Stories from Wednesday, May 29, 2019

SIKESTON — Officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a vehicle fire around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on Mill Street in Sikeston. According to Assistant Chief James McMillen, there was a mechanical problem with the fuel pump, and the fire ignited from a spark when the owner turned the key. No injuries were reported...

MADISON, Ala. — Arley Paul Rodgers, 85, died May 26, 2019, in Huntsville. Born June 13, 1933, in Morley, Mo., son of the late Nathan Franklin Rodgers and Louisa Lou Mahon Rodgers, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force with over 21 years of service; he retired from the Columbus Air Force Base as fire chief. He was a member of the Gideons International, active in prison ministry and nursing home ministry...

OK, here we go over here on Highway 80, junction BB. A tractor, pulling all kinds of stuff. There’s about nine vehicles in front of me. He is so large, he can barely fit his two wheels are in the ditch and he ain’t pullin’ over to let people pass. Now, this is a shame. And I’m sitting here going 15 miles per hour. My dad got a ticket for driving too slow on Highway 80 and everything. And now, oh I forgot. Farmers are different. They gotta get their crop over there to China. They gotta make that extra 30 billion, don’t they?

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jerris Ann Brumley Crosier, 71, died May 28, 2019, at her home in East Prairie. Born Oct. 28, 1947, in Cairo, Ill., daughter of the late Clifton C. “Tootie” Brumley and Bonnie Jean Lee Brumley, she grew up in Wyatt and was a graduate of Charleston High School. She had attended the Elm Street Baptist Church...

JACKSON, Tenn. — Roger Lee Baker 64, formerly of Chaffee, Mo., died May 28, 2019, at his family home. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at New Covenant Pentecostal Church in Medina, where services will be at 11 a.m. Friday. Obituary information is courtesy of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel...

Strong winds from a storm that blew threw Sikeston Wednesday morning downed some trees. Here, a tree on the corner of Ables and Crowe is cut up after it was blown on top of a house.

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Linda K. Marsh, 72, died May 29, 2019, at FountainBleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Born on Feb. 27, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of the late Thurman Lee Skaggs Sr. and Evelyn Mae Huff, she was a retired waitress/cook for Denny’s Restaurant in Cape Girardeau. She was of the Baptist belief...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Debra Ann Graff, 61, died May 29, 2019, at her home.  Born Feb. 28, 1958, in Cape Girardeau, she was the daughter of the late Oral Francis and Julia Madeline Smith Noon.  Survivors include: two sons, Cody Short and Wesley (Lori) Short of Scott City; a daughter, Courtney (Nathan) Arnzen of Scott City; a brother, Jim Noon of Kelso; two sisters, Judy Kurtz and Pam Cummins of Scott City; and four grandchildren...

SIKESTON — Charlotte Merideth, 79, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2019, at Delta South.                                           Born Jan. 9, 1940, in Essex, to the late George and Geneva Tetley Hill, she was a member of Essex First United Methodist Church. She had been a teacher in the Richland Public School System and have given piano lessons for many years...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Pearllean Maggie Howard, 88, died May 21, 2019, at her home in Carbondale. Born May 29, 1930, in Grady, Ark., daughter of the late Willie "Buddy" and Pearline Matthews Patterson, she attended Shawnee Community College and had worked as a certified nurses’ assistant and in the home health field. She was on the Mother's Board at Nu Life Christian Fellowship while living in Austin, Texas...