Cozette Williamson (07/03/09)
Cozette Williamson, daughter of the late Riley and Wilma "Kate" Robinson Hester, was born in Idalia on Aug. 10, 1929, and died at her home in Essex on July 3, 2009, at the age of 79. Cozette had lived in the Essex area most all her life. She had retired from Elders Manufacturing and attended church at the South Pleasant Valley Church in Essex...

Margaret Sue Lane (07/03/09)
Margaret Sue Lane, daughter of the late Walter Eugene Lane and Mary Edna Duncan Lane was born on April 27, 1947 at Dexter and died in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on July 3, 2009 at the age of 62. Sue was of the Baptist Faith, attended the Stoddard County A.R.C. Day Activity Center in Dexter, was a member of the Stoddard County A.R.C. and was a resident of Dexter...

Verba Foege (07/03/09)
Verba Foege, daughter of the late John and Myrtie Cates Link was born on August 17, 1928 in Bloomfield and died on June 27, 2009 ,at her residence in Bloomfield at the age of 80. Mrs. Foege attended the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia and worked as a cashier, model, waitress and a beautician at Puff Beauty Salon which she owned and was employed at Raython for 18 years. ...

Sue Lane (07/03/09)
Sue Lane, a resident of Dexter, died on July 3, 2009 in the Sypress Point Skilled Nursing Center at the age of 62. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Richard Haga (07/03/09)
Richard Haga, a resident of Dexter, died on July 3, 2009 in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center at the age of 82. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Ruby Opal Snider (07/01/09)
Ruby Opal Snider, daughter of the late Frank Ambrous Stoker and Ora Bea Morris, was born on Feb. 11, 1918 at Dexter and died in the Crowley Ridge Care Center on June 30, 2009 at the age of 91. Snider was a member of the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter, a former employee of Elder's Manufacturing in Dexter and a resident of Dexter...

Jimmy Baker (06/30/09)
Jimmy Baker, son of the late Kenneth "Jack" Baker and Shirley Ann Woodruff Baker, was born on Aug. 31, 1963, in Flint, Mich., and died at his residence in Pocahontas, Ark., on June 28, 2009, at the age of 45. Mr. Baker was a former employee of Tyson Foods in Dexter, a former delivery driver with Overturf Healthmart in Dexter, formerly a resident of Dexter currently residing in Pocahontas, Ark...

Daisy Welch (06/30/09)
Daisy Welch, daughter of the late James Cleveland and Talitha Jane White Campbell, was born in Decatur, Ill., on Jan. 3, 1919, and died at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on June 28, 2009, at the age of 90. Daisy had lived in Essex and Dexter all her life. She had worked with her husband on the family farm and was a member of the Sweet Prospect General Baptist Church in Dexter...

Hilda Maxine Brown (06/30/09)
Hilda Maxine Brown, daughter of the late Robert Harrison Borders and Flarah Elvira Borders, was born on Sept. 8, 1919, at Campbell and died Monday, June 22, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Malden. She attended Bethany General Baptist Church in Campbell...

James Mike Williams (06/27/09)
James Mike Williams, son of the late Clarence Emory Williams and Helen Lee Darrell Williams, was born on June 22, 1944, at Dexter and died in his residence near Dexter on June 25, 2009, at the age of 65. He was the owner of Williams News Agency in Dexter working for the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff and the Standard Democrat in Sikeston, a charter member of the Dexter Elks Lodge #2439, and a resident of rural Dexter...

Hilda Maxine Brown (06/26/09)
Hilda Maxine Brown, daughter of the late Robert Harrison Borders and Flarah Elvira Borders, was born on Sept. 8, 1919, at Campbell and died Monday, June 22, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Malden. She attended Bethany General Baptist Church in Campbell...

James "Mike" Williams (06/26/09)
James "Mike" Williams, a resident of rural Dexter, died on June 25, 2009 in his residence at the age of 65. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Dorothy Marchant (06/24/09)
Dorothy Marchant, daughter of the late Walter Lee and Emma Leona Dennison Bell, was born in Dexter on Oct. 2, 1931, and died at her home in Dexter on June 22, 2009, at the age of 77. Dorothy lived in Michigan for 40 years and returned to Dexter in 1989. She had owned the D & C Cafe in Bernie for many years and had worked at Town & County Super Market. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter...

Mrs. Veda M. Pryor (06/23/09)
Mrs. Veda M. Pryor, age 88, of Anna, Ill., dies at 5:50 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born September 7, 1920 in Tennessee, the daughter of William & Flora Stephens Medling. She married Elmer Harry Pryor, May 18, 1943 in St. Louis. He preceded her in death on January 3, 1964...

John L. Autrey (06/23/09)
John L. Autrey, son of the late William Andrew and Faye E. Autrey, was born in Essex on Aug. 7, 1949, and died at his home in Branson on June 19, 2009, at the age of 59. Mr. Autrey had lived in Stoddard County , spent 15 years in Washington, and had lived in Branson the past two years. ...

Irvon Clay Carter (06/23/09)
Irvon Clay Carter, son of the late James Olen and Dora Jane Ketcherside Carter, was born in Ellsinore on Sept. 18, 1936, and died at his home in Cape Girardeau on June 20, 2009, at the age of 72. Mr. Carter had lived in Dexter before moving to Cape Girardeau. He retired from Purolator factory in Dexter after 27years. He was a member of the Sweet Prospect General Baptist Church in Dexter...

Kenneth Dowdy (06/23/09)
Kenneth Dowdy, son of the late Charles N. Dowdy and Ollie E. Waggoner Dowdy was born on Nov. 12, 1924 in Dexter and died at his residence in Dexter on June 22, 2009 at the age of 84. Dowdy was a self-employed farmer, veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II, member of the Bridge Church of Christ near Pyletown and a resident of Dexter...

Ricky Joe Moore (06/23/09)
Ricky Joe Moore, son of Randall Moore and Janina Sue Spain Moore of Dexter, was born on August 29, 1984 at Sikeston and died near Zalma on June 20, 2009 at the age of 24. Ricky was an employee of Gibbs Construction in Bloomfield, a graduate of Bloomfield Senior High School in 2002 and a resident of Dexter...

Ruth Marie Conner (06/23/09)
Ruth Marie Conner, daughter of the late Cecil and Bertha Silliman Vickery, was born near Essex on July 13, 1935, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on June 19, 2009, at the age of 73.M Mrs. Conner had lived in the Essex and Dexter area all her life. She had attended the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Essex...