Stories from Sunday, January 14, 2018

SIKESTON -- In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Standard Democrat offices will be closed Monday and reopen at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Richard Arnold Wilson, 64, died Jan. 13, 2018, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born Jan. 5, 1954, in Wyatt, to the late David Lindsay and Anna Ellen Bailey Wilson, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force and member of Sikeston American Legion. He was employed by Helena Ag Services...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Lorraine Grimes, 84, formerly of Sikeston, died Jan. 11, 2018, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Born Dec. 22, 1933, in West Ridge, Ark., daughter of the late Joseph Albert and Sarah Clementine DeGroat Lewis, she had been a resident of this area most of her life and worked in the administrative office at Malone and Hyde. ...

SIKESTON -- Beulah Arlena Leible, 98, died Jan. 14, 2018, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. Born July 14, 1919, in Diehlstadt, to the late Edwin and Mary Wills Dempster, she was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston, where she was a charter member of Daughters of Isabella. She had volunteered as a Pink Lady at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston for over 20 years...