Stories from Tuesday, April 7, 2009

FENTON -- Serina Marie Goodale, 2, died April 5, 2009, at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BERNIE -- Norman Winchester, 84, died April 6, 2009, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Arrangements are incomplete with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home.

CHARLESTON -- Coy R. Crosno, 93, formerly of Hoxie, Ark., died at 3:08 a.m. April 7, 2009, at the Charleston Manor. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

DEXTER -- Hugh W. Burleson, 90, died April 6, 2009, at his home near Dexter. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

JACKSON -- Shirley C. Hency, 71, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died April 5, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Funeral arrangements are with the Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Pallbearers for services held Monday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel for Helen Butler, 73, who died on April 3, 2009 were: Josh Dowdy, Rick Adams, Travis Smith, Tim Johnson, Walter Deason and Dean Riley.

DEXTER -- Pallbearers for services conducted on Monday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel for Florine Mae Dowdy, 85, who died on March 31, 2009, were: Billy Sherfield, Wayne Sherfield, Eddie Hill, Ronnie Joe Sherfield and Gene Hunsaker.

DEXTER -- Jerry F. Davis, 67, died April 5, 2009, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements are with the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Albert Ira Kappler, 91, died at 6:05 p.m. April 5, 2009, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Funeral arrangements are with the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Sikeston boys and girls track teams performed well against Cape Central on Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. The boys won the dual meet, beating the Tigers 79-71 while the girls lost 80.5-61.5...

BENTON -- The Kelly Hawks baseball team battled both the bitter cold weather and the Woodland Cardinals on Monday afternoon and in the end both got the better side of the Hawks. The Kelly baseball team falls to 3-2 on the season as they suffered a 7-2 loss in seven innings...

SIKESTON -- Nearly two months after his first arrest, a Sikeston juvenile has been arrested again for burglary. On Friday, Det. Jon Broom of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety interviewed a 15-year-old male suspect in connection with three burglaries...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston should have help picking up limbs from the January ice storm by next week, according to city officials. The Sikeston City Council did not award the debris removal contract during their regular Monday, however. As requested by city staff, the Council tabled the bid award to allow time to verify that the bidders have the necessary equipment...