Stories from Monday, December 27, 2021

MORLEY, Mo. — Teddy Wayne Teasley of Morley departed this world Dec. 22, 2021, destined for his new heavenly home. Teddy was born April 12, 1947, to the late Elbert and Martha Ellen Teasley of Norton, Virginia. In 1971, Teddy married his sweetheart, Joyce Elaine Nuckles...

SIKESTON — Ralph Sexton, age 66, passed away on Dec. 22, 2021, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born on Sept. 11, 1955, in Sikeston, to the late Ralph Sr. and Delores Landers Sexton.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Veda Pauline Vaught, age 87, passed away Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau with family at her side. She was born in Matthews, Missouri, Dec. 29, 1933, to the late Oscar and Mary (Douglas) James. She was a homemaker and worked at the Sikeston High School in the Cafeteria. She married Paul E Vaught, who preceded her in death...

SIKESTON — Cathy Renee Scaggs Cray, age 68, died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at her home in Sikeston. She was born May 10, 1953, at East St. Louis, Illinois, to the late James Edward Scaggs and Ruby Lois Dobbs Scaggs.