Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2019

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mildred Lee Coffee Sloas, 96, died April 28, 2019, in Jacksonville.  Born June 5, 1922, to Mary Evaline (Robinson) and Leroy Coffee, she lived most of her life in Southeast Missouri. She graduated as class valedictorian from Marston High School. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Edward R. Coursey, 82, died April 27, 2019, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Dec. 23, 1936, in Brookfield, to the late Charles and Lenora Stapleton Coursey, he attended public schools in Poplar Bluff and was a 1954 graduate of Wheatley High School. ...

SIKESTON — Jessie L. Booker Woods, 83, died April 29, 2019, at her home. Born Dec. 2, 1935, in Sledge, Miss., daughter of to the late Edward and Irene Williams, she was of the Christian belief and member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church until her death. Her husband, James Woods, preceded her in death. ...