Stories from Monday, November 12, 2018

SIKESTON — A suspect wanted for his involvement in the August 2018 murder of Marcus De’Andres Price has been arrested. According to Sgt. Jon Broom of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Dashauntay Lamar Craig, 19, of Sikeston was arrested at 10:11 p.m. Sunday. Craig was located inside a Sikeston home in the 800 block of Cambridge...

SIKESTON — Attendees of Monday’s annual Veterans’ Day ceremony at the Sikeston Field House were reminded by the honored guest speaker that everyone has a role in the country standing united. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Carr delivered the keynote address during Monday’s program which honored Southeast Missouri military veterans...

SIKESTON — A boil water advisory has been issued for customers of Scott County Public Water Supply District No. 4. According to the PWSD No. 4’s website, a water outage has occurred north of Morley, along highway 77 near Oran, as well as the Kelso, New Hamburg and Rockview areas. Once water is restored, households are advised to boil any water for human consumption until further notice, the PWSD said just before 10 a.m. Monday...

DEXTER, Mo. — James Everett Long, a resident of Dexter, was born on Feb. 8, 1936, in Essex, to the late Russell E. Long and Delours Sherwood Long and departed this life on Nov. 10, 2018, in Dexter at the age of 82 years. On Sept. 17, 1997, he was united in marriage to Joyce McFarland Carroll in Bloomfield. Jim was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dexter...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Connie Yvonne Worley Humphrey, 58, died Nov. 11, 2018, at her home in Charleston. Born Nov. 12, 1959, at Wyatt, daughter of the late Buster Brown Worley and Mary Inis Lee Worley, she had lived in Charleston a number of years where she was employed in home health care.  She was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church...

SIKESTON — Virginia Marie Walton, 37, died Nov. 7, 2018, at her home in Sikeston. Born Dec. 12, 1980, in Baytown, Texas, daughter of Patrick O'Neal Colleps and Deborah Ann Wells, she was a member of Compassion Church in Sikeston. Survivors include: one son, Chance Dean Walton of Sikeston; two daughters, Ariel Celeste Henson and Breana Nicole Henson of Sikeston; and two brothers, Ricky Allen Walton Jr. of Florida and Robert Dean Walton of New Mexico...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — James W. "Stoney" Stone, 79, died Nov. 10, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born July 21, 1939, in Walnut Ridge, Ark., son of the late Cardwell Belford and Linnie Carol Jones Stone, he had lived in Morehouse for many years and had worked as a truck driver and farmer. He had been a member of the Eagles...

SIKESTON — Charmaine Michelle Perry, 55, died Nov. 11, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 24, 1963, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Charles and Janet (Norton) Wilburn, she was a member of Miner Baptist Church and had worked as a secretary for Sikeston Public Schools at Matthews Elementary...

CAIRO, Ill. — Fredrick Lamont Henry, 37, formerly of East Prairie, Mo., died Nov. 6, 2018, at his home in Cairo. Born Sept. 27, 1981, in Sikeston, son of Myra Dunigan Henry of Cairo and Richard Henry of Plainfield, he was a 2000 graduate of East Prairie High School. He was of the Baptist belief. He was employed by Schlumberger in Riverton, Wyo., and currently worked an oil driller and previously worked for HB Rentals in Williston, N.D. He had also been a mechanic for TA Truck Stops...

WATERLOO, Ill. — Jean Belt, 91, died Nov. 9, 2018, at her home. Born Feb. 13, 1927, in Buchanan, Mo., daughter of the late Raleigh Rey and Clara Arnelia Stilts Sitzes, she was the former owner of Jean's Beauty Shop in Cahokia for 20 years. She had been a member of Columbia Senior Citizens and Prairie du Rocher Baptist Church, where she previously taught Sunday school...