Stories from Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Student spends exciting semester abroad (01/02/08)
For many young adults, going to college is a period of self-definition -- the early part of adulthood wherein the transitions of a life away from home first start to take place. This is even more the case for Rector's Natalie Sigsby. Sigsby is now back home from a semester of study at the University of Applied Science, or "Fachhochschule," in Aachen, Germany...

Local family, Helping Hands partner to offer scholarship (01/02/08)
During his life in Rector, successful community and business leader James W. Graves stressed the importance of hard work. Now, through a joint effort between the Graves family and the Helping Hands Foundation, future Rector students who show their willingness to work hard in an effort to succeed may be given assistance to do so through the newly-formed James W. Graves Memorial Scholarship...

Lady Cougars make history (01/02/08)
The Lady Cougars continue to make history. The squad, which took part in its first state playoffs last season, added more to its impressive resume' this weekend, claiming its first NEA Tournament crown. Rector climbed the mountain in dominating fashion, rolling over conference foe Bay 56-33 in Saturday's A-AA final...

Manson Ardell Heath (01/02/08)
Manson Ardell Heath, 92, of the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Friday, Dec. 28. Born Nov. 28, 1915, in Rector to the late Manson Everett and Susan Rosie (Yancey) Heath, he was a 1935 graduate of Rector High School, a member of the Poplar Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis and had worked as a welder-pipe fitter...

Lowell Mae Lindsey (01/02/08)
Lowell Mae Lindsey, 86, of Rector died Monday, Dec. 24, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo. Born March 7, 1921, in Ponotoc, Miss., to the late Wilson D. and Anna Bell Turner Lindsey, he was married to Margaret Rutledge on May 22, 1942...

Rose Zetta Rogers Sheffield (01/02/08)
Rose Zetta Rogers Sheffield, 85, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, at her home. She was born March 12, 1923, in Rector to the late William and Cordie Thrasher Rogers and grew up here. She had worked in sales at a department store and was a member of the West Side General Baptist Church in St. Ann, Mo...