Stories from Monday, November 26, 2018

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Marcella “Sweetie” Cross, 94, died Nov. 24, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 18, 1924, in Caruthersville, daughter of the late Trummie New Treece and John Treece, she was a member of the First Baptist Church in Portageville...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Carolyn Sue "Cricket" Kinder, 61, died Nov. 13, 2018, at her home in Morehouse.  Born Feb. 27, 1957, in Scott County, daughter of the late Marion L. and Lola M. Marchbanks Butrum, she had been a self-employed housecleaner including several years at Kirby's Sandwich Shop, and she was a member of First Baptist Church of Morehouse.   ...

PUXICO, Mo. — Kenneth Ray Moore, 73, formerly of East Prairie, died Nov. 20, 2018, at the Puxico Nursing Center. Born March 18, 1945, at Charleston, son of the late Thomas Byrd Moore and Willie Finley Traylor Moore, he had lived in Charleston a number of years before moving to East Prairie and had been employed as a handyman and at Triangle Company in Sikeston...

SIKESTON — Phyllis Stonecipher, 66, died Nov. 25, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born April 18, 1952, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of the late Wesley (Buddy) and Maxine Slinkerd Lair. In 1977, in Mount Vernon, Ill., she married Allan Stonecipher, who preceded her in death on Feb. 5, 2011...

SIKESTON — Herbert Wessley Chappell, 79,  a lifelong resident of the East Prairie and Sikeston areas, died Nov. 24, 2018, at his home in Sikeston.  Born Feb. 14, 1939, in East Prairie, son of the late Noah and Lorene (Cork) Chappell, he was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ and a graduate of East Prairie High School and had been employed at Lewis Bakery. ...