Stories from Monday, November 20, 2017

MALDEN, Mo. -- James Irvin Thomason, 80, died Nov. 17, 2017, at Delta South Skilled Nursing and Rehab. Born Sept. 17, 1937, in Harrell, Ark., son of the late Nolan Travis and Virginia Elizabeth Williams Thomason, he was a member of Bernie Church of Christ and a member of the National Guard...

SIKESTON -- Elissa Ann Dallke, 65, died Nov. 17, 2017, at her home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 29, 1952, in East Prairie, she was the daughter of the late J.T. "Bud" and Margie George Jones. Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Christina Townsend of Chesapeake, Va.; one brother, Tracey Jones of East Prairie; one sister, Ruth Newman of Bertrand; and six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren...

SIKESTON -- Agnes Mae Turner, 86, died Nov. 18, 2017, at Clearview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 21, 1931, in Posey County, Ind., to the late John and Agnes Emory Greenwell, she was the cafeteria manager for many years at Mount Vernon, Ind., Senior High School...

WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- Homer Dale Stanfill (Stan), 72, of Wake Forest, N.C., passed away on Oct. 26, 2017, at Duke Raleigh Hospital with his wife, Doris "Gale" Carter Stanfill, by his side. He was born at the St. Francis Hospital in Cambridge, Ohio, to the late Homer Dewey and Lillian Lucille Tudor Stanfill. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Matthew Edward Dickerson, 38, died Nov. 19, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born June 20, 1979, in Sikeston, to the late Harold and Connie Marshall Dickerson, he had been employed as a truck driver. He is survived by his maternal grandmother, Colatha Marshall of East Prairie; one uncle, Mark (Meredith) Marshall of Keller, Texas; one aunt, Billie Ann McCloskey of Charleston; and a half brother, Joe Dickerson of Ypsilanti, Mich...