Stories from Monday, October 1, 2018

SIKESTON — A Sikeston child and woman were injured after being struck by a trailer early Saturday prior to the annual Cotton Carnival parade. At 8:40 a.m. Saturday, a pick-up truck pulling a gooseneck trailer was attempting to make a right turn from eastbound East Malone onto Southbound Elm when the trailer went up onto the curb and struck a 7-year-old child seated on the corner waiting for the parade, according to Capt. ...

The annual Cotton Carnival parade was held Saturday in Sikeston.

VANDUSER, Mo. — Marvin J. Kirkpatrick Jr., 65, died Sept. 29, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 17, 1953, in Bollinger County, he was the son of the late Marvin and Annie Long Kirkpatrick. On Oct. 14, 1989, he married Kelly Foster, and she survives of the home...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Alma Jean Strayhorn Williams, 77, died Sept. 27, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 18, 1941, in Little Grove, Tenn., daughter of the late Arbie and Louise Drake Strayhorn, she grew up in Tennessee before the family relocated to Missouri in 1945. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Leola Schneider, 87, died Sept. 27, 2018, at Bertrand Nursing Center.  Born July 31, 1931, daughter of the late Walter and Donnie McMikle Banks, she was employed by Brown Shoe Company for over 40 years. She was a member of Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church in East Prairie...

SIKESTON —  Ralph Sanders, age 67, passed away on Sept. 28, 2018, at his home near Sikeston. Born March 12, 1951, in Columbia, Tenn., to the late Ralph N. and Betty (Norman) Sanders, Ralph was strong in the Baptist faith. He was a member of the Baptist Church in Cookeville, Tenn., and a member of First Baptist Church in Sikeston, where he served as a Deacon...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Dickey E. Russell passed away Sept. 29, 2018, at his home near East Prairie. He was born Sept. 3, 1941, in East Prairie, to the late Harry and Lois Farrenburg Russell. He was a self-employed farmer. On April 12 1979, in Benton, he married Sherry Buck Russell who survives of the home...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Robert "Bob" Donze, age 78, passed away on Sept. 28, 2018, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born June 13, 1940, in Bonne Terre, Mo., son of the late Raymond and Dora Ritter Donze, he served in the United States Navy, where he played the clarinet for the naval band. He was a member of St. Frances Xavier Catholic church for over 30 years...

SIKESTON — Roberta Louise Masterson, 79, died Sept. 28, 2018, at her home in Sikeston. Born Oct. 17, 1938, in Orlando, Fla., she was the daughter of the late Gerald and Elsie Beal Robinson. On July 29, 1956, in Houston, Texas, she married John Masterson, who preceded her in death on Sept. 26, 2009. She was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church in Sikeston...

ESSEX, Mo. — Michael Brown, 45, died Sept. 29, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born May 5, 1973, in Garden City, Mich., he was the son of the late Sandy Ducharme Brown and Gary Brown of Marston. His wife, Paula Warwick, survives of the home...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Stephanie Denice “Cricket” Jernigan, 57, died Sept. 28, 2018, at her home. Born Nov. 25, 1960, in Sikeston, daughter of the late George Jernigan and Gladys Marie Poley Marshall of Sikeston, she attended New Beginnings Fellowship Church and worked for Kindred at Home healthcare...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Jeannie Feezor, 66, died Oct. 1, 2018, at her daughter’s home in Matthews. Born Sept. 17, 1952, in the Henson Community of Mississippi County, daughter of the late Lawrence and Virginia Shively Feezor, she was a 1970 graduate of Charleston High School. She was of the Baptist belief and had been employed with Lowes in Sikeston until her retirement...

Briana Gadberry was crowned as the 2018 Miss Sikeston winner Saturday night at the American Legion Cotton Carnival held at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds.