Stories from Monday, November 18, 2024

This year’s fourth and final supermoon is seen over Sikeston Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, when the moon reached its full lunar phase, looking bigger and brighter than usual as it came within about 225,000 miles of Earth.

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County History Society member Sherre Simmons puts finishing touches on one of the two patriotic-themed trees on display at the Scott County Courthouse, 131 S. Winchester, in Benton. To honor all veterans, living and deceased, the Society, since 2018, has decorated a veterans’ tree in the entry way of the Scott County Courthouse. ...

SIKESTON — Letters have been sent to randomly selected Sikeston households asking to take part in a brief, but important, survey, acording to City of Sikeston offiicals. “These letters are legitimate, and your participation is essential in helping gain a deeper understanding of our area’s economic landscape, which will guide future planning and development efforts. Completion of this survey will also help bring grant dollars to the City of Sikeston,” the City of Sikeston said in a news release...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — A Wayne County man faces multiple charges involving a juvenile victim. Wesley K. Shatley, 29, of Piedmont was arrested Nov. 15 for furnishing pornographic materials to a minor, harassment, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual misconduct involving a child, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A low hum of multiple voices speaking at a controlled volume filled the air, as approximately 30 extras took their seats in Haffy’s Sports Bar and Grill Sunday afternoon. Everyone awaited hearing the one word that let them know it was time to make a movie: “Action!”...

WYATT, Mo. — Bessie Francis Fitzgerald Garner-Harris, 77, died Nov. 16, 2024, at Memory Lane Care Center in Dexter, Missouri. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Charleston. Kenneth Gibson will officiate...

WYATT, Mo. — Jimmie Greer Sr., 67, died Nov. 17, 2024, at his home in Wyatt. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Linda F. Gaines Thomas, 77, died Nov. 17, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — David R. Oliver, age 75, of East Prairie passed away peacefully Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, after an extended illness. He was at his home in Dogwood, Missouri, with his loving family. He was born on Jan. 6, 1949, in Charleston, Missouri, to the late Howard Dearmont Oliver and Margaret Rush Oliver.

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Lillian Marie Davis, 78, resident of New Madrid, died Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, at her home. She was born Jan. 21, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Jesse and Floatee Evans Davis. Friends may call Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 at 10 a.m. until the funeral hour of noon at Good Hope Baptist Church in Marston, Missouri...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Rachel Emmalou Morgan, 88, of St. Augustine passed away peacefully on Nov. 11, 2024, at the Bailey Family Center for Caring. Rachel was born and raised in Lamar, Arkansas, before moving to New Madrid, Missouri, at an early age. ...

HAYWOOD CITY, Mo. — Annie Salter Fort, 97, died Nov. 18, 2024, at her home in Haywood City. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 at the New Morning Star Church in Haywood City.

SIKESTON — Sikeston Lions Club hosted its 49th Annual Chili and Super Chili Dog Day Nov. 14 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 900 Pine St., in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — Enid Alice Schearf, daughter of the late Chester Wesley Campbell and Norma Ethel (Robins) Schearf, was born on June 26, 1931, and departed her life on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at her residence in Sikeston at the age of 93 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Delta, Missouri. Mrs. Schearf was very active in the church serving as a youth Sunday School Teacher for serval years...

FISK, Mo. — A pedestrian was killed shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 60, two miles west of Fisk. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 37-year-old Scott City man, Missouri, was walking eastbound when he was struck by a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia. The driver of the Cascadia is from Onley, Illinois. ...