Stories from Friday, December 4, 2020

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Renea Atkinson Medlin, 57, passed into her eternal home Nov. 17, 2020, surrounded by her loving family, following her battle with cancer." She was a member of Dream City Church in Phoenix. Renea completed in three years her High School requirements at T.L Hanna High School, Anderson, South Carolina, as Salutatorian of her class. ...

Local health departments reported 18 deaths Thursday related to COVID-19 while the CDC has new guidelines regarding quarantine periods. The Scott County Health Department reported two more virus deaths on Thursday. The deaths, both residents in their 70s, make 45 deaths since the pandemic began and five deaths in the last two days in Scott County...

SIKESTON — Glenna Shy, age 84, of Sikeston passed away on Dec. 4, 2020, at Southeast Hospital Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Jan. 21, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Glenn Hartle and Cressie Teague Wright. On June 3, 1955, in Oran, Missouri, she married Jerry Shy, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON — Noal Ray Cook, 94, passed away Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. He was born July 29, 1926, in Lamar, Arkansas, to the late W.C. Cook and Clara Pearson Cook. Ray had been drafted to the United States Army just before the end of WWII and later received an honorable discharge...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Theresa Kay Rhoades, 56, died Dec. 3, 2020, at her home in Portageville. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery.

CLARKSDALE, Miss. – The Delta Area Economic Corporation in Portageville, Missouri, was one of 13 groups to receive a grant from the Delta Regional Authority. On Monday, the DRA announced a $1,687,013 investment into 13 programs within the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions through the Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP). The investment included $150,000 in DAEOC in Portageville...

Mary Kay Davis with New Madrid’s Riverbend Botanical Society works on decorations along Main Street in New Madrid. Although this year the community won’t be celebrating with its annual Christmas parade, the lighting displays are up along the Mississippi River levee and at the Scott Street Park and greenery adorns much of the downtown area...

OAK RIDGE, Mo. — An Oak Ridge man was arrested Wednesday for sexual trafficking of a child. Banner Christopher Meyer, 20, of Oak Ridge was arrested following an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit and the Missouri Digital Forensic Center, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control...

The Bootheel Quilters’ Guild bestowed 21 quilts to military family members of guild members in 2020. Several family members were able to attend the Nov. 10 meeting to accept their quilts in person. At the beginning of the meeting, Boy Scouts from Dexter presented the colors and followed with the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag. Refreshments were served afterwards...

SIKESTON — Alice Louise Stoner, age 98, passed away on Dec. 3, 2020, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 11, 1922, in Parma, Missouri, to the late Lloyd and Lucille Barrett Peters. On April 5, 1941, in Benton, Missouri, she married Lucien Stoner who preceded her in death on Aug. 18, 1996...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Margaret Wanda Pope, age 93, a resident of East Prairie, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born April 18, 1927, at Detroit, Michigan, to the late Samuel E. Parr and Maggie Milliner Parr, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life and had been employed as an accountant with Mount Level Farms for over 48 years. She was a member of the St. Henry Catholic Church in Charleston...