Stories from Wednesday, December 9, 2020

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2020-2021 school year. Ninth grade Khudier Abu, Damian Alston, Hannah Anthony, Nathaniel Alt, Amy Avaloy, Jayden Avery, Steven Bailey, Anabeth Baker, Madison Ballew, Hailey Bayless, Austin Brase, Elisa Brooks, Bailey Brown, Landon Carter, Hailey Caton, Laconda Cayce, Macy Chanley, Andon Christian, Colton Church, Chloe Clinton, Lynley Coatney, Kaleigh Cochran, Baylee Copeland, Kailey Couch, Kelsey Couch, Angel Cox, Jordan Craft, Kayden Craig, Maurie Crook, Jaden Cupp, Kaylee Davis, Abigail DeShaney, James Devey, Kaiden Dodson, Levi Douglass, Maggie Drury, Kenneth Eftink, Hayden Ehrlich, Spencer Ellison, Zoe Evans, Crysta Ford, Alexander Fox, A Tavia Fullwood, Jayden Gilliland, Benjamin Gilmore, Carter Goodman, Detravion Gorman, Mallory Goza, Mi Yonnah Gray, Andrew Green, Jahykland Green, Jasmynne Green, Jasmine Greene, Savannah Griggs, Carter Grimes, Braylon Gross, Taustin Hardin, Brianna Harper, Jakwon Harrington, Dakota Hayes, Mary Hays, Kaeleigh Henry, Breana Henson, Hayden Hess, Kiera Hill, Aubree Hooten, Leon Huang, Kaelyn Hunt, Ashley Ivie, Paker Jackson, Xavier Jackson, Mazie Jaynes, Patterson Jimerson, Jayonnia Johnson, Richard Johnson, Kyler Jordan, Makenzie Kirkpatrick, Jamarion Koen, Jackson Lancaster, Samuel Lancaster, Lashawna Lane, Ahliviyah Larry, Felante Larry, Chloe Lin, Lucy Lin, Latonya Lindsey, Daelin Loomes, Anajha Lott, Saloni Maisuria, Danielle Martinez, Alyssa Massey, Samaurius McCain, Virginia McConnell, Madeline McCord, Garrison Meeks, Mallory Metz, Emma Michael, Alissa Miller, Kenedy Miller, Austin Moore, Ja Naye Moore, Laine Nance, Victoria Nance, Chaulinh Nguyen, Kenzie Ogden, Emma Olbricht, Molly Owens, Steven Parker, McCray Parker, Blaine Penny, Mackenzie Pigg, Elijah Pobst, J’Ric Powell, Anna Purves, Alexandra Rangel, Raegen Revelle, Bo Riddle, Taylor Robinett, George Rodgers, Jahklis Rodgers, Julia Sanders, Parker Sanders, Holden Schlosser, Catherine Schrumpf, Heidi Self, Londyn Simpkins, Reese Slaughter, Kaitlyn Smith, Markasia Smith, Megan Smith, Lily Sparks, Christiana Staple, Allie Stroud, Finlee Stroud, Hannah Sutton, Traiton Tarrants, Austin Tarter, Chelsea Thompson, Jaeda Thompson, Elijah Torres, Clayton Towe, Noah Triplett, Joshua Turner, Katherine Unger, Aidan Utley, Alaina Vazquez, Anna Vroman, Michael Walton, Kevin Ware, Sadie Welsh, Jay Wheller, John Whybark, Connor Wicker, Kimarhri Wilkins, Brionna Williams, Demarious Williams, Makayla Williams, Drake Wilson. ...

Sikeston VFW Post 3174 Auxiliary and Post recently announced the first place winner of the Voice of Democracy contest, MacKenzie Thompson, a student at Kelly High School in Benton, Missouri. Pictured are, from left: Thompson; Ashley Withrow, teacher; and Anita Williams, scholarship chair...

Sikeston VFW Post 3174 Auxiliary and Post recently announced the Patriotic Pen winners at Kelly Middle School in Benton, Missouri. Pictured are, from left: Anita Williams, scholarship chair; Chase Morgan, third place; Isabel Sander, first place; and Gabriella Husketh, second place...

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — The Board of Education of the Kelso C-7 School District approved a resolution at a regular meeting on Nov. 11 that authorized the sale of $2.18 million in General Obligation Refunding Bonds to its Municipal Bond Underwriter, L.J. Hart & Company of St. ...

SIKESTON — It may only be December, but the Sikeston Jaycees are already planning next year’s annual rodeo. On Wednesday, the Jaycees announced that country music singer Hardy is scheduled to appear Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 to open the 69th annual rodeo. The night will also be Sikeston Community Night...

Carolyn Laverene Gregory, 89, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born May 11, 1931, in Flora, Illinois, to the late Herschel Slover Davis and Blanche Ellen Fry Davis, and had attended the Wesley United Methodist Church in Sikeston, Missouri...

SIKESTON – Angie D. Bennel Dobbs, age 59, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 10, 1961 in Palo Alto, California, daughter of Judy Hardin and the late Eugene Bennel. Angie had lived in Sikeston for 10 years, and Festus, Missouri, prior to that...

MORLEY, Mo. — Floyd E. Powell, age 83, passed away Dec. 8, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Nov. 20, 1937, in Arkansas, son of the late Edgar Powell. He was a member of Apostolic Life Center in Morley, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and he worked for Potlatch-Tetrapak for 33 years before retiring...

SIKESTON — Carolyn Laverene Gregory, 89, passed away Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born May 11, 1931, in Flora, Illinois, to the late Herschel Slover Davis and Blanche Ellen Fry Davis and had attended the Wesley United Methodist Church in Sikeston...

MINER, Mo. — Gail F. Bird Johnson, 77, passed peacefully away on Dec. 8, 2020, at the Miner Nursing Center. Born June 17, 1943, in Sikeston, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth E. and Catherine Bradley Bird. Gail grew up in Risco, Missouri, and graduated from Risco High School in 1962. She married Cecil Lloyd Johnson on Dec. 10, 1966, in Parma, Missouri. After moving to Sikeston, Gail was an active member at the Cornerstone Church in Bertrand, Missouri...