Stories from Tuesday, March 10, 2020

SIKESTON — Elizabeth Barnett, 37, died March 7, 2020, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Dec. 2, 1982, in Dexter, Mo., daughter of Curtis and Angela Brown Barnett of the home in Sikeston, she graduated from Sikeston High School in 2001 and attended Murray State University from 2001 to 2004. She was an avid Kentucky Wildcats basketball fan...

SIKESTON — Michael “Mike” Rennier, 64, died March 9, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. Born Aug. 10, 1955, in Sikeston, son of the late Joseph Francis Rennier and Laverna Gladys Wilkening Rennier, he was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, the Matthews Jaycees and a truck driver for New Madrid County Highway Department for 27 years...

SIKESTON — Joseph Dean Davis, 62, died March 9, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Dec. 27, 1957, in Sikeston, he was the son of the late Bobby and Verna Cox Davis. Survivors include: one daughter, Angie McGuirk of Saddlebrooke; one sister, Mary Davis of Sikeston; and one grandson...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — James Randall Carper, 63, died March 5, 2020, at his home in New Madrid. Born Jan. 23, 1957, in Lilbourn, son of the late James Olin and Jewel Calbert Carper, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1975 until 1985 and was a graduate of Lilbourn High School...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Gene Thomas Peacock, 81 years, 5 months, departed this life on Friday, March 6, 2020, at his home in New Madrid after a very hard fight with cancer.

AUSTELL, Ga. - Earnestine Jackson, 77, died Feb. 27, 2020, at Pruitt Health Facility in Austell. Born April 9, 1942, in Tunica, Miss., daughter of the late Johnnie and Rosie Bell Withers, she was a member of Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church where she served as youth director, finance secretary and on the Mother’s Board. ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. —Betty Lue Beasley-Wolfram, 81, died March 7, 2020, at the Waterford-Ironbridge Retirement Center in Springfield. Born May 15, 1938, daughter of the late Albert and Lois Tankersly Beasley, she worked at the Portageville Police Department for 23 years as dispatcher and 13 years at the municipal court in the City of Portageville...

SIKESTON — Friday marks the 78th anniversary of the opening of Lambert’s Cafe, but the Sikeston staple will be celebrating more than just their anniversary. At a luncheon Friday, the restaurant will also receive the inaugural Hospitality Award of Excellence...

Skeletal remains were found Monday near Joiner, Arkansas, next to a purse containing identification for a Missouri woman who disappeared three months ago. Michele Bell, 36, of Caruthersville, Missouri, was last seen Dec. 9 at Interstate 55 southbound Exit 34 near her parked, maroon Chevrolet HHR...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Christopher Robert Moylan, 49, died March 9, 2020, at his home in Portageville. Born Oct. 14, 1970, in Hayti, son of Margaret White Moylan of Portageville and the late Sonny Moylan, he was a graduate of Portageville High School and earned a degree in business agriculture from Southeast Missouri State University...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Dorothy Mae Brewer, 80, died March 4, 2020. Born Dec. 27, 1939, in Oran, daughter of the late Willie and Leanna Turner Fountain, she was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in New Madrid, where she served on the Mother’s Board. Her husband, Leonard Brewer, preceded her in death...

HOMESTOWN, Mo. — Sam Nathanial Collins Sr., 62, died March 5, 2020, at Pemiscot County Hospital in Hayti. Born Oct. 11, 1957, in Fraley, son of the late Mae Bell Harris Collins and John Collins, he was employed by the Goodwill Program and worked at the Portageville Community Center. He was a member of Temple of Gods Glory...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Carolyn Barnes Taylor, 69, died March 4, 2020, at Kennett. Born March 9, 1950, in Chicago, she was the daughter of the late Ruth (Ross) Barnes and Clarence Barnes. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Sandra Barnes Johnson...

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden were the big winners locally in the Presidential Primary held Tuesday. Mississippi County In Mississippi County, Trump was the dominant winner, collecting 657 of the 660 casts on the Republican ticket. Bill Weld also received a vote while two votes were uncommitted...