Stories from Saturday, May 19, 2012

Stella Dean Gosnell Stella Dean Gosnell, daughter of the late James Walton Beavers, Sr. and Clara B. Baugher Beavers, was born in Catron, Mo. on Feb. 8, 1927, and died at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. on May 17, 2012, at the age of 85...

Corey Noles photo Belinda Worley, co-chair of Stoddard County's Relay for Life Event to benefit the American Cancer Society, is shown alongside Sheila LeGrand and Ashley Ryan of LeGrand's Communications of Dexter. LeGrand's sold chances for the gift basket shown in the photo and raised a grand total of $800 for Relay...

SEMO News Service A little more than a year after his wife's disappearance, Clay Waller will make his initial court appearance on charges that he murdered her and tampered with evidence. Waller is set to appear in a Jackson courtroom on June 4. At this initial appearance, the court will establish whether Waller has counsel or needs a public defender...

Charles Evertt Campbell, son of the late James Cleveland and Talitha Jane White Campbell, was born in Painton, Mo. on Oct. 24, 1924, and died at the Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Mo. on May 17, 2012, at the age of 87. Mr. Campbell had lived in the areas of Essex and Dexter, Mo. He had worked as a truck driver most of his life in Indiana and Michigan. He was a member of the Teamsters Union and had attended the Sweet Prospect General Baptist Church in Dexter...