Stories from Sunday, November 12, 2017

The Holiday season officially kicked off in Sikeston Friday night. Here, a family has their picture taken with Santa Claus at Historic Downtown Sikeston's Holiday Open Houses over the weekend. While downtown stores were open late, the event also included a candy cane hunt, carolers and carriage rides...

SIKESTON -- Mary Elizabeth Roth "Betty" Lee, daughter of the late Arnold and Mary Roth, was born May 4, 1920, in Sikeston. Surrounded by loved ones, she passed on at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Betty married Charles Albert Lee Jr. on April 10, 1948. She is survived by their three daughters, Suzanne Oaks (Bob) of Licking, Mo., Janet Brown (Dan, deceased) of Page, Ariz, Alice Gustin (Melvin) of Riverton, Wyo.; seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and many cherished relatives...

SIKESTON --June Eastwood, 65, died Nov. 10, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Feb. 18, 1952, in Matthews, daughter of the late James and Ruby Cagle Saulter, she was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Sikeston. She was a hairdresser for 43 years and had worked at Jones and Company in Sikeston for four years before retiring in 2012...

SIKESTON -- Annabel Deken Stewart Conners, 90, passed away peacefully on Nov. 12, 2017, at Delmar Gardens in Creve Coeur,. She is survived by her dear friend and companion, Dan Bogden of Sikeston; four sons, Arnold Stewart of Danville, CA., Don (Mary) Stewart of Kirkwood, Michael (Susan) Stewart of Petaluma, Calif., and James (Jean) Stewart of Littleton, Colo..; one daughter, Geralyn Hayes of St. Louis; one sister, Isabel Gifford of Rhode Island; and 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Ruth A. Doublin, 78, died Nov. 11, 2017 at the Puxico Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Puxico. Born March 27, 1939, near Bloomfield, daughter of the late Wilber Fortner and Glena Atherton Fortner, she was a longtime resident and businesswoman in Puxico. ...