Stories from Saturday, October 16, 2010

Looking north up the Mississippi River just below Cape Rock Overlook.

Tri-Con Industries Ltd. will lay off its entire 275-man work force at the auto seat cover manufacturing plant in Cape Girardeau Thursday in response to a strike by auto workers at Chrysler Corp. manufacturing plants throughout the United States and Canada...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Vivian C. Ernst, 90, of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, at Independence Court. She was born in Perry County on Oct. 29, 1919, daughter of Daniel A. and Theresa K. Pourney Gorman. She and John W. Ernst were married Oct. 24, 1940. He preceded her in death Oct. 1, 1990...

Mildred Earline "Sissie" Cooper Ramsey, 83, of Iuka, Miss., passed away Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at Southern Magnolia Estates in Iuka. Mrs. Ramsey was born July 7, 1927, in Henry County, Tenn., to Ben and Mildred Cooper. She graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1945, and married Jimmie Ramsey on Feb. 10, 1946. They celebrated their 51st anniversary before he passed away in 1997...

Elizabeth Kinder Oldham, 86, formerly of Burfordville, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2010, at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano in Plano, Texas. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.