PERRYVILLE ALDERMAN SEAT WILL BE FILLED

PERRYVILLE -- A seat on the Perryville Board of Alderman vacated by the death of former Board President Robert V. Pirrie may be filled by early March.

Perryville Mayor Robert Miget said he is narrowing a list of possible replacements and may appoint one of those people by the board's next scheduled meeting March 6.

Pirrie, who was 52, was killed Feb. 6 when the single-engine plane he was flying crashed into a field west of Cape Girardeau.

He was the only person aboard the plane at the time of the crash.

Miget, who called Pirrie's death a "tragedy," said it's taken some time for the board to re-group because of the loss of Pirrie.

"Bob's going to be an extremely hard man to replace," he said. "Right now, myself and other board members are trying to narrow the list and find the best person for the job."

Pirrie had been a Ward 2 alderman in Perryville since 1986. At the time of his death, he was president of the Board of Aldermen and presided at meetings in the absence of the mayor.

Pirrie's term on the board would have expired in April 1992, Miget said.