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...

Martin Clay Hefner (05/09/13)
Martin Clay Hefner, 78, of McGee, Mo., died May 6, 2013, in Bethlehem, Ga. He was born Feb. 11, 1935, to Virgil Glenn and Mary Mildred Walk Hefner. Clay retired in 1992 from Caroline Trucking Co., in St. Louis, Mo., after 30 years of service. He was a member of the Teamsters Local #600 and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Granite City, Ill...

Carl David Tackett Jr. (05/09/13)
Carl David Tackett Jr., son of the late Carl David Sr. and Joyce Juanita Greer Tackett, was born in St. Louis, Mo., on June 5, 1957, and died at his residence in Morehouse, Mo., on May 2, 2013, at the age of 55. Mr. Tackett was of the Baptist faith. He had lived in the Morehouse area his entire life. He enjoyed baseball and football. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Carl David Tackett, Jr. (05/09/13)
Carl David Tackett, Jr., son of the late Carl David Sr. and Joyce Juanita Greer Tackett, was born in St. Louis, Mo., on June 5, 1957, and died at his residence in Morehouse, Mo., on May 2, 2013, at the age of 55. Mr. Tackett was of the Baptist faith. He had lived in the Morehouse area his entire life. He enjoyed baseball and football. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Peggy L. Rangel (05/08/13)
Peggy L. Rangel, daughter of the late Grover Mosley and Juanita Webster Mosley, was born on Aug. 6, 1940, in Blytheville, Ark., and died on May 4, 2013, at her residence in Dexter, at the age of 72. Mrs. Rangel was a member of the Living Water Worship Center in Dexter and retired from Federal Mogul in Malden...

Robert Wayne Sanders (05/08/13)
Robert Wayne Sanders, son of the late Marion Sanders and Ammie Autrey Sanders was born on Feb. 3, 1926, in Hagerville, Ark., and died on May 7, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 87. Mr. Sanders was the Central Elementary Head Custodian at Dexter Public Schools for many years, and was a resident of Dexter...

DeAnn Sentell (05/08/13)
DeAnn Sentell, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Sentell was born Oct. 3, 1955, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was a paralegal. On June 20, 2001, she married Lavon Sentell and he survives...

Robert Wayne Sanders (05/07/13)
Robert Wayne Sanders, a resident of Dexter, Mo. died on Tuesday May 7, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 87. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Arthur Bernard Pixley (05/03/13)
Arthur "Bernard" Pixley, son of the late Melvin W. Pixley and Gertrude H. Williams Pixley, was born on Aug. 15, 1920, in Advance, Mo., and died on May 3, 2013, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Facility in Dexter at the age of 92. Mr. Pixley was a resident of Dexter and owned and operated Pixley's Body Shop in Dexter for several years, while also maintaining a small farm where he enjoyed raising horses and cattle. ...

Bernard Arthur Pixley (05/03/13)
Bernard Arthur Pixley of Dexter, Mo. died on May 3, 2013, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter at the age of 92. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Urijah Michael Jameson, (05/01/13)
Urijah Michael Jameson, son of Mike Jameson and Amandrea Wright Jameson of Dexter was stillborn on April 27, 2013, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, Malaki Jameson and Koa Jameson both of Dexter; by his paternal grandfather, Lewis Michael Jameson of Keego Harbor, Mich.; by his maternal grandmother, Candice Melton of Harrison, Ark.; and his maternal grandfather, Barry Wright of Big Bear, Calif...

Rebecca Sue Baldwin (04/30/13)
Rebecca Sue Baldwin, 75, of Charter Oak, Mo. (rural Catron), died on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at her home surrounded by loved ones. She was born March 27, 1938 in Center Ridge, Ark. to William Avery and Martha Elizabeth Ethridge Stobaugh. She was the oldest of four children, and from a very early age, she and her sisters helped their parents work the farm and harvest a huge garden...

Arthur Dwaine "A.D." Cox (04/30/13)
Arthur Dwaine Cox, or A. D. as he was known to many, son of the late Arthur Marion Cox and Zoa Gray Cox, was born on Oct. 6, 1937, in Puxico, Mo., and died at his home in Dexter, on the evening of April 28, 2013, at the age of 75. A.D. was a resident of Dexter, formerly of Cape Girardeau. ...

Imogene Jones (04/26/13)
Imogene Jones, formerly of Parma, Mo., died at the Pacific Care Center in Pacific, Mo., on April 24, 2013, at the age of 89. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Parma is in charge of arrangements.

Irene Gaines (04/26/13)
Irene Gaines, daughter of the late Charles E. Hoffman and Levie K. Norman Hoffman, was born on May 17, 1914, in Dexter, Mo., and died on April 25, 2013, at the Mary Culver Home in Kirkwood, Mo., at the age of 98. Mrs. Gaines was a retired seamstress at Elders Manufacturing in Dexter. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Dexter...

Juanita Rankins (04/24/13)
Juanita Rankins, daughter of the late James O'Neal and Jenny Hibbard O'Neal, was born on Nov. 11, 1926, in Pocahontas, Ark. and died on April 22, 2013, at her residence in Gray Ridge, Mo. at the age of 86. Mrs. Rankins was a member of the Gray Ridge General Baptist Church, a homemaker and a longtime resident of Gray Ridge...

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Trevor Bolder
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Phil Buerstatte
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Ray Manzarek
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William Fine
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