Stories from Tuesday, August 8, 2017

SIKESTON -- Jack Evans, 78, died Aug.7, 2017, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Born Aug. 1, 1939, in Delmar, Ala., to the late Alford and Ina Byrd Evans, he was a member of Bird's Corner Assembly of God Church. He served in the United States Army and retired from Lewis Bros. Bakery in 2001...

SIKESTON -- Martha Lee Dodds Rhyne-Paz, 73, died Aug. 7, 2017, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Nov. 21, 1943, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of the late Roy Rhyne Sr. and Ruby May Dodds Rhyne. Survivors include: four sons and two daughters-in-law, Steve and Leslie Rhyne of Carterville, Ill., James Pittman Smith and Ricky Smith of Sikeston and Toby Lee and Janice Rhyne of Grant, Ala.; one daughter and son-in-law, Regenia and Terry McLaughlin of Glouster, Ohio; two brothers, David Rhyne of Greenbrier, Ark. ...

WILSON CITY, Mo. -- Ralph Edward Cross, 55, died Aug. 1, 2017, in Wilson City. Born April 22, 1962, in Charleston, he was the son of the late Homer Timothy Cross Sr. and Mildred Gibson Cross. Survivors include: six brothers, John (Kathy) Cross of Clarksville, Tenn., Homer (Angela) Cross, Jr. ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Almeta Lee Sloan, 78, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Aug. 3, 2017, at her home. Born July 5, 1939, in Steele, Mo., to the late Hernando and Odessie Sanders Rowe, she was a former secretary of Mount Hope Baptist Church in Charleston before becoming a member of Faith Outreach Church in Clarksville...

MOBERLY, Mo. -- Gerry Howard, 60, Missouri, formerly of Charleston, died Aug. 3, 2017, at North Village Park LLC in Moberly. Born April 21, 1957, in Charleston, son of the late John Henry Howard and Mozella White Howard, he worked with electronics for years in Schumbert, Ill...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Camron A'Rhylen Moore-Haynes, 15 months old, died Aug. 2, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 23, 2016, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of Deriechess Moore of Charleston and MaNada Haynes of Kansas City...