City, Ky., passed away Monday, May 18, 2020. She was a graduate of Charleston High School, Charleston, Mo., in 1947 and received her bachelor’s degree from University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1952. ...
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Michael Gray
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
BENTON, Mo. — Michael Gray, 72, died May 26, 2020, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.
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Sadie Hagar
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
GREENWOOD, Miss. — Sadie Frances Goff Hagar, 87, of Greenwood, Mississippi, formerly of Benton, Missouri, died on Friday, May 22, 2020, at the Riverview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Greenwood. She was born to D.L. and Rachel Koehler Goff in Louisville, Mississippi, on Sept. 20, 1932. She married Dewey C. Hagar on May 5, 1950...
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Jimmie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
VANDUSER, Mo. — On Friday, May 22, 2020, Jimmie Glen "Jim" Johnson, age 79, passed away due to complications from a stroke. Jim was born on Aug. 16, 1940, to A.D. "Jim" and Mildred (Weaks) Johnson in Vanduser, MO. He attended the University of Missouri, Columbia where he received his B.S. in Agriculture and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. After graduation in 1962, he returned home to Vanduser where he ran the family farm and managed the Vanduser Gin Company from 1987 to 2010...
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Kimerly Wallace
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — Kimerly Kimerly Baker Wallace, 54, died May 17, 2020, in Sikeston. Born Jan. 17, 1966, in Sikeston, daughter of Orma (Jerry) Baker-Robertson, she attended Lincoln School in Sikeston and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was of the Baptist belief...
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Fourth death reported in Stoddard County; cases continue to increase
(Local News ~ 05/26/20)
Another person died related to COVID-19 in Stoddard County over the weekend as local counties continue to see an increase in positive cases. The death is the fourth in Stoddard County, all related to an outbreak of the coronavirus at the Crowley Ridge Nursing Home. The Stoddard County Public Health Center last reported 74 positive cases with 42 of those active. There have been 28 recoveries and four deaths...
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Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo is still on schedule
(Local News ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — Planning is still on schedule for the 2020 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Despite the recent coronavirus pandemic occurrences, rodeo chairman Travis Deere said that he still plans on everyone showing up and putting on a quality show. He did add that there would be guidelines...
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Dorothy Thornton
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — Dorothy L. Wiggins Thornton, 81, died May 15, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 4, 1939, in Osceola, Arkansas, daughter of the late Pluit and Florida Leonard Wiggins, she attended Lincoln Public School in Sikeston, where she trained in the MDTA Culinary Arts Program. She was a cook for several businesses in the Sikeston area, including Lambert’s Cafe, The War Drum and Sikeston Head Start. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church...
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R-6 BOND ISSUE: Teachers say new buildings will make all the difference
(Local News ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — For Alex Mayes, the proposed $18.6-million bond proposal to be decided by voters on June 2 will make all the difference to students, staff and community in the Sikeston R-6 School District. A 2009 graduate of Sikeston High School, Mayes has also worked the past two years as an English teacher at Sikeston High School, where he’s attended classes as a student and worked as a teacher in C building on the high school campus...
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R-6 voters to decide $18.6M bond issue June 2
(Local News ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — Following a two-month delay of the municipal elections due to COVID-19, voters in the Sikeston R-6 School District will decide on June 2 whether to approve a bond proposal to construct a new elementary building and a high school facility...
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Shirley Paris
(Obituary ~ 05/26/20)
SIKESTON — Shirley Ann Paris left this world May 21, 2020. She is preceded in death by her parents, Cornelius and Helen Shifflett; her brother, JR Shifflett; two sisters, Joyce Waters and Georgia Hutcheson; and her daughter, Sharon Rose Snyder. She is survived by a larger life sister, Vera Saville of Woodbridge, Virginia. ...
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