Stories from Thursday, September 5, 2019

At the first Friday, pep-assembly to start the new school year Bank of New Madrid made its annual donation to the Portageville School District, thanks to the support of debit card users from the bank's Bulldog My School Card program. The program sets aside five cents for each $10 credit purchase made by Bulldog cardholders. Last year an additional incentive of A QUARTERBACK for every $10.00 credit purchase was offered for the day of Football Homecoming...

At the first Friday, pep-assembly to start the new school year Bank of New Madrid made its annual donation to the Portageville School District, thanks to the support of debit card users from the bank's Bulldog My School Card program. The program sets aside five cents for each $10 credit purchase made by Bulldog cardholders. Last year an additional incentive of A QUARTERBACK for every $10.00 credit purchase was offered for the day of Football Homecoming...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Lonnie Gene "Bubba" Cochran, 39, died Sept, 3, 2019, in Morehouse. Born Feb. 9, 1980, in Sikeston, he was the son of Velma Kay Cochran of Morehouse. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one daughter, Skarlet Rose Cochran of Sikeston; one sister, Rose (David Clapp) Cochran of Morehouse; and two nephews, Austin Cochran and Bailey Cochran of Morehouse...

SIKESTON — Lillian Tyra Sizemore, 79, died Sept. 1, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 12, 1939, in Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Evelyn Tyra. Survivors include: three daughters, Ronda Western, Sandra Reeves and Deborah Olin; two brothers, E.L. Tyra and Kenneth Tyra; two sisters, Sue Perrigan and Mona Miller; and nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Daryl Lee Ramsey, 61, formerly of Parma, died Sept. 3, 2019. Born Dec. 28, 1957, son of the late Gay (Murphy) and Randall Ramsey, he attended the University of Missouri in Columbia. His twin sister, Carol Ellen Ramsey Creason, preceded him in death in 2009...

DEXTER, Mo. — Paul McAnelly, 96, died Sept. 3, 2019, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Born Feb. 28, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Fred and Ella Lowery McAnelly, he was a former custodian at Sikeston Senior High School in Sikeston and a farmer for many years. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II and a former resident of the Oran area...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Bruce Ritch, 60, died Sept. 1, 2019, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Aug. 6, 1959, in Plant City, Fla., he was the son of the late Johnnie and Albirdie Vines Ritch. On Dec. 24, 1990, in Sikeston, he married Lorraine Markland, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man faces felony charges following an altercation that escalated to an alleged assault with a weapon. Markques Terrell Reed, 36, is charged with first degree assault, unlawful possession of weapon, unlawful use of weapon, resisting arrest and armed criminal action...

A 41-year-old wrong-way driver has been charged with manslaughter after his passenger died after apparently jumping from a Ford pickup truck last week on Interstate 55 and breaking his neck. Myron Lee Tillman of Columbia, Missouri, was charged Wednesday in Scott County Circuit Court with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, first-degree assault, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, driving with a revoked license, operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, and armed criminal action through the use of the pickup truck as a “dangerous instrument.”. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Sikeston woman has been arrested for stalking and harassment in New Madrid County. Late Tuesday afternoon, New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens asked for the public’s help in locating Ashley A. Ivie, 26. Wanted on a felony warrant out of the New Madrid County Circuit Court for first degree stalking and first degree harassment, Ivie was later taken into custody and was set to appear in court Thursday morning...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A New Madrid woman has been charged with stealing more than $5,000 from a fundraiser. Jennifer S. Newton, 45, was charged with felony stealing after stealing from a fundraiser for Jim Harris, the New Madrid fire chief, who is battling cancer...

BLODGETT, Mo. — A fully-involved fire destroyed a large commercial building early Wednesday in Scott County. At 3:43 a.m. Wednesday, Scott County Rural Fire Protection District was dispatched for a reported building fire at Tank Tech in Blodgett, according to Scott County Rural Fire Chief Jeremy Perrien...

SIKESTON — Christ Sanctuary COGIC will present an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 7 at Green Memorial Church, 113 Clayton Ave., in Sikeston. A donation of $10 will be accepted. For more information, call Tonya Mitchell at (573) 620-8172...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Sidney Harold Drummond, 85, died Sept. 5, 2019, at East Prairie Nursing Center. Born May 17, 1934, at East Prairie, son of the late Thurston Bradley Drummond and Minnie Maude True Drummond, he was a 1952 graduate of East Prairie High School. He had lived in East Prairie his entire life where he had served as an alderman and police judge and was a member of the James Bayou Catfish Cookers. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Army and then the U.S. Navy, and had been employed with Noranda until his retirement in 1998. He was a member of V.F.W. and had attended the Charleston Church of Christ.