Stories from Tuesday, September 15, 2020

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Willie Clifton Evans, 74, died Sept. 13, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born March 19, 1946, in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Horace W. and Hazel M. (Dismuke) Evans, he served in the U.S. Army and two tours of duty in Vietnam...

WYATT, Mo. —Lester William Grisso Jr., 72, died Sept. 13, 2020.  Born Dec. 21, 1947, in rural Charleston, Missouri, Lester William “Jack” Grisso Sr. and Elizabeth Hart Grisso, he was a 1966 graduate of St. Henry Catholic School. He then entered the U.S. Navy and served successfully as an electrician for 21 years. He retired as an E7...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jody Lynn Carter, 40, died Sept. 4, 2020, at her home in East Prairie. Born Oct. 3, 1979, in Washington County, Missouri, daughter of Mary Carter Mace of East Prairie and the late Jimmy Joe Dean, she was a convenience store clerk and of the Baptist belief...

EAST PRAIRE, Mo. — Mary Lee Dunigan, 87, died Sept. 7, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Oct. 31, 1932, in Charleston, Missouri, daughter of the late Willie Pratt and Beatrice Robinson Pratt, she was employed by Burkhart Manufacturing in Cairo, Illinois, for over 15 years. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Nettie Vernell Banks, 89, died Sept. 14, 2020, at her home in Bertrand. Born May 28, 1931, at Clinton, Kentucky, daughter of the late Henry Clay Bone and Mamie Lee Davis Bone, she was a homemaker and worked over 20 years at the East Prairie Nutrition Center where she was a head cook...

SIKESTON — The Rev. James Lee Ware, 74, died Sept. 15, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Sept. 23 at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

LILBOURN, Mo. — Raymond Erwin Lloyd, 88, died Sept. 14, 2020, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri. Born Aug. 5, 1932, in Lilbourn, Missouri, son of the late Raymond and Bessie Taylor Lloyd, he was a member of New Life Assembly in New Madrid and had worked as owner-editor for SEMO News in Lilbourn and Portageville Review in Portageville, Missouri. He combined these two newspapers to the Portageville Missourian News in the 1990s and continued to work there until 2002...

DEXTER, Mo. — Randall Dale Carter, 57, died Sept. 15, 2020, at his home in Dexter. Born July 28, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of the late James Carter and Carolyn Kennedy Alexander. Survivors include: one brother, Jean Paul Carter of New Lenox, Illinois; and two sisters, Tina King of Dexter and Roxanne Schwartz of Minnesota...

Most people who know me know I love horses, specifically Belgian draft horses. I grew up raising them on my family’s farm in New Hamburg, Missouri. These horses resemble Clydesdales, stand nearly seven feet tall, and weigh 2,000-plus pounds. But they are truly Gentle Giants...

Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to multiple reports of shots fired and gunshot wounds over the weekend, three of which occurred early Saturday morning. Two aggravated assaults were reported within an hour of one another, according to online police records. Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann stated both of the aggravated assaults involved people being struck by gunfire...

A police investigation is underway into a leave-the-scene incident that sent an adult, male victim to the hospital Sunday night in Cape Girardeau. The collision occurred at 9:48 p.m. near the intersection of South Sprigg and Morgan Oak streets, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, and the striking vehicle appeared to be a dark-colored Dodge Charger...

Three hundred and forty pounds of masks, or 10,000 face coverings, headed for veterans and their families in the Poplar Bluff area. That’s about the limit of what can be packed into the rear of a Piper Comanche 260, with just a little finagling by the two volunteer pilots who brought the donation Monday morning...

Another death related to COVID-19 has been reported in Stoddard County. The Stoddard County Public Health Center reported the death Monday afternoon after they were informed by the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center that a resident of a Stoddard County nursing home passed away at about 5 a.m. Monday. The death is the 11th in the county...

For many the thought of a four-mile obstacle course that involves crawling through mud and climbing over walls holds no appeal. Not for 81-year-old Mildred Wilson of Sikeston. Wilson will be taking part in the North Little Rock Arkansas Conquer the Gauntlet on Sept. 26 to help her son’s youth group that is raising money to build a well in Africa. Her son, Danny Wilson, is the youth pastor at Bethel Assembly of God in Cape Girardeau and will be taking part in the course as well...

SIKESTON — A former Sikeston R-6 administrator, two athletes, a coach and one team will be inducted into the Sikeston R-6 Hall of Fame-Honor Wall at a ceremony Friday during halftime of the Sikeston Bulldogs football game against the Poplar Bluff Mules...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Sikeston man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting at a law enforcement officer Larry Maddox, 50, entered the plea Monday in Cape Girardeau County. Judge Ben Lewis followed the state’s recommendation and sentenced Maddox to life for first degree assault of a law enforcement officer...

The Sikeston Municipal Airport had an interesting visit from a rare plan on Saturday. The oldest flying DC-3 in the world landed at the airport as the Flagship Crew gave workers at the airport a tour of the plane and visited Lambert’s Cafe. This particular plane has had unique passengers like Eleanor Roosevelt and Babe Ruth...