Stories from Monday, September 14, 2020

The world's largest man-made watermelon travels down the city streets in the Blodgett Parade on Saturday morning. Blodgett held their sesquicentennial Saturday with the parade followed by a day of activities.

LILBOURN, Mo. — Venus D. “Sue” Roberts, 60, died Sept. 12, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 14, 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of Dorothy Herbst Harper of Wappapello, Missouri, and the late Dosey Harper, she was a member of General Baptist Church of Lilbourn...

KENNETT, Mo. —Don Jack Landers, 86, died Sept. 12, 2020, at Born June 10, 1934, in Kennett, son of the late Walter and Daisy Young Landers Sr., he attended the General Baptist Church of Malden, Missouri. On June 11, 1955, in Risco, Missouri, he married Patsy Stobaugh, who preceded him in death on Nov. 1, 1989. On Oct. 21, 1995, in Malden, he married Barbara McDaniel; She preceded him in death on Sept. 9, 2020...

DEXTER, Mo. — Doris Jean Lewis, died Sept. 11, 2020, in Jackson, Tennessee.  Born May 12, 1934, in Lilbourn, Missouri, daughter of the late George Jr. and Mae (Hunt) Lewis, she retired from WJ Industries and continued working various jobs in the St. Louis area. She moved to Dexter in 2011...

SIKESTON — Elsie Negron, 83, died Sept. 8, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Oct. 24, 1936, in Essex, Missouri, daughter of the late John and Silva Mae Tucker Triplett, she was a member of Crossroads of Hope Community Church and had worked as a hotel administrator in Puerto Rico for over 25 years before retiring...