Stories from Tuesday, June 6, 2023

DEXTER, Mo. — An Endangered Person Advisory has been issued for an Advance, Missouri, child. The incident occurred on Oak Street in Advance. Authorities said Jackson Cole Morgan is 11 months old, and he could be with his biological mother, Gretchen Mollie Boston, 37...

SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 Buildings and Grounds Department employees began work on May 16 — the day after the regular school year ended — to tear out the existing bleachers and floors in the Sikeston Fieldhouse to make room for a new gym floor and new bleachers with rails...

SIKESTON — Geneva Taylor, 70, of Sikeston died on May 30, 2023, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born on Oct. 29, 1952, to the late Percy and Nellie Mae White Sr. Services are scheduled for Saturday, June 10, 2023, at New Hope Ministries, 124 North West St., Sikeston. Visitation is at 11 a.m. until the time of service at noon with Bishop Larry White and Pastor Jeremiah White Sr. officiating...

SIKESTON — Barbara Ann Elliott, age 67, passed away on Friday, June 2, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born on May 22, 1956, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Johnie H. and Anna “Lorene” Wader Eaton. On June 9, 1984, in Sikeston, she married Ronnie Elliott...

LITTLETON, Colo. — Matthew Russell Davis, 39, passed away May 13, 2023, at his home in Littleton. Born Aug. 10, 1983, in Sikeston, Missouri, son of Debby Davis of Sikeston and the late Jerry R. Davis, he was a graduate of Sikeston High School and Webster University in St. Louis where he met the love of his life, Fatima Azamtarrhian...

SIKESTON — Larry David Beck, age 60, passed away June 3, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born March 14, 1963, in Sikeston, son of the late Gaines Burl Beck and Audrey Louise Aldrich-Beck. Larry graduated from Sikeston High School in 1981 and was a forklift operator for Ingram Industries in Nashville, Tennessee, for many years...

SIKESTON — Rosalie Boyer May, age 85, passed away on June 5, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. She was born on March 16, 1938, in Sikeston to the late Elmer “Hank” and Virginia Aldrich Boyer. On Aug. 17, 1974, in Sikeston, she married Richard May who preceded her in death on Nov. 14, 2000...

SIKESTON — Sikeston City Council met Monday, June 5 and heard an appeal on a “condition to use” variance for an adult novelty business on East Malone, across from VFW Memorial Stadium. Planning and zoning rejected the conditional use exception, and an appeal was made to City Council. l. The matter died due to a lack of motion during Monday’s meeting...