Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2022

SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 Superintendent Dr. Tony Robinson announced on Wednesday his resignation from the district, effective June 30. “I want to take this time to thank the Sikeston community for the opportunity to serve as the Superintendent of the Sikeston R-6 School District,” Robinson said in a letter posted via the district’s social media Wednesday afternoon. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Helen Fern Cornwell Easley, 78, died April 9, 2022. A private family prayer service will be conducted by Mike Johnson at the Easley residence. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Joe N. Bankhead Jr., 61, passed away on April 6, 2022, at his home. He was born Jan. 3, 1961, in Wyatt, Missouri, to the late Joe Nathan Bankhead Sr. and Lillian Ann Sloan Bankhead. Joe graduated from Charleston High School in 1979 and furthered his education at the University of Missouri at Columbia (Mizzou) on a National Merit Scholarship...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — David Charles Hall, 77, passed away April 9, 2022, at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. Born April 12, 1944. in Center Ridge, Arkansas, to the late James “Matt” Hall and Ethel Hall, he was a husband, father and grandfather, a graduate of New Madrid High School and a retired employee of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — James William “J.W.” Grogan, 85, died April 12, 2022, at his home near East Prairie.

SIKESTON — Ramonia Loretta “Mona” Tindle, age 72, passed away April 12, 2022, at her home in Sikeston. She was born May 13, 1949, in Portageville, Missouri, daughter of the late David W. Matthews and Pairly Mae Pendergraft Matthews. Mona was a dedicated animal lover and loved shopping. She worked 19 years as an associate for Walmart before retiring, she later retired a second time after working at a nursing home...

The emergency warning system that comes on television does not work. About half the time there is no sound and when there is sound, you cannot understand it.

SIKESTON — Damon Stephens, 55, died April 12, 2022, at the Aspire Senior Living Center in East Prairie, Missouri.