Stories from Monday, May 18, 2015

Highway 25 through Stoddard County will be crowded starting Thursday as the 100 Mile Yard Sale kicks off for the 16th consecutive year. The event runs through Memorial Day, May 25. The yard sale began in 1999 and runs 100 miles along Highway 25 from Jackson to Kennett. Mo...

Billy Lee Almond, son of the late William Henderson and Bessie Everest Chasteen Almond, was born in Aid, Mo., on Dec. 27, 1931, and died at the Saint Frances Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on May 16, 2015, at the age of 83. On July 10, 1949, he married Vera Lorraine Norris. ...

Wilma June Coffey, daughter of the late G.M. Barbour and Montie Barton Barbour was born on Oct. 18, 1931, in Dexter and departed this life on May 16, 2015, at the Mulberry Manor in Dexter at the age of 83. Known to her grandchildren as "Mom-Mom", June was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter. ...

On March 4, 1932, Sarah Ellen Wilson Shanks was born in Gray Ridge, Mo., to Dwight (Doby) and Mildred Lowery Wilson and died May 17, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 83. Sarah lived most of her life in Gray Ridge and Bell City and attended Gray Ridge School where she graduated in 1948. Sarah loved her flower garden and always had beautiful flowers. She also loved to read and work word puzzles...

Betty June Noyes, daughter of the late Richard Townsend and Faye Wilson Townsend, was born on Feb. 12, 1933, and died on May 18, 2015, at her residence in Essex at the age of 82. Mrs. Noyes was a member of the Vision of Hope General Baptist Church in Essex and a resident of Essex. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother and grandmother...