Stories from Monday, February 7, 2022

SIKESTON — A primary election will be held Tuesday for the the open at-large Sikeston city council position. In the primary election, John Leible, Larry Hancock and Lori Caldwell will vie for the at-large position. The top two vote getters in Tuesday’s election will then run against each other in the April 5 election...

KEWANEE, Mo. — Kenneth Wayne Pipkin, 76, of Kewanee passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at his residence in Kewanee, Missouri. Kenneth, son of Jack and Pauline Knight Pipkin, was born on Monday, June 4, 1945, in Risco, Missouri. He was a heavy equipment operator for Drainage District 39 and was of the Baptist Faith...

JACKSON, Mo. — James Robert Maxwell, known as Bob to his friends and family, and adored for his outsized sense of humor and endless reserves of stories, died Feb. 7, 2022, at Villas Memory Care in Jackson. He was 82. Bob was born July 21, 1939, in Morehouse, Missouri, to James Loren Maxwell and Ora Lee Morehead Maxwell. He graduated from Charleston High School in 1957...

MINER, Mo. — A Celebration of Life service for Randy Francis will be held Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Miner Convention Center. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m., with the program beginning at 11 a.m. Dennis Randal “Randy” Francis, 63, a resident of Miner Nursing Center, passed away Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Marilyn Joyce Knupp Glenn, 85, died Feb. 7, 2022, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Ted Wimberley will officiate...

SIKESTON — Regina Marie Latimore Kirkman, age 65, of Sikeston, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Gina was born March 23, 1956, at Cairo, Illinois, to the late John M. Latimore and Carolyn Sue Badgett Latimore.

KEWANEE, Mo. — Jimmy Lee Eaton, age 57, passed away on Feb. 4, 2022, at his niece’s house in Kewanee. He was born on Dec. 23, 1964, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Johnny and Lorene Wader Eaton. He is survived by two brothers, Sonny Eaton of Sikeston and Wayne (Edna) Eaton of Morehouse, Missouri; four sisters, Shirley Adams of Morehouse, Sue (James) Goodman of McHenry, Illinois, Barb (Ron) Elliott of Sikeston and Sherri Smith of Sikeston; and many nieces and nephews; and one special niece Jamie Smith whom he loved so very much.. ...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Ethyl Fay “Sissy” Hays, age 71, passed away on Feb. 4, 2022, at her home in Morehouse. On Sept. 17, 1950, in Corning, Arkansas, she was born to the late James David and Mary Elizabeth Flippo Hays. Ethyl worked at Fisherman’s Net in Sikeston, Missouri, as a waitress for 22 years...