Stories from Monday, August 29, 2022

SIKESTON — Nelson Berbling, age 68, of Sikeston passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. He was born Nov. 24, 1953, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Theodore and Juanita Boyd Berbling. Nelson was a graduate of Murray State University and a lifelong lover of history. ...

ROLLA, Mo. — Dr. A. Sam Burton, a longtime Rolla resident, was born to Homer M. Burton and Alcy A. Parmalee Burton on Jan. 12, 1929, in Monett, Missouri, and passed away on Aug. 25, 2022, at his home in Rolla at the age of 93. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Martha Burton Long and Paul Long of Rolla, and Sally Burton Brock and Robert Brock of Hiram, Georgia; two granddaughters, Stacy Troutt (Brian Mcgrath) and Laura Chatham (Logan Chatham) of Hiram; siblings, Emma Jean (Bob) McCormick of Monett, Missouri, Bill (Elsie) Burton of Monett and Elizabeth (Don) Pennel of Joplin, Missouri. ...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — Tracy Leigh Ashley Pendergrass, 61, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Aug. 28, 2022, at her home in Fredericktown. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston, Missouri.