Stories from Tuesday, October 10, 2023

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Minnie Lee Strachan, 91, of Rochester passed away on Sept. 18, 2023, in Highland Hospital in Rochester. She was born May 15, 1932, in the state of Georgia to the late Johnnie and Jella Fluellen. She was the devoted wife of Cecil Edward Sr. (deceased) and loving mother of Cecil Jr. (deceased), Dianne, Timothy, Kenneth, Mona (deceased) and Margo...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Audrey Earline Henson, 82, died Oct. 8, 2023, at the Portageville Nursing Center. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Rick Taylor officiating...

WYATT, Mo. — Timothy Odell Tripp, 58, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, died Oct. 9, 2023, in rural Mississippi County, Missouri. No services are scheduled. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements.

LILBOURN, Mo. — Harold H. Ponder, 91, of Lilbourn passed away on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Barathaven Alzheimer’s Special Care Center in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri. He was born Dec. 17, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Homer Lee and Grace Evelyn Hulbert Ponder...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Pate Collier Hogan, 46, of New Madrid passed away peacefully at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. He leaves behind a void that will be felt by all who knew him. He was born Sept. 21, 1977, to Matt and Charlotte Hogan of New Madrid...

SIKESTON – Shirley Williams, 81, died Oct. 7, 2023. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12 at Miner Baptist Church.

SIKESTON – Local photographers Larry Braun and Clay Guthrie collaborated to create a cooperative photography display with a fall theme at the Sikeston Depot Museum. Sikeston Depot Museum Administrator Shelia Bohannon said the exhibit, which is open through Nov. 1, is centered on rural and fall/autumn photography and features a large number of local shots...

SIKESTON —Lambert’s Café in Sikeston received the Tracy Kimberlin Hospitality Award during the annual Missouri Governor’s Conference on Tourism which was Oct. 4-6 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The award is presented to an individual, business or organization that supports and promotes Missouri tourism in any and all ways available to them. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –Fall has arrived, and that means more wild animals, especially deer, are on the move as cooler temperatures begin to settle in and nights become longer. The Missouri Department of Transportation reminds motorists to be prepared for the sudden appearance of wild animals on Missouri roadways throughout the fall months...