Stories from Sunday, September 4, 2016

SIKESTON - Joshua A. Sullivan, 38, died Sept. 2, 2016, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie where services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday. Burial will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Charleston...

I'm calling in regard to an article in SpeakOut, "Sounding the trumpet." The caller says anyone that claims to be a Christian could not vote for Trump because he's an evil person. I wish you could explain to me how anyone claiming to be a Christian could vote for anyone who supports abortion...

I'm part of the generation who clipped newspaper articles and proudly put them in a scrapbook. Now long faded photos of Little League or some high school activity still remain somewhere hidden in a drawer as far as I know. But like it or not, our world is changing. And high among those changes is the way most of us gather our news...

PUXICO, Mo. - Bobby and Jackie Harmon and daughter, Miley, of Puxico were "surprised," "shocked" and "humbled" to be honored as the Stoddard County Farm Family recently at the Missouri State Fair. Bobby began farming his own land when he was around 18 or 19 years old. According to him, "I always wanted to be my own boss." The wanting to be his own boss, paired with growing up on a farm made the career choice an easy one...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Floye Creed, 90, died Sept. 3, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Burial will follow in the Rock Hill Cemetery near Puxico...

Amanda Karol Harbour and William Dale Parson, of Portageville, are excited to announce the birth of their first child, a son, Hunter Gage Parson. Hunter was born on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at 3:14 in the afternoon. He weighed 2 pounds, 2 ounces and was 13 and 3/4 inches long...

Matthew and Brandy Smith, of Glen Allen, MO, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Clayton Daniel Smith. Clayton was born Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital in Ste. Genevieve, MO at 2:56 in the afternoon. He weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was 18 and 1/2 inches long...

I'm part of the generation who clipped newspaper articles and proudly put them in a scrapbook. Now long faded photos of Little League or some high school activity still remain somewhere hidden in a drawer as far as I know. But like it or not, our world is changing. And high among those changes is the way most of us gather our news...

SIKESTON - Joshua A. Sullivan, 38, died Sept. 2, 2016, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. Born April 26, 1978, in Sikeston, to Patrick Sullivan of Clinton, Ky., and LuAnn Evans of Sikeston, he lived most his life in Sikeston. He volunteered at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau and worked as a truck driver...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Floye Creed, 90, died Sept. 3, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield. Born July 1, 1926, in Clarksville, Ark., daughter of the late John Floyd and Nellie Casey White, she had lived in the Bloomfield area all of her life. She was married to Doy Creed, who preceded her in death on Oct. 18, 2008...