Stories from Saturday, October 20, 2012

Sandy Clyburn PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Sandy Clyburn, 61, of Piedmont, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at the St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Friday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Alwood Cemetery...

Dennis Hatton MALDEN, Mo. -- Dennis Leo Hatton, 59, of Clarkton, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at Kennett. A graveside service and burial will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Stanfield Cemetery. Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden is in charge of arrangements...

Charles Luke Jr. Charles Walter Luke, Jr., 52, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A graveside visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Holiday Cemetery off Highway A in Williamsville with services following at 11 a.m...

By SHARON RANDALL Scripps Howard News Service We trade a lot of messages, my sister and I, but sooner or later, we always manage to connect. That hasn't always been the case. She's five years older than I am, just enough so when we were growing up, she wanted nothing to do with me...

Edith Agnew Edith M. Agnew, 72, of Williamsville, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Monday followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m. at Ruegg Funeral Home in Williamsville, Mo. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Cemetery...

Murmur of the heart A man discovered he had a heart murmur. He became very excited and fearful it might lead to something much more serious. The people of God have a long history of murmuring against God and His chosen leaders. The Israelites were to cross the Jordan river to take possession of the Promised Land. ...