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Obituaries

Connie Lucille Pope (05/22/13)
Connie Lucille Pope, daughter of the late Le Pope and Freida Marie Patten Pope, was born Jan.15, 1956, in Bernie, Mo., and died May 16, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 57. Ms. Pope was a resident of Bernie and a homemaker...

Harold Glen Wallace (05/21/13)
Harold Glen Wallace, a resident of rural Parma, Mo. died on May 21, 2013 ,at the age of 73. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Mo.

Donna Faye Curry (05/17/13)
Donna Faye Curry of Morehouse, Mo., died at her residence May 15, 2013, at the age of 75. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

Herman "John" Williamson (05/17/13)
Herman "John" Williamson, son of the late Herman Williamson and Ruby Maurene Jackson Box, was born Dec. 13, 1946, in Holcomb, Mo., and died at his home near Puxico on May 14, 2013, at the age of 66. Herman had lived in Southeast Missouri all his life and had lived near Puxico the past five years. He was a truck driver with Faith Global Transportation and attended the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

Kenneth Edwin Spane (05/16/13)
Kenneth Edwin Spane, 76, of Advance, Mo., died May 14, 2013, at his home. He was born July 28, 1936, at Bell City, Mo., the son of Freeman and Virginia Kneezle Spane. Kenneth was a member of the Bernie Church of the Nazarene, served on the Missouri District Church of the Nazarene Advisor Board, and had received the Distinguished Service Award from the Church of the Nazarene. ...

Lana Carole Cook (05/16/13)
Lana Carole Cook, daughter of the late Charles Benjamin Burnett and Ora Hyten Burnett, was born Sept. 21, 1950, in Bakersfield, Calif., and died May 12, 2013, at her residence near Puxico at the age of 62. On May 24, 1969, she was united in marriage to Claude Elmer Cook in Parma. Mr. Cook preceded her in death on April 8, 1999...

Charles Aubrey Rainey (05/14/13)
Charles Aubrey Rainey, son of the late O. Chesley Rainey and Nina Norman Rainey, was born March 20, 1933, in Dexter, Mo., and died May 10, 2013, at Alexian Brothers Sherbrooke Village in St. Louis, Mo., at the age of 80. Mr. Rainey was a member of the Providence Baptist Church in Bonne Terre and a resident of St. Louis, formerly of Dexter. He had worked as an electronic technician for McDonnell Douglas and was a veteran of the United States Army...

Elaine Dowdy (05/14/13)
Elaine Dowdy, daughter of the late Floyd Jordan and Norma Blackman Jordan, was born Jan. 27, 1940, in Dunklin County, Mo., and died May 12, 2013, at Central Gardens Residential Care Center in Dexter at the age of 73. Mrs. Dowdy was a member of the Westside Baptist Church and a resident of Dexter. She had worked as a secretary for Christian & Dowdy Lumber in Dexter and was an active member of the Missouri Southern Healthcare Auxiliary...

Nancy Joann Jones (05/10/13)
Nancy Joann Jones, daughter of the late Leo A. Pugh and Sally Pauline Lusk Pugh, was born on Jan. 14, 1940, in Peach Orchard, Mo., and died on May 4, 2013, in Omaha, Neb., at the age of 73. Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and a resident of Omaha, Neb. She was united in marriage to Ned M. Jones. Mr. Jones preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 2012...

Celebrity Obituaries

Trevor Bolder
Trevor Bolder was a musician, songwriter and record producer best known for playing in Uriah Heep and David Bowie’s band, The Spiders From Mars. He played bass.
Lothar Schmid
Lothar Schmid was a chess grandmaster and chess referee. His most well-known for being the referee during the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.
Bernard Waber
Bernard Waber, 91, was a famous children’s book author. His most famous works are The House On East 88th Street and the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile series of books. He also wrote a book called Bravery to help children cope with the September 11 attacks.
Phil Buerstatte
Phil Buerstatte was an American musician and former drummer of the band White Zombie from 1992-1994. He was also in the band Last Crack.
Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek was the keyboardist and central songwriter for The Doors. He penned many of their hits and formed the band after a brief, chance encounter with Jim Morrison on Venice Beach. He was also a best-selling author and a Grammy winner.
Zach Sobiech
Zach Sobiech achieved fame when his song “Clouds” went viral several years after he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. Sobiech has been told in June 2012 that he had months to live, and penned the song about the inevitability of death, and released it in December of that year. It went viral, and [...]
William Fine
William Fine published magazines with the Hearst Corporation in the 1960s and went on to become the president of Bonwit Teller. He also heavily influenced U.S. drug laws through a report to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
Alan O'Day
Alan O’Day was an American songwriter who penned several successful songs for other musicians–such as Cher, The Righteous Brothers, and Helen Reddy–before finding his own fanbase with “Undercover Angel”. He also wrote music for the popular ’80s kids’ show “The Muppet Babies”.
Christine White
Christine White was an American actress who gained popularity in the ’50s and ’60s with roles on several popular television shows, including “Twilight Zone”. In fact, one of her most famous roles was that of William Shatner’s wife in the episode “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet”, in which a mentally unstable man sees a gremlin on [...]
Jorge Videla
Jorge Videla, 87, was the dictator of Argentina from 1976 to 1981 after a successful coup d’état put him in power. During his rule, 15,000 to 30,000 citizens disappeared while under police custody. Many were later found in concentration camps and subsequently released. After losing power in 1983, Videla was found guilty of numerous crimes, [...]

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