Stories from Sunday, May 20, 2018

PARMA -- Thomas Odell Miller, 77, died Thursday, May 17, 2018, at his home in Parma. Mr. Miller has donated his body and will be transported to the St. Louis University School of Medicine. There are no services planned. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Parma is in charge of arrangements...

Opal (Bunny) Sisk, 77, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Jean McCormick, 74, died Thursday, May 17, 2018, at her residence in Holcomb. Visitation was Saturday at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Randy Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow at Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

FISK -- Ralph Ellsworth, 86, of Broseley, died Saturday, May 19, 2018, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk.

MALDEN, Mo. -- Elmer L. Williams , 83, of Campbell, died Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Poplar Bluff. Bradshaw Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.bradshawfh.com

Faughn's money? I had been reading with great interest the story on Governor Greitens and now with the involvement of Scott Faughn of Poplar Bluff. Gimme a break! Where did Scott Faughn get $50,000? Just curious, I mean I didn't know that his "publishing" was so lucrative that he had $50K lying around to donate to anybody. ...

Bobby Joe Dixon, 64, of Rombauer, Mo., passed away at his home Wednesday, May 16, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Liz Dixon; two children, Lori Adamson and Terry Adamson; two grandchildren, Zach Payne and Jordan Brown; four sisters, Linda Dixon, Eathel Reece, Tina Reece and Becky Buffington...

Mr. M. David Mooney, 74, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, May 9, 2018. He is survived by his devoted wife of 47 years, Helen Mooney; his son, John Mooney (Elaine Mooney); his daughter, Melissa Walton (Adam Leventhal); his five grandchildren (William, Cecilia, Charlotte, Dominic and Joshua); and his sisters, Dianne Burrows and D.R. Mitchell Whitmore. He was preceded in death by his parents Klellie and Camp Mooney; and brothers Ned Mooney and Tommy Mitchell...

Staff Reports A former reporter at the Daily American Republic is among four newspapermen, including two former Missouri Press Association presidents, that will be inducted in September into the Association's Newspaper Hall of Fame. The induction reception and banquet are scheduled for 6 p.m. ...

Independent dairy farmer Karen Huffman has soured on Prairie Farms after the farmers-owned cooperative has quit taking her milk. Huffman�s farm off Cape Girardeau County Road 620, east of Interstate 55, has been in operation for decades. It once was owned by the uncle of her late husband, Ron Huffman, who later purchased the farm and operated Midway Dairy Farms until his death in November...

ADVANCE -- Betty Jo Talley, 90, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Brownwood, Mo., passed away Thursday, May 17, 2018, at Cedargate in Poplar Bluff. She was born March 2, 1928, in Cardwell, Mo., the daughter of Henry and Martha Jane Schultz Biggs. Betty had been a homemaker. She attended Brownwood General Baptist Church...

The 50th Annual Three Rivers College Commencement Ceremony on Friday was a celebration. From Keynote Speaker and 2018 Distinguished Alumni Karon Campbell reminiscing about the time Willie Nelson came to town, to President Dr. Wesley Payne spotlighting those who earned diplomas in non-traditional ways, this year's graduates were entertained, honored and encouraged throughout the night...

In a recent game, Malden's Dee Triplett was standing on first base and heard an opposing coach telling the pitcher not to worry about him, he wasn't going anywhere. Triplett didn't appreciate this. The defensive tackle/power forward/first baseman/pitcher/kicker who benches 400 pounds and squats 700 pounds turned to his first-base coach and said "I'm going to steal this play, show them I got some speed."...

The Bernie Mules were down a strike before the season even started because they lost their top hitter and everyday shortstop Dalton Hobgood. The Mules looked shaky early, but they carry a 10-game win streak into Monday's MSHSAA Class 2 sectional baseball playoff against Ellington...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Malden picked up a pair of individual MSHSAA Class 2 state championships Saturday. Alyexus Leshay won the state title in the triple just with a leap of 36 feet, 11.5 inches while Robert Wilson won the shot put with a throw of 51 feet, 6.75 inches. Morris increased his distance with each of his five throws and his total distance by nearly five feet from his fist throw...