Stories from Sunday, August 18, 2019

SIKESTON — Sylvester Bates, 86, died Aug. 16, 2019, at Westfield Nursing Center in Sikeston. Born Nov. 25, 1932, in Addison, Ala., son of the late Floyd and Verda King Bates, he attended Murray Lane Baptist Church and had worked as a self-employed construction and car mechanic before retiring...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — James Spurlin, 61, passed away peacefully at his home in Morehouse on Aug. 18, 2019. He was born March 24, 1958, in Chicago, to Wanda Jewell Finney Spurlin Cochran, who survives of the home and the late Eldon Eugene "Buddy" Spurlin...

SIKESTON — Judith Jane Alcorn-Hathhorn, 73, passed away Aug. 18, 2019, at her home in Sikeston. She was born Feb. 13, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Delmar and Helen Wyman Alcorn Sr. Judith was a member of First Christian Church in Sikeston and a member of the Red Hat Society. She was a teacher for Sikeston Public Schools for 32 years before retiring...