Stories from Monday, September 7, 2020

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. We wish everyone a safe holiday.

SIKESTON — Willie David Motton, 97, died Aug. 24, 2020. Born June 10, 1923, son of the late George and Callie Bell Motton Sr. in Osceola, Arkansas, he was of the Christian belief. He was a deacon at Smith Chapel Methodist Church in Sikeston, Missouri, where he taught Sunday school for 15 years...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Donna Goeller, age 69, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Pontoon Beach, Illinois, passed away at 11:27 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, at home. She was born on June 16, 1951, in St. John’s Township near East Prairie, Missouri, to John and Helen (Marion) Barnett...