Stories from Monday, October 29, 2018

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. – Lucy Martin Vaughn, 78, died Oct. 26, 2018, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. Born Feb. 26, 1940, in East Prairie, daughter of the late James and Alberta Hayden Burgess, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in East Prairie and worked in the bakery at McDonald’s grocery store in East Prairie for several years...

PARMA, Mo. — Wilburn "Will" Parker, 82, died Oct. 26, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 2, 1935, in Parma, son of the late Ellis and Julia Simpson Parker, he was raised in Parma and made his home Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after his service in the U. S. Air Force. He later moved back to Parma...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. – Marilyn V. Ray, 78, died Oct. 27, 2018, at the Bertrand Nursing Center. Born Feb. 13, 1940, in Dorena, daughter of the late James Cephas and Greachann Larkins Bozeman, she was a member of St. James Baptist Church. On Dec. 13, 1963, she married Merl Ray, who preceded her in death on July 8, 2018...

SIKESTON — Shirley Mae Ennis Priest, 81, died Oct. 26, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born May 26, 1937, in Sunderland, Vt., daughter of the late James Almond and Gladys Cheney Ennis, she had been a member of Interlachen, Fla., United Methodist Church and Salem, N.Y., Methodist Church...

SIKESTON — Virgie Nell Nelson, 85, died Oct. 29, 2018, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.  Born Aug. 5, 1933, at Atkins, Ark., daughter of the late George Washington and Gertie Lemons Nelson, soon after her husband's death in 1972, she moved to Sikeston from Waynesville. She then worked as a nurse's aide for over 20 years at Sikeston Convalescent Center. ...