Stories from Tuesday, June 27, 2023

SIKESTON — Debra Ann Shoemaker, age 66, of Sikeston passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at her home in Sikeston. Debra was born on June 28, 1956, in Sikeston, to Shirley Hubbard Watson who survives of Sikeston and the late William Earl Watson. She was married Sept. ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Cartier Christian Scott, 31, of St. Paul died unexpectedly on June 7, 2023, in Bethany, Missouri. He was born on Feb. 14, 1992, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Lucria Scott. Services are scheduled for Saturday, July 1, 2023, at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 127 West Trotter St., Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation is at 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. with Pastor L.J. Nabors officiating...

VANDUSER, Mo. — Gary Kesler, age 77, of Vanduser passed away June 25, 2023, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 26, 1946, in Lilbourn, Missouri, son of the late Luther Franklin Kesler and Agnes Augustus Gaines Kesler. Gary was a member of the Anchor Church in Vanduser, a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in a Combat Troop during the Vietnam War and had been owner and operator of Kesler Farms...

SIKESTON — Genene G. Parker, age 78, of Sikeston died Monday, June 26, 2023, in Glasgow, Kentucky. She was born Jan. 3, 1945, in Glasgow, to the late Virgil T. and Florence Irene Vance Grinstead. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Thomas Parker, whom she married on May 29, 1965. They were married 57 years...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Robert Earl Greer, age 87, of East Prairie died Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Bob was born April 7, 1936, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late William Earl Greer and Marie Schneider Greer.