Stories from Monday, November 29, 2021

Donald Lee Smith, 82, passed away Nov. 21, 2021 at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. He was born July 28, 1939, in Gideon, Missouri. He worked as a farmhand for Hubbert Farms before retiring. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia M. Howell Smith; his father, John R. Smith; his mother, Johnnie Frye Woods; his stepfather, A.D. Woods; three sons, Chucky Smith, Jackie Myers, and Roy Howell; two daughters, Kimberly Howell and Paula Powers...

ANNISTON, Mo. — LaRue Riley, age 78, of Anniston died Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand, Missouri. LaRue was born Oct. 5, 1943, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Johnnie Knupp and Nina Owensby Knupp.

BENTON, Mo. — Wanda Nell Minner, 90, of Benton died peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 25, 2021, at The Arbors of Westrich Place in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Oct. 10, 1931, in Morrilton, Arkansas, to Charlie and Esther Reid Greene. She married Robert Dean Minner in March 1953. He preceded her in death in April 1977...