Stories from Tuesday, May 30, 2017

SIKESTON -- Sikeston Silver Sox coach Ryan Moses expected his team to suffer through some first-game mishaps Tuesday night. Especially with a roster of players not used to seeing the field together. Ultimately, that was the case, but Sikeston's senior legion baseball team had their chances against Cape Senior Legion Post 63 and just couldn't come through losing 5-4 to visiting Post 63 at VFW Memorial Stadium...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After qualifying for the finals on Friday, Sikeston sophomore Elijah Faulkner guaranteed the Bulldogs their second all-state finisher during the final day of the Class 4 Track and Field state championship meet held in Jefferson City, Mo...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Larry Dale Burris, 69, died May 29, 2017, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born May 7, 1948, in Poplar Bluff, son of the late Jewel Warner and Grace Lee Maddox Burris, he had lived in Bates City and worked in Kansas City, where he moved after receiving master's degrees in mathematics and physics from Southeast Missouri State University. He worked for the Kansas City Times until his retirement and later moved to Dexter...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Thomas Everette Delana, 76, died May 26, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Feb. 6, 1941, in Dover, to the late John E. and Dolly Hostetter Delana, he had been a resident of the New Madrid area for the past 30 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and had been a supervisor at the Matthews Gin in New Madrid and later a security guard at the Sikeston Power Plant...

ROLLA, Mo. -- Ethel Caruthers Burton, a longtime Rolla resident, was born on June 21, 1931, in Alton, and passed away on May 29, 2017, after a lengthy battle with Lewy Body Disease. She was surrounded by family. She is survived by her husband, Dr. A. ...

SIKESTON - Jennifer Lynn Wamble, 51, died May 24, 2017, in Stoddard County from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born Feb. 23, 1966, in Sikeston, to Wanda Jane Cowell Moore of Sikeston and the late Marshall Moore, she was assistant manager at Sav-A-Lot in Sikeston...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Malcome Johnston, 74, died May 27, 2017, at his home. Born Sept. 13, 1942, in New Madrid County, to the late Lexie and Iva McClendon Johnston, he was a retired truck driver and farmer. He was a member of the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Terri Lynn Treadway, 51, of East Prairie, died May 21, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 2, 1965, in St. Louis, to Sue Boyd (Treadway) Crites, who survives of Jackson, and the late Hugh A. "Bob" Treadway, she was of Baptist belief. ...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Corinne Getchell Crumpecker died peacefully at her home on May 28, 2017. Corinne was born Aug. 6, 1923, in North Vassalboro, Maine. She was the daughter of Frank H. and Gertrude Poulin Getchell. She joined the U.S. Navy WAVES after graduating from Winslow High School in Maine. She met Norman Crumpecker of Morehouse while they were both stationed in Washington, D.C., during World War II. The two married in Rockville, Md., on Jan. 28, 1946, and soon moved to Morehouse...

RAINBOW CITY, Mo. -- Marsha Marie Barker, 52, died May 25, 2017, at Rainbow City. Born April 1, 1965, in Bartow, Fla., she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Betty Nance Patterson Sr. She was married to Roger Barker, who survives of Brooksville, Fla...