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Carol Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
DEXTER, Mo. — Carol Smith, 69, died Jan. 8, 2019, in Dexter. Born Dec. 6, 1949, in St. Louis, daughter of the late Edward Antone and Mary Louise Sulivan Herzog, she had lived in the Bloomfield and Dexter area the past 13 years. She had worked as a registered nurse at area hospitals and nursing homes. She was a member of the Spirit and Truth Worship Center in Bloomfield...
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Tanja Bond
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
SIKESTON — Tanja U. Bond, 81, died Jan. 7, 2019, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. Born Aug. 13, 1937, in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, daughter of the late Analise Dierkes, she was of the Lutheran belief and employed as an ambassador at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona...
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Debra Jones
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Debra Ann Jones, 56, died Jan. 9, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Born Aug. 11, 1962, in Chaffee, daughter of the late James and Ann Byrd Cannon, she was a homemaker and retired cook for Kelly schools in Benton. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Chaffee...
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Elizabeth Tidwell
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
SIKESTON — Elizabeth Ann Tidwell, 72, died Jan. 9, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 4, 1946, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Ocie and Marscilene Stoker Vandiver, she graduated from Matthews High School in Matthews and was a member of Canalou Baptist Church in Canalou. She worked for 23 years as a teacher’s aide in the learning disability class in the New Madrid County R-1 School District...
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Alvin Rockett
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
SIKESTON — Alvin Muriel Rockett, age 91, died Jan. 10, 2019, at the Pin Oaks Living Center in Mexico, Mo. He was born July 11, 1927 in Canalou, son of the late Louis Rockett and Lola Mae (Britt) Rocket, he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and had worked as a lineman for Ameren UE before retiring...
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Fay Carter
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
SIKESTON — Frances "Fay" Carter, 83, died Jan. 9, 2019, at Ridgeview Living Center in Malden. Born March 22, 1935, in Parma, daughter of the late Jerry and Viva Skelton Garland, she was a member of the Wesley Methodist Church in Sikeston. She had been a bank teller for 45 years at Bank of Sikeston and First State Bank and Trust...
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Jewel ‘Poda’ James
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
SIKESTON — Jewel "Poda" James, age 88, died Jan. 10, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 23, 1930, in Loretta, Tenn., daughter of the late W.G. Adams and Elma McDonald Adams. She had worked as a hostess for Ramada Inn and a sales associate for Carter's Factory Outlet Stores before retiring...
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National Weather Service: 2018 was year with two seasons
(Local News ~ 01/10/19)
PADUCAH, Ky. — Essentially, 2018 went down as the year with only two seasons: winter and summer, the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., said in its annual climate survey. Temperatures finished above normal by around 1 degree across the region, according to the review which compiles weather information from NWS official observation stations in Paducah; Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Evansville, Ind. The most abnormally warm months were May, June and September...
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Cape’s James Limbaugh appointed to Southeast board of regents
(Local News ~ 01/10/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — James P. Limbaugh of Cape Girardeau, regional president and executive vice president of Montgomery Bank in Cape Girardeau, was appointed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Parson to serve as a member of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents, according to a university news release...
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Deadline for Personal Property Assessment lists is March 1
(Local News ~ 01/10/19)
BENTON, Mo. — The 2019 Personal Property Assessment lists have been mailed in Scott County according to Scott County Assessor Teresa Houchin. The lists should be returned by March 1 in order to avoid penalty. Anyone who owns personal property, who moves county to county, needs to notify both county assessors’ office to report new address changes...
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Area could see snowfall Friday night into early Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/10/19)
PADUCAH, Ky. — A winter storm system sweeping across the area could bring the first snowfall of 2019 Friday night and early Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, a storm system will bring the potential for accumulating snow to the much of the region Friday night into early Saturday...
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Shirley Gibbs
(Obituary ~ 01/10/19)
FLORISSANT, Mo. — Shirley Jean Gibbs, 74, died Jan. 7, 2019, at Florissant. Born Oct. 18, 1944, in Bayou, Miss., daughter of the late Jimmie and Julia Ward, she was a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in New Madrid. Her husband, Edward Lee Gibbs, preceded her in death...
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