Stories from Monday, May 18, 2020

BELL CITY, Mo. — An Advance man received serious injuries after his vehicle overturned Friday in Stoddard County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Missouri Highway 91, three miles west of Bell City, as the northbound truck driven by Thomas H. Enderle, 46, of Advance failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the left side of the road and overturned. He was initially transported by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Betty Jean Keener (Graham), 65, traded her home for a mansion in heaven at 2:35 a.m. on May 11, 2020, at her home in Charleston where she was surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born March 1, 1955, in Cairo, Illinois, to Joseph "Toots" and Veda Peevyhouse Graham. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — John Edward “Johnny” Ray, 78, died May 16, 2020, at his home in East Prairie. Born July 10, 1941, in East Prairie, son of the late Ernest and Jewel Brewington Ray, he was employed for 34 years at Procter & Gamble in Memphis, Tenn., where he retired as a foreman...

GALENA, Mo. — Jerry Edker Matlock, 78, formerly of Vanduser, Mo., and Morley, Mo., died May 1, 2020, at his home in Galena. Born Feb. 2, 1942, in Sikeston, Mo., son of the late Leslie and Viola Beavers Matlock, he was a graduate of Scott County Central Schools and lived in Vanduser and Morley until 1987. He worked as a carpenter and served in the United States Army, serving in Germany and Fort Lewis, Wash...

SIKESTON — Loretta Mae “Lori” Herbert, 81, died May 7, 2020, at Sikeston Convalescent Center, due to the effects of COVID-19. Born Nov. 29, 1938, in Long Beach, California, daughter of the late Lincoln Darwin Eddenfield and Dorothy May Bone, she had lived 35 years in Phoenix, Arizona. ...

SIKESTON — James Louis Brase, age 92, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 14, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he was the son of the late Martin and Edna Brase. He was a member of Tanner Street Church of God since 1950, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, and had worked for Reiss Dairy, Dale Vendors, and for the United States Postal Service in Sikeston for 31 years before retiring...

A nursing home in Stoddard County has an outbreak of positive COVID-19 cases while there have been three deaths in Southeast Missouri reported since Friday. The Scott County Health Department reported a death related to COVID-19 Monday afternoon and both Cape Girardeau County and New Madrid County reported a death related to COVID-19 on Friday. ...

SIKESTON — Betty J. Willis, age 98, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, at La Bonne Maison in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Sept. 20, 1921, in Castlewood, South Dakota, daughter of the late Carl Halvorson and Laura Tollessen. On Dec. 22, 1943, she married Edwin Willis, who preceded her in death on April 17, 1992...