Stories from Sunday, December 27, 2020

NEW MADRID, Mo. — John L. Odom, 70, passed away, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, at his home. A celebration of life will be held from noon to 3 pm. Tuesday, Dec. 29 at his home, 633 Riley St., New Madrid. Burial will follow immediately after Evergreen Cemetery, New Madrid...

SIKESTON — Thomas Melton Parks, age 92, of Sikeston passed away on Dec. 24, 2020, at 10:40 a.m. in the comfort of his own home. Tom was born Aug. 23, 1928, in Cabot, Arkansas, the son of Edna Raechael and Charlie Harvey Parks. Tom and Joyce Allen were married Nov. 9, 1985; she survives of the home...