Stories from Sunday, August 23, 2020

STEELE, Mo. — 
James Wade “Jim” Frakes was born July 29, 1942, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to James Thomas “Tommy” Frakes and Imogene Hollenbeck Frakes. Jim was a member of the 1960 graduating class of Steele High School. He graduated from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Class of 1964. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Alferd Leroy Walker, 90, died Aug. 22, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 3, 1930, near East Prairie, Missouri, son of the late William Eugene Walker and Blanche Oliphant Walker, he had lived in Bertrand area most of his life and had been a heavy equipment operator a number of years. ...

A Malden man being sought for his connection with a Bootheel murder that occurred Saturday night is in custody.