Stories from Thursday, July 6, 2023

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Earlean Moore, 85, passed away Friday, June 30, 2023, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. Born July 12, 1937, in Olive Branch, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Idlee Moore. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 8 at The Riverbend Pentecostals in New Madrid, Missouri, with Bishop Andrew Bell Jr. officiating and Rev. GL Keene, pastor as Eulogist...

Eldon, Mo. — Gary Keith Overbey, 63, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at his residence in Eldon. He was born Dec. 2, 1959, in Sikeston, Missouri, the son of Loy and Doris (Bell) Overbey. On Aug. 31, 2012, in Versailles, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Lillian (Hand) Overbey, who survives of the home...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Dean S. Traw passed away on July 4, 2023. He is wrapped in God's loving arms. Dean was born on April 27, 1937, to Orlando and Blanche (Harris) Traw, in Morley, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his sister, Sally, and his brother, Wade...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — James Stanley “Jim” Kennedy, age 88, died Thursday, July 6, 2023, at the Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews. He was born March 6, 1935, in Prairie, Mississippi, to the late Ciscero Kennedy and Alice Pearl Allen Kennedy. In 1955, he moved to Rockford, Illinois, where he was employed with Atwood Company until his retirement in 1978. ...