Stories from Monday, January 22, 2024

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — A Scott County grand jury indicted a local construction contractor on stealing and financial exploitation charges. According to Scott City Police Chief Chris Griggs, officers with the Scott City Police Department conducted an in-depth investigation into Blake E. Hickman, 34, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and his business, Blake Hickman Construction...

DEXTER, Mo. — Quindola Mae Davis Gadberry, 87, formerly of Bloomfield, Missouri, died Jan. 20, 2024, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center at Dexter. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, Missouri...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Desmon Fisk, 96, died Jan. 21, 2024, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Missouri.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Robert Lee “Bob” Graham, 82, of Franklin, Tennessee, (formerly of Charleston, Missouri), died on Jan. 19, 2024, with his two daughters, Missy and Robin, beside him at Williamson County Medical Center in Franklin. Bob was born on July 2, 1941, in Blodgett, Missouri, to the late Robert Clinton Graham and Freda Barnes Graham. ...

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Mary Dianne Allen Tinker Kirkpatrick, 82, formerly of Scott County, Missouri, died Jan. 19, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center at Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri...

LAKELAND, Tenn. — Karen Turner Williams, age 79, of Lakeland passed away on Jan. 16, 2024, after a brief illness. She is survived by her three children, Thomas Edward McCrory (Kimberly), John Patrick McCrory and Kristin O’Kelley Lockhart; her eight grandchildren, Caroline McCrory, Ryan McCrory, Kylie McCrory, Caitlin McCrory, Catherine Lockhart, Kelsey McCrory and Kendyl Lockhart; and her brother, Robert Edward Turner (Virginia)...

SIKESTON — Nadine Louise Collier, age 98, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born on Dec. 1, 1925, in Hurricane Ridge, Missouri, to the late John Ike and Eliza Louise Scott Adams.