Stories from Monday, July 5, 2021

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Mary Margaret Brorein Abernathy, passed away July 2, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Nov. 25, 1918, in Parma, Missouri, to Clara Croft and David C. Brorein. Mary Margaret graduated from Parma high school. At 16, she enrolled in Central Methodist College where she studied music, playing trumpet in the band, violin in the orchestra and sang soprano in the choir. She was chosen as a member of Phi Beta, National Music Fraternity...

SIKESTON — Charles Ray Ulmer, age 80,of Sikeston, died Monday July 5, 2021, at WestRidge Place in Sikeston due to complications of dementia. He was born May 28, 1941, in Marston, Missouri, to J.E. and Cora Ulmer. On Sept. 1, 1967, he married Lorita Throop Ulmer in Sikeston.