January 2011

Harold W. Locke Jr., 83, of Jackson, Mo., died at 11:35 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born on Dec. 9, 1928, in Akron, Ohio, the son of Harold William and Merna Ewart Locke Sr.

He married Peggy Childs on March 1, 1951.

He served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was owner and operator of Locke Distributing for 35 years. He managed four warehouses throughout Southeast Missouri.

The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ basketball team plans to emphasize defense in order to be successful this  season, according to A-JCHS coach Mike Chamness.

“We’ve got to do better defending than we did last year,” coach Chamness said. “We’ve got to do better than letting teams score in the 60s (points) a game. If we can hold them in the 40s and 50s we’ll have a chance to have a good season.”

The Wildcats will return three senior starters from last year’s 15-15 squad to try to build a winning team around.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">George “Alan” Purtle, 59, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Anna, died December 8, 2011 at Stormont Vail Regional Medical Center.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">He was born on October 28, 1952 in Anna, Illinois to George John and Clara Rosalie (Basse) Purtle.</span></p>

<p style="line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong style=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="">        </span> Mr. John Gary “Little Deer” Rendleman, age 69 of Wolf Lake, died at 9:01 a.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born January 24, 1942 in Anna, the son of Robert Howard and Iva Tweedy Rendleman. He married Sherry A. Rhodes on March 5, 1971 in Wolf Lake.</span></strong></p>