Stories from Sunday, September 25, 2011

MINER -- Maggie Ruth Wyatt, 88, died at 9:20 p.m. Sept. 17, 2011, at the Miner Nursing Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

PARMA -- Carl Gene Cravens, 71, died Sept. 23, 2011, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Marion "Bud" Morgan, 82, died at 5:10 p.m. Sept. 23, 2011, at his home in East Prairie. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Pierre LeRoy Avance, infant son of Morgan Tate and Curtis Avance Jr. of Cape Girardeau, died Sept. 22, 2011, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete.

ORAN -- Rita Heisserer Bollinger, 86, died Sept. 23, 2011, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

MARSTON -- Inez Baldwin, 95, died Sept. 22, 2011, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BERTRAND - Mueller's Greenhouses has a new owner. Erich and Mike Mueller announced the sale of their retail location which faces Interstate 57, just south of Bertrand, to Hope Seeds Inc. Founded 12 years ago by Mike and Jean Mueller, Hope Seeds is a Christian Charitable organization, which sends garden seed to the poor and hungry in over 50 nations of the world...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- School performance reports are in, and all of the local public schools received a passing grade. The final 2011 Annual Performance Reports released last week by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education contain five years of statistics for public school districts, including data from the past school year...