Stories from Tuesday, February 20, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Dale Ashley Betts, 56, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, passed away Feb. 15, 2024. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday, Feb. 24 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...

SIKESTON — Deborah Melissa “Debbie” Thompson, age 69, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, at her home in Sikeston. She was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Thomas E. and Martha Hart Thompson.

SIKESTON — Thomas E. “Tommy” Thompson Jr., age 76, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. He was born in Ozark, Alabama, to the late Thomas E. Sr. and Martha Hart Thompson.

ORAN, Mo. — Kathryn Ann Richards, 56 of Oran passed away on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center with her family comforting her. She was born on Aug. 1, 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri, daughter of Mickey McGuire and Laura Carr McGuire...

PORTRAIT OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN Proverbs 31:10-12 KJV – “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.” A beloved and beautiful servant of the Lord, this scripture portrays the essence of Brenda Jean Treadwell-Martin who was called to rest in the Loving Arms of God on Feb. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Billy Joe Linville, 82, died Feb. 17, 2024, at his home in Hayward, Missouri. Visitation was from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev. DeWayne Roberts officiating...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — Madison Caitlin “Madi” Wathen was born on Jan. 8, 1991, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the daughter of Paul Wathen and Jeana Wathen, and passed away on Feb. 16, 2024, at the age of 33 years. Madi was preceded in death by her grandparents, Sybil and Charles Wathen, Hazel and Joseph Forman, Aunt Pamela Massey, Uncle Randy Forman, Aunt and Uncle Diane and Pete Bone, and cousin Randy Joseph Forman Jr...