Stories from Wednesday, June 30, 2021

NEW MADRID, MO. - Each of the recipients of the New Madrid Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 awards had something in common. According to Christina McWaters, executive director of the New Madrid Chamber, when contacted about their award, each said they didn’t deserve it...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - When New Madrid celebrates the nation’s 245th birthday, there will be plenty for locals and visitors to enjoy and New Madrid resident Laura Griffin is looking forward to all of it. Griffin and her family will be among the vendors setting up in the lot at the corner of Waters and Kingshighway along the Mississippi River levee on Saturday. Their stand will be in support of their non-profit business, Hope Exchange, which benefits those with and recovering from cancer...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - The Higgerson Family Reunion was held on June 13, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic canceled the reunion in 2020 but it came back strong in 2021. We moved to the newly decorated Community Building on Mill Street this year and were almost bulging at the seams. We had 90 family and friends from the states of Texas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri...

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SIKESTON — Rowe Pullen Rice entered into this world June 1, 2021. He spent 26 days at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis before coming home to be surrounded in love by his family.  Rowe slipped into the arms of his loving Savior on Sunday, June 27, 2021...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Joyce A. Rolwing, age 86, of Charleston, died Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 6, 1935, at Blodgett, Missouri, to the late Carl Chappell and Leona Watson Chappell. Joyce was raised in Diehlstadt, Missouri, where she attended and graduated school. She had lived most of her life in Charleston and was retired from Brown Shoe Company. She was a devout member of St. Henry Catholic Church...