Stories from Thursday, February 9, 2023

SIKESTON — Amy Lee Toombs, 42, died Feb. 8, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 at the New Beginnings Church in East Prairie, Missouri Pastor Randy Eskew will officiate. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — James Maruice "Jim" Jepsen, 79, died Feb. 7, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Graveside services with full military honors will follow at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...

MATTHEWS, Mo.— Some of Sheila O’Shea’s favorite memories involve going to the library. An avid reader still today, O’Shea recalls as a child going to the library with her mother. “I grew up reading. I used to like the ‘Boxcar Children’ and anything that had to do with a gymnast,” she said, adding, “And I think any memories with your mom are good memories.”...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Aaron Griffin is right back where he started from and couldn’t be happier. Griffin, who grew up in New Madrid, said he has always been passionate about his hometown. After graduating from New Madrid County Central High School in 2009 and completing his political science degree from Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau in 2013, Griffin wanted to remain in Southeast Missouri. He took a job with SEMO Health Network in healthcare administration...

SIKESTON — David “Bo” Evans, 54, died Feb. 8, 2023, at his home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

Every year Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center and Sikeston R-6 elementary schools celebrate the 100th day of school. The school district makes the occasion entertaining for the students by allowing them to dress up as “100-year-old people.”...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Brittany Nicole Shubert, 25, died Feb. 5, 2023, at Wardell, Missouri. Visitation is from11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri, with the Rev. Earl Grissom officiating...