Stories from Sunday, January 14, 2024

SIKESTON — Donnie R. Nance of Sikeston passed away Dec. 31, 2023, with his loving family by his side. He was born on Aug. 5, 1950, in New Madrid County, Missouri, to the late James and Lois Nance. He lived in Sikeston for the most part of his life and was employed with Essex Wire (Triangle) for more than 25 years when he retired...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Former First Lady of Missouri Betty Cooper Hearnes died Dec. 14, 2023, in Charleston, surrounded by her family. She served as first lady of the state of Missouri from 1965 to 1973 while her husband, the late Warren E. Hearnes, served as the 46th governor of Missouri...

DIEHLSTADT, Mo. — Harold Ray Presson, age 91, of Diehlstadt died Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Born June 24, 1932, in the St. James Township of rural Mississippi County, Missouri, he had lived in Diehlstadt most of his life where he was a member of the former First Southern Baptist Church.

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Zachary Davis Cox, age 32, of Charleston died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born May 23, 1991, at Petoskey, Michigan, to Garry Davis Cox and Susan Katherine Schuon Cox, who survive of Charleston.