Stories from Tuesday, July 18, 2023

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Jimmy Joe Green, age 85, most recently of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, passed away on July 14, 2023, after a short illness. Jimmy was born October 2, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Harry Flavel Green and Roxie Lampley Green.   He graduated from Ferguson High School in 1955. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia on a track and field scholarship, where he was a decorated high jumper. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1959...

SIKESTON — Donald Wayne Holt, age 69, of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away July 16, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.  He was born Nov. 17, 1953, in Bloomfield, Missouri, son of the late William Lester Holt and Hattie Louise Loveless-Holt...

SIKESTON — Ted Steven Berberich, age 85, passed away July 5, 2023, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born March 29, 1938, in Apopka, Florida, son of the late Viola Stamm.  He was raised by Dan and Dorothy Hargey. Ted was a veteran of the U.S. Marines, having served during the Vietnam War, he then worked as a truck driver for Steward Steel for 14 years and other various trucking firms for another 25 years before retiring...

VIBURNUM, Mo. — James Wayne Woody, age 68, of Morehouse, Missouri, died Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the Stonecrest Nursing Center in Viburnum, Missouri. Born Sept. 2, 1954, at Blytheville, Arkansas, to the late Joe Elmer Woody and Vernie Davis Woody, he had lived in the Sikeston area most of his life.  He was first employed with DK Lape Farms and later Pearson Farms. ...