Stories from Thursday, December 28, 2023

NEW MADRID, Mo. — Krista Gail Lawrence, 47, died Dec. 23, 2023, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville, Missouri, with the Rev. G.L Keene officiating...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — James Cronan, 82, died Dec. 27, 2023, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 at DeLisle Funeral Home with the Rev. DeWayne Roberts officiating. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Shirley Mae Pierce, 92, died Dec. 26, 2023, at her home in Portageville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. Eugene Poole officiating. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery...

SIKESTON — Connie Jean Hess, 76, passed away on Dec. 26, 2023, in the accompaniment of her loving husband of 53 years. Connie was born on Dec. 10, 1947, in Cairo, Illinois, to parents Charles and Eugenia Royal.

SIKESTON — James Earl Stinnett Jr., age 66, of Sikeston passed away Dec. 27, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born June 1, 1957, in Sikeston, son of Ruth Diane McIlroy Stinnett of Sikeston and the late James Earl Stinnett Sr...

SIKESTON — Lonnie Eugene Masters, age 81, passed away Dec. 22, 2023, at his home in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 19, 1942, in Sikeston, son of the late Everett Masters and Cora Harbison Masters. Lonnie was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, attended every shooting match in Southeast Missouri and a lifelong member of Sikeston Eagles. ...

SIKESTON — Richard Edward "Ricky" Cross, 64, died Dec. 26, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston.