Stories from Thursday, April 6, 2023

BENTON, Mo. — Shirley Parker Keen, 82, died April 4, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A private family service will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements.

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. — Glenn Dewayne Burcks, 62, formerly of Mississippi County, Missouri, died April 5, 2023, of injuries sustained in the tornado that struck Glen Allen. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

MALDEN, Mo. — Vernon Frazier, 62, died April 5, 2023, at Malden. Visitation will be from11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri, with the Rev. Tony Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Laura Holloway was born on Feb. 21, 1948, in Sikeston. Missouri, to the late Cline Allen and Wilma (Brasher) Allen. She passed away on April 1, 2023, at Golden Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri, at the age of 75 years, one month and 11 days...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Gary Wayne Brown, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born on Dec. 13, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Charles and Dortha McConnell Brown Jr.