Stories from Tuesday, June 13, 2017

SIKESTON -- Donnie Ray Huffman, 70, died June 7, 2017, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Born July 28, 1946, in Miner, to the late Edward and Lillie Kaiser Huffman, he was of Baptist faith. He retired from General Motors Corporation after 33 years of service...

MATTHEWS, Mo. - Clifford "Cliff" Brooks, 84, died June 12, 2017, at Cotton Point Caring Center in Matthews. Born Sept. 28, 1932, in Doniphan, to the late Henry Washington Brooks and Mary May Catlet Brooks, he was a member of Crow Congregational Methodist Church, Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310 AF&AM, Sikeston OES Chapter of the Eastern Star and was a self-employed electrician for many years before retiring...

AUSTIN, Texas - Margaret Elizabeth Bronson "Peggy" Smith, 93, died April 15, 2017, in Austin after a brief illness. Born Nov. 25, 1923, in Dayton, Ohio, to the late Helen Sellers Bronson and James Bartle Bronson. She grew up in Rolla and was a 1945 graduate from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. ...

SIKESTON - Kathryn Alcorn, 89, died May 27, 2017, at Sikeston. Born Nov. 4, 1928, at Advance, the daughter of Early and Loraine Drum Proffer, she was a homemaker. In 1942, she married Leon A. Shell, who preceded her in death in February 1994. Survivors include: a son; Robert Shell of Bowling Green, Ky.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Jerry Don Williams, 56, died June 9, 2017. Born Aug. 26, 1960, in Mississippi County, to the late Cecil and Alma Doris Edwards Williams, he was a member of the First Baptist Church of East Prairie. On Sept. 23, 1978, he married Claudia Dunn, who survives of the home...

HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. - Dennis Damion "Deon" Thompson, 39, formerly of Oran, died June 11, 2017, in Jefferson City. Born March 17, 1978, in Miami, Fla., to Patricia Thompson-McBride of Cape Girardeau and Dennis Thompson of Louisville, Ga., he attended the Blissett Temple Church of God in Oran and Higher Dimension Ministry International in Jefferson City. He graduated from Scott County Central High School in 1997...