Stories from Tuesday, November 7, 2017

GREENVILLE, Mo. - Johnny Croney, 46, of Greenville, died Sat., Nov. 4, 2017 at Greenville Nursing and Rehabilitation. Arrangements are currently pending with Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com

DEXTER, Mo. - Gary Charles Williams, 74, of Dexter, died Sat., Nov. 4, 2017 at the Miner Nursing Home in Miner, Mo. Visitation will be at 1 p.m.,Wed., Nov. 8. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Don Jolliff of Painton officiating...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bobbie Dean, 70, of Louisville, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wed., Nov. 1, 2017. The funeral will be Tuesday, Nov. 7 at First Gethsemane Baptist Church in Louisville. A memorial will be held in Poplar Bluff at a later time.

CAMPBELL, Mo. - David Oran Faughn, 78, of Campbell, died Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 6 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Tues., Nov. 7 in the funeral chapel with Rev. Darren Baker and Mr. Randall Baker officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell...

By STU BYKOFSKY Philadelphia Daily News via Tribune News Service Once upon a time, Halloween was a kids' holiday, and it was fun. In school, we cut pumpkins out of orange construction paper and attached them to poster board with a white glue that handled like cottage cheese (and didn't taste too bad). We went trick-or-treating with no concern about being kidnapped or poisoned or worse...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat Two initiative petition drives currently underway in Missouri would ask voters to legalize medical marijuana. And a highly unlikely group just put their support behind the petition drives. That surprise support may well be the catalyst to convince voters to support the medical marijuana initiative...

By ADRIANA COHEN With Islamic State-inspired animals bringing their holy war to our cities -- ramming trucks into pedestrians and bicyclists and slaughtering dozens in a nightclub and elsewhere -- we are reminded of how important it is to protect our right to bear arms, which is enshrined in the Second Amendment...

As a grateful nation, we pause this week to honor America's veterans. These brave men and women leave family, friends, careers and the comforts of home to fight and defend our freedoms and values. They've fought for us; it is incredibly important to fight for them now. From servicemen like my uncle, who fought in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart, to those recently enlisted beginning their first tours of duty, we owe a debt of gratitude...

DEXTER, Mo. - Gary Charles Williams, 74, of Dexter, died Sat., Nov. 4, 2017 at the Miner Nursing Home in Miner, Mo. Visitation will be at 1 p.m.,Wed., Nov. 8. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Don Jolliff of Painton officiating...

ATHENS, Ga., -- Major Raymond Carl Kinkead, USMC, Retired, 79, passed away Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Mr. Kinkead was a resident of Monroe, Ga., and formerly of Nampa, Idaho. Born in Poplar Bluff, he was the son of the late William Carl Kinkead and Marietta Soden Kinkead. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - David Oran Faughn, 78 of Campbell, passed away on Friday, November 3, 2017 at the Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Arkansas. David, son of Oran O. Faughn and Margurite Porter Faughn, was born on Saturday, October 21, 1939 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- Dora Lee Wilson, 85, of Terre Du Lac passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. She was born April 22, 1932 in Mickel Switch, Ark. Dora was a member of the Church of Christ in Bonne Terre and also volunteered at Parkland Hospital in Bonne Terre for 10 years...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Bonnie Lee Underwood, 92, of Melbourne, Ark., formerly of Sikeston, died Sunday, Nov. 5 , 2017, at Pioneer Therapy & Living Center, Melbourne, Ark. Visitation will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc., Malden. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m., Wednesday, at Bradshaw Chapel, Malden, with Mr. Charles Bohannon officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

FISK, Mo. -- Larward Lee Clark, 85, of Dexter, died Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing, in Dexter. Mr. Clark was born Sept.14, 1932 in Parma to the late Clyde Jasper and Maude Velma Clark. He had served in the Missouri National Guard. ...

FISK, Mo. -- Verene Hill Barnett, 92, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Broseley, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Barnett was born Oct. 25, 1925 at Broseley on her family's farm, daughter of the late Heber and Mary Butts Hill. She lived at Broseley for 86 years. ...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Marshall Lucas Helm, better known as "Luke," 38, of Clubb, Mo., passed away Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, near Greenville. Visitation will be held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, also at the Greenville Chapel. Donations can be given for the benefit of son, Jake Lucas Helm, at First Midwest Bank of the Ozarks, Greenville. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Edward "Ed" Heidemann, 90, of Patterson, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, at his residence. Visitation will be held from 6 - 7 p.m., Friday, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Memorial services will begin at 7 p.m., also at the Piedmont Chapel. Burial will be at Bushnell National Veterans Cemetery in Bushnell, FL, at a later date...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Johnny Croney, 46, of Greenville, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, with his loving family by his side. Visitation will be from 1- 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Funeral services will begin at 2:30 pm also at the Greenville Chapel...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Lonnie Dean Robertson, born Sept. 9, 1957, passed on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He leaves behind his mother, Bettie and husband, Jim Gallamore; wife of 27 years, Carolyn; daughter, Crystal Henson and husband, Bobby, of Piedmont, and daughter Carrie Robertson, of the family home; granddaughter:, Peyton and Piper Henson; one brother, Glenn Robertson and wife, Kathy, sister, Lisa Loury and husband, Kenny, and sister, Tracey Gallamore; nephews: Glen Allen Robertson and wife, Bobbi, and Michael Loury; close friends: Kerry and Theresa Corwin, Jinene and Rob Trejo, Joe Payne, and Debbie and Danny Payne, (more) and so many more.. ...

William "Bill" N. Wright, 84, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Greenville man has been charged in connection with the shooting death of his landlord after an apparent altercation between them escalated and turned physical. Joshua Lawrence Oldham, 36, was charged Monday with the Class A felony of second-degree murder, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and the Class C felony of unlawful possession of a firearm by Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Jackson...

Through three games, the freshman class is creating havoc on defense while splitting up the scoring throughout the lineup for the Three Rivers College women's basketball team. Sydni Williams earned her second double-double in a row as the Raiders beat Southeastern Illinois 80-56 on Sunday at the Bess Activity Center in the conclusion of the First Midwest Bank Classic...

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference" Bobbie Dean went home to be with The Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. She was born Sept. 7, 1947. A native of Mississippi, Bobbie resided in Louisville, Ky. with her husband Ivory Dean for the past three years. She spent most of her life in Poplar Bluff. You may know her as the nice lady at K-Mart, where she worked 35 years until she retired in 2011...