Stories from Monday, June 5, 2017

SIKESTON -- Work to upgrade conditions of buildings in the Scott County Central School District is underway with plans of finishing before school begins in August. "Work (at Scott Central) started just after Memorial Day," said Scott Downing, businesses development manager at McKinstry, which is a facility-planning services firm...

SIKESTON - Are you really as busy as you tell your friends? Honestly, do you sometimes try to pass off "me time" as "we time"? Perhaps you are a recent "empty nester" or have recently retired. In any event, if you have an interest in serving your community or giving something back, or even if you are just bored, the city of Sikeston has a board for you...

Engagement 6/4/17

Engagement 6/4/17

CHARLESTON, Mo. - Victor Jerome Miller, 59, died June 3, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born Nov. 14, 1957, in Gary, Ind., to the late Kenneth Eugene and Patsy Ann Martin Miller, he had lived in Charleston a number of years. In November 1998, he married Linda Marie Housman, who preceded him in death Sept. 12, 2003...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Judith Ann Shryock, 78, formerly of Sikeston, died May 23, 2017, at the Ozark Manor in Fredericktown. Born Oct. 30, 1938, at Vanduser, to the late John Louis and Lura Beulah Parker Watkins, she was a 1956 graduate of Sikeston High School and of the Presbyterian belief...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Shirley Housman, 64, died June 1, 2017, at her home in East Prairie. She was born April 14, 1953, in Lawrenceville, Ill., to the late Dave Martin and Emmer Smith Phillips. She was married to William Eugene Housman, who preceded her in death...

SIKESTON - Mary Curtis, 82, died June 4, 2017, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Blanchard Funeral Chapel.

MALDEN, Mo. -- Matilda Agusta McNeely Pulley, 100, died May 28, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 8, 1916, in Clinton, Ark., daughter of the late William and Estella McCoy McNeely, she cleaned houses and was a member of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Malden...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Sammy J. Isaacs, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 22, 1941, in West Frankfort, Ill., to Ralph and Ivern Daniels Isaacs. He and Rose Randol were married Nov. 13, 1960, in Morley, Mo...