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Offices closed in observance of Memorial Day
(Local News ~ 05/31/21)
SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat offices are closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. Please remember our fallen soldiers and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country...
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Decorated Vietnam War aviator addresses crowd at Memorial Day ceremony in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 05/31/21)
SIKESTON — One of the most decorated Marine Corps aviators of the Vietnam War addressed those in attendance of Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at Sikeston Veterans Park. Honored guest and speaker was Col. Jack Jackson, who is the recipient of 33 air medals, four distinguished flying cross and the Navy commendation for valor...
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Buster Ellison
(Obituary ~ 05/31/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Kenneth “Buster” Ellison, age 84, passed away on May 28, 2021, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. He was born May 20, 1937, near Essex, to the late Luther and Alta Cavins Ellison. On Sept. 19, 1959, in Sikeston, he married Marvine Brice Ellison who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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Mary Dawson Wilson
(Obituary ~ 05/31/21)
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Mary Dawson Wilson, 73-year-old native of New Madrid, Missouri, passed away on May 22, 2021, at Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville. In failing health, Mary had been hospitalized since May 16, a patient at Bonita Home Care since April 30. She died exactly two months after her oldest sister’s – Carolyn Hedgepeth – death in Collierville, Tennessee...
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Kerry Stokes
(Obituary ~ 05/31/21)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Kerry Stokes, 71, died May 28, 2021. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Parma. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements.
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Paul Rollins
(Obituary ~ 05/31/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Paul Anderson Rollins, 88, a former resident of Charleston, went to be with his heavenly Father on Saturday, May 29, 2021, at the Missouri Veterans Home-Cape Girardeau. He was born on Aug. 30, 1932, in Holcomb, to the late Willis James and Ruth Marie Anderson Rollins. ...
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Perry Curtis
(Obituary ~ 05/31/21)
SIKESTON – Perry I. Curtis, age 85, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.He was born Aug. 12, 1935, in Portageville, son of the late A.R. and Ollie Winters Curtis.Perry was of the Protestant faith and had been part owner of Curtis Brothers Cement Contractors in Aurora, Illinois, before retiring. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a member of Local 638 of Aurora and had been a member of the Sikeston Eagles Club.
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