Stories from Tuesday, July 12, 2022

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Johna Noel Stokes, age 34, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 14, 1987, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late John Stokes and Marie (Marshall) Stokes who survives of the home in Sikeston. She was a 2008 graduate of the Cape Central High School and had attended the Mineral Area College...

RISCO, Mo. — Neal Alan Halford, 69, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born Oct. 2, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, son of the late Paul Halford and Mildred Chartrau-Halford, he was a graduate of New Madrid High School and Memphis Technical College. He was known in this area as the best parts man in Southeast Missouri for over 40 years. He was also parts manager for Car Quest Auto Parts...

SIKESTON — Tammie Pierce, 62, died July 11, 2022 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

SIKESTON — John G. Adams, 74, died July 10, 2022, at his home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

SIKESTON — Joseph Moore Crenshaw, age 68, of Sikeston, St. Charles, Missouri, and Orange Park, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The Crenshaw family settled in St. Charles in 1984. Joe was a proud Ole Miss graduate and worked in banking for many years. He eventually was part of an organizing group that chartered New Frontier Bank...

Southeast Missouri lawmakers say they support Gov. Mike Parson’s call for the state legislature to implement permanent tax relief for Missourians. Parson said the relief, if passed, would constitute the largest tax cut in state history. Parson’s proposal for a special session of the General Assembly comes on the heels of his July 1 veto of House Bill 2090, which would have authorized one-time $500 tax rebates for individuals making less than $150,000 annually and $1,000 rebates for joint filers making less than $300,000 per year.. ...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Willis Oliver McCleary was born Feb. 11, 1959, in Wyatt, Missouri, to Edward Earl and Marilyn Lee Bankhead-McCleary, and he died June 29, 2022. Willis was educated in the Wyatt Public Schools where he attended Washington Elementary School, Charleston Junior High School and graduated from Charleston High School, Class of 1977. ...

GIDEON, Mo. - The deaths of a Gideon man and woman were ruled heat-related. Capt. Chris Hensley with the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department said officers went to a house in Gideon at approximately 7:30 p.m. Saturday after a family member had requested a well-being check...