Stories from Friday, May 19, 1995

JACKSON -- Faye Anderson Forshee, 90, of Jackson died Wednesday, May 17, 1995, at her home. She was born Dec. 22, 1904, to William and Nancy Hansel Anderson in Cape Girardeau County. She married Lytle L. Forshee of Ironton on May 23, 1935. He preceded her in death on Dec. 2, 1982...

Thousands of visitors are headed for Cape Girardeau over the next three years. They are coming to attend conventions and conferences and festivals and meetings. They range from square dancers to Baptists to members of Lions clubs from all over Missouri. They are converging on the city because Cape Girardeau is opening its doors and making them welcome...

When high winds overpowered trees Wednesday, the task of cleaning up fell to city and Union Electric crews. By late Wednesday, the cleanup effort had progressed so efficiently that most indications of the windstorm had disappeared. A mature tree is a lot to move, but the experienced crews used chain saws, heavy equipment and dump trucks...

Daughter to Steve and Teresa Williams, 1839 Niemann, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:09 p.m. Monday, May 15, 1995. Name, Katherine Elizabeth. Weight, 9 pounds 12 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Williams is the former Teresa Crawford, daughter of Darrell and Anna Crawford of Cape Girardeau. She is a first grade teacher at Meadow Heights R-II School. Williams is a teacher/coach at Central High School. He is the son of Judy Williams and Carroll Williams of Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON -- Ernestine Spencer, 53, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, May 16, 1995. She was born Feb. 13, 1942, in Hughes, Ark., daughter of Lee and Marie Grant Golden. Spencer was a member of Smith Chapel United Methodist Church, was a Sunday School teacher, and served on the usher board...

ORAN -- Irene Minnie Reynolds, 66, of Oran, died Wednesday, May 17, 1995, at her home. She was born March 31, 1929, in Conway County, Ark., daughter of Zannie and Myrtle L. Moore Cody. She and Richard Reynolds were married June 24, 1948. He died March 2, 1983...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Abbigail Cain, infant daughter of Randy and Barbara Mowery Cain of Tamms was stillborn Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include her parents; a brother, Joshua; a sister, Amy, both of the home; maternal grandmother, Nellie Jones of Olmsted, and paternal grandparents, Archie and Jimmie Nell Cain of Oxford, Miss...

Kenneth D. "Redbone" Morton, 57, 1823 Rampart, died Thursday, May 18, 1995, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was born Aug. 10, 1937, in Advance, son of Louis and Martha Fowler Morton. He and Marlene Messmer were married Oct. 1, 1960, at Kelso. Morton had been employed by John L. Hay Barge Line, and had been a driver with Cape Ready Mix and Gelco Trucklines. He was a member of Elks Lodge and Eagles Aerie...

Cape Girardeau doesn't have an outdoor warning system to alert residents of severe weather, and past and present city officials think such a system is too costly and might be ineffective. But, county emergency coordinator Brian Miller said this week a warning system could benefit in alerting citizens of approaching tornadoes or other severe weather...

JACKSON -- As in the 1993 flood, the Cape Girardeau County Commission and the city of Cape Girardeau may jointly impose a curfew today on flooded areas. County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Miller told the commission this week the National Weather Service had indicated the Mississippi River would crest at 46 feet next Tuesday...

Residents of Cape Girardeau's Red Star District and some in South Cape Girardeau Thursday were bracing once again against a rising Mississippi River, which is expected to drive many from their homes by week's end. Thursday already was moving day for some in Red Star and elsewhere along the river in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois...

A tornado roared through a rural stretch of southern Cape Girardeau County and northern Scott County Thursday afternoon, damaging barns and a home. No injuries were reported. The tornado was part of a series of severe storms. The bad weather buffeted the Cape Girardeau area Thursday for the second straight day, dumping rain and hail on an already water-soaked region. Nearly 3 inches of rain fell at the city's Public Works building along Kingshighway...

Growing up in the Ozarks foothills of Southeast Missouri, you're never quite sure if you're a southerner or not. In grade school you learn (or at least you used to) that Missouri was both a confederate state and a union state in the Civil War. At least parts of the state were loyal to the South and the other parts were loyal to the North. And there were plenty of battles and loss of life to attest to the strong feelings on both sides...

Senior Billy Cobb removed bedroom doors to trim them so they open smoothly across off-white carpet at the house students built at 2432 Melrose. The four-bedroom, three-bath house built by students enrolled in the building trades course at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School is nearly complete and ready to be sold...

JACKSON -- Mayor Paul Sander will recommend someone to fill Kevin Sawyer's seat at the Board of Aldermen meeting Monday. Sawyer, citing events in his personal life, resigned his position as alderman at this week's meeting. Sawyer, re-elected in April, said Thursday he had "mixed emotions."...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, and three members of the Missouri Wild Horse League Thursday told a congressional panel the National Park Service should leave a herd of Ozark wild horses alone. Emerson's comments were before the House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Land, the panel now deliberating his Wild Horses Protection Act of 1995...