Stories from Monday, November 9, 2015

Over 5,000 Tyson birds scattered in median

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. President Tim Wolfe, a former business executive with no previous experience in academic leadership, took "full responsibility for the frustration" students expressed and said their complaints were "clear" and "real."...

Wanda Lee Foster, daughter of the late Walter Fleeman and Ila McArthur Fleeman was born in Leachville, Ark. on Feb. 20, 1929, and died at Mulberry Manor in Dexter, Mo. on Nov. 6, 2015, at the age of 86. Mrs. Foster was a homemaker and attended Liberty Hill General Baptist Church...

Kathryn Lay, daughter of the late Alexander and Oma Bowman McRoy, was born in Bloomfield on Sept. 6, 1921, and died at the Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand, on Nov. 7, 2015, at the age of 94. She had lived in the Bloomfield area all of her life. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield. She had been a baby sitter and loved children...

Eva Pruett a resident of Dexter, died on Nov. 8, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Eldon Keith Shirkey a resident of Morehouse, died on Nov. 6, 2015, at his residence at the age of 65. Funeral arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Evelyn Simpson, daughter of the late Rufus John and Mary Tune Moore, was born in Chaonia, Mo., on Dec. 24, 1915, and died at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on Nov. 7, 2015. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Puxico...

Lena M. Smith, daughter of the late Charles W. Redfairn and Blanche Manning Redfairn, was born in Hazleton, Ind. on Feb. 8, 1922, and died at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Mo. on Nov. 6, 2015, at the age of 93. Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and was a member of Sadler Chapel United Methodist Church...

Franklin LeMay, son of the late John LeMay and Leslie Gray LeMay, was born on Sept. 10, 1933, in Bellgreen, Ala. and died on Nov. 7, 2015, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 82. Mr. LeMay was a veteran of the United States Marines and served during the Korean War. He worked in commercial construction and was a resident of Dexter...