Stories from Thursday, August 12, 2021

SIKESTON — Larry Dale Lutes II, 45, of Sikeston died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at Woodland Hills Care Center in Marble Hill, Missouri. He was born May 8, 1976, in Dexter, Missouri, to Larry Dale Lutes I and Pauline Graham Brock. Larry grew up in Sikeston and later moved to Morehouse, Missouri. He was a true cowboy; he loved to rope and rodeo. Larry loved horses and would even break them. He was a member of the AQA (American Quarter Horse Association).

SIKESTON — Construction of Sikeston R-6 School District’s new elementary and high school building are on schedule and budget. During its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at Central Office, the Board was briefed by Jere Sheehan with Navigate Solutions on the construction progress of the district’s new Lee Hunter Elementary and C Building...

SIKESTON — First-generation Sikeston Jaycee Jeremiah Quick described the annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, now in its 69th year, as a fun-filled reunion with 10,000 of one’s closest friends. “It’s like reuniting a family,” Quick said of the four-day event. “You see people you haven’t seen in a year.”...

One day I was listening to an interview of a famous scientist on the radio. He was so bold and funny and explained about his latest book. He was one confident man, but there was one subject that made him scared… death. Truly death is one of those subjects we avoid at all cost. Hebrew 9:27: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Geraldine McGee, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand. She was born on March 31, 1937, in Matthews, Missouri, to the late William Sr. and Willie Sims.

SIKESTON — Barbara Louise Sisk, age 69, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at her home near Sikeston. She was born March 5, 1952, at Rogers City, Michigan, to the late Bertrand Brassuer and Frances Lucille Webber Brasseur.

SIKESTON — H. Lynn McKinnie, age 87, went home to be with Lord on Aug. 11, 2021, at his home in Sikeston, surrounded by his family. He was born on May 17, 1934, in Bridges, Missouri, to the late O.E. and Hallie Stout McKinnie.