Stories from Tuesday, December 27, 2022

MARSTON, Mo. — Larry William Tollison passed away Dec. 14, 2022, at his home in Marston at the age of 81 years. He was born Sept. 17, 1941, in Kewanee, Missouri, to the late W.T. and Helen Rhodes Tollison. Larry served in the U.S. Army from July 1959 until July 1962 and received a Sharpshooter badge in Rifle and Carbine. ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kenya Kaye Stokes, 44, resident of Memphis, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. She was born April 7, 1978, in Sikeston, to Eddie Lambert and Ethel Stokes, both of Sikeston...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Margaret Ann Jones, Charleston, daughter of Katherine (Graham) Green and the late Eugene Green, was born Feb. 22, 1960, in Catron, Missouri, and departed her life on Dec. 24, 2022, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 62...

SIKESTON — Thomas “Tommy” Earl Alberson, age 81, passed away on Dec. 21, 2022, at his son’s home in Sikeston. He was born on June 7, 1941, in Sikeston, to the late Elvis E. and Mildred Meyer Alberson. On April 29, 2005, in Brussels, Illinois, he married Annette Ohdler Alberson who survives of the home in Brussels...

SIKESTON — Sandra Burns Lewis, 81, died Dec. 24, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28 at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston with Matthew Brooks, pastor of Smith Avenue Church of God in Sikeston, and Richard Graham officiating...

HONOLULU, Hawaii — Bobby Joe Mott, 82, of Honolulu passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, at Plaza of Moanalua in Honolulu. Bob was born Sept. 2, 1940, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Cecil and Glenda Mott. Bob graduated from Sikeston High School in 1959. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged and earned the Parachutist Badge...

Two winter weather events dropped a couple more inches of snow across the region early Monday and again in the afternoon, providing an ideal time for individuals and their pets to play in the snow.

Three people died in traffic crashes in Missouri over the Christmas holiday weekend. On Tuesday, Col. Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, released the preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend. Three people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Charleston, Missouri, native is serving as the president of Lincoln University’s nonprofit foundation. Alfred Harris of Memphis was recently elected to a two-year term as president of “The 62nd & 65th Regiments Legacy Foundation Inc.” headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri...

SIKESTON — Sherry Lynn Davis Propst, age 57, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born July 16, 1965, at Sikeston, to Carolyn Janette Turner Davis and the late William A. “Bill” Davis, she was a 1983 graduate of Sikeston High School and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.