Stories from Monday, August 31, 2020

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Carroll Joyce Penrod, 78, died Aug. 28, 2020, at her home in Portageville. Born March 21, 1942, in JY, Missouri, daughter of Mary Dunn Crumley and Huey A. Crumley, she was of the Baptist belief. She was a retired math teacher at Portageville Elementary School and supervisor of SRG Global...

SIKESTON — Novella Groves, 93, formerly of Johnston City, Illinois, Died Aug. 29, 2020, at her home. Born Nov. 19, 1926, in Johnston City, daughter of the late Charles and Lela Paddock Groves, she was a member of Park Avenue Church of God in Herrin, Illinois, and had been employed by CIPS as a bookkeeper...

LaFORGE, Mo. — Vicki Bennett, age 58, of LaForge, Missouri, passed away while surrounded by friends and family on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born June 2, 1962, in Truman, Arkansas, to the late Melvin and Melba Bennett, she was of the Baptist faith and a scheduler for Continu-Care until ill health forced her retirement...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Zelda June Thurmond, 85, died Aug. 28, 2020, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri. Born June 18, 1935, in Trimble, Tennessee, daughter of the late D.B. and Mary Coleman, she had been employed by Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston, Missouri, and was a member of First Christian Church in East Prairie...

SIKESTON — Dorothy Marie “Dot” Collier, 84, died Aug. 29, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 16, 1935, in Matthews, Missouri, daughter of the late Arthur Cash Hampton and Pearl Sina Victoria Hampton, she attended elementary and high school in Matthews. Following graduation from Matthews High School, she attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...

SIKESTON — Jack Martin, 96, died Aug. 29, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born Nov. 25, 1923, in Lake City, South Carolina, to the late James and Exie Owens Martin, he was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church in Sikeston. He retired from the Sikeston Power Plant...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man who was exonerated of murder in 2018 faces felony charges for the alleged physical assault of a woman. David Lee Robinson, 52, is charged through Scott County with one count of felony first degree domestic assault causing serious physical injury and felony tamper or attempt to tamper with a victim in a felony prosecution, according to online court records...