Stories from Monday, August 14, 2023

SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety along with other agencies assisted with rescue efforts in flooded areas early Monday, Aug. 14 in Bollinger County. Around 4 a.m. Monday, the Missouri Region E Homeland Security Response Team was activated and responded to Glanallen, Missouri, in an effort to rescue residents due to the heavy rain and flooding at Highway 32 and Highway ZZ. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Bernice Lawson, 97, died Aug.12, 2023, at the Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel of Sikeston.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Jeffery Goodin “Jeff” Small, age 56, of Charleston died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until time for a memorial service at noon Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at the First Baptist Church in Charleston. The Rev. Milton Harrington, pastor, will officiate...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. – James Scott Stafford, 62, of Portageville, Missouri, died Aug. 13, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at DeLisle Funeral Home.

SIKESTON — C. Kenny Summers, age 81, passed away Aug. 9, 2023, at his home in Sikeston. Kenny was born July 23, 1942, in Dresden, Tennessee, son of the late Clarence Gilbert Summers and Lela Alpine Sexton-Summers. He and Betty Jean Winchester were married in 1960, and they moved to Sikeston in 1968...