Stories from Tuesday, December 22, 1992

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees Americans the liberty to say what they think. Most people understand the intent of this and its value to our nation's life. In the 201 years since the amendment's ratification, however, there have been plenty who attempted to serve themselves in its name. ...

SIKESTON -- Richard Blake Copeland, 45, of Sikeston, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 1992, near Benton. He was born Aug. 13, 1947 at Blytheville, Ark., son of Earl Blake and Marie Hedy Swiney, who both survive of Sikeston. He was married to Leigh Brooks...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Jessie Yeakey of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Ted Wimberley will officiate, with burial in Blodgett Cemetery at Blodgett. Yeakey, 90, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 1992, at Miner Nursing Center...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Jim Lemonds of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jim Guffie will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Lemonds, 64, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1992, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn...

PERRYVILLE -- Esther S. "Duke" Miget, 82, of Perryville, died Monday, Dec. 21, 1992, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 30, 1910, at Brewer, daughter of James and Ada May Taylor. She and Wilbert L. Miget were married April 2, 1934. He died July 15, 1975...

JACKSON -- Virginia L. Ulrich, 63, of Jackson, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1992, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City. She was born May 23, 1929, at Gordonville, daughter of Edgar and Frieda Borgfield Winkler. She married Nelson Ulrich in 1947, who died May 10, 1992...

Graveside service for Michael David Bunting of Tucker, Ark., formerly of Cape Girardeau, was held recently at Fitzhugh Cemetery there. Hale-South Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Bunting, 53, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 1992, at Veterans Hospital in Little Rock, Ark...

Elizabeth Carter, 83, 3120 Independence, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 1992, at her home. She was born Dec. 8, 1909, in Charleston, S.C., daughter of Samuel McLurkin and Corrye Elizabeth Poore Estes. She and Joe M. Carter were married June 10, 1933, at Hollister...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Lillie Mae Webster, 77, of Ullin, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 1992, at her home. She was born Sept. 9, 1915, in Helena, Ark., daughter of James Calvin and Willie Mae Dairl Rhineheart. She and Lowell Webster were married Sept. 21, 1937. He died Aug. 27, 1990...