Obituaries

Pam Barber Gaines (06/18/13)
Pam Barber Gaines, daughter of the late Donald Barber and Donnie Link Barber, was born July 14, 1950, in Dexter, Mo., and died June 2, 2013, at her home in San Antonio, Texas. She was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church of San Antonio. On Aug. 17, 1968, she married Dan Gaines in Bloomfield, Mo...

Peggy J. Mitchell (06/18/13)
Peggy J. Mitchell, 86, of Dexter was born Oct. 19, 1926, in Leora, Mo., died June 12, 2013. Formerly of Poplar Bluff, she had resided at Cyprus Point for the past six years. She was a member of the First Christian Church and retired as a caseworker from the Missouri Division of Family Services...

George W. Woodruff (06/18/13)
George W. Woodruff, the son of the late Grigg and Nora Norwood Woodruff, was born in Parma on March 27, 1912, and died at Cypress Point Healthcare in Dexter on June 16, 2013, at the age of 101. He had lived in Essex before moving to Dexter in 1937. He had worked for many years at Coffey and Camp Lumber Company and later was self-employed. He was a member of the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter...

Nadine Carson (06/14/13)
Nadine Carson, daughter of the late Richard D. Glass and Gladys Naney Glass Tucker, was born in Bernie, Mo. on Nov. 11, 1924, and died at her residence in Bernie on June 13, 2013, at the age of 88. Mrs. Carson was a homemaker and a member of Corner Gospel Church of Bernie...

Cletis Borders (06/14/13)
Cletis Borders, son of the late Roscoe and Naomi Borders, was born in Clarkton on July 3, 1933, and died at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, on June 13, 2013, at the age of 79. Borders was a former resident of Parma but had been a resident of Dexter the past several years. He had worked at Stites Concrete for many years and later at Tyson Foods. He was a member of the Lighthouse Christian Center in Dexter...

Margriete K. "Mimi" Cox Luadzers (06/12/13)
Margriete K. "Mimi" Cox Luadzers, age 94, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Jefferson City Nursing and Rehabil-itation Center. Mimi was born Feb. 4, 1919, in Stoddard County, the daughter of Henry and Icie Touchstone Baker. She grew up in Southeast Missouri and was later married in 1937 to Paul Cox who preceded her in death. On May 7, 1975, in Jefferson City, Mo., she married Nelson Luadzers, who preceded her in death on March 30, 1992...

Tony Ray Leek (06/12/13)
Tony Ray Leek of Dexter died at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on June 10, 2013, at the age of 63. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. No services are to be held at this time.

Glida Gean (06/11/13)
Glida Gean, age 78, died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at her home near Bloomfield, surrounded by family. Glida was born Jan. 24, 1935, in Leachville, Ark., to the late Cecil and Lela Sims Rucker. She was a nurse's aid at Shuffits Nursing Home on Ruth Street for many years...

Louise Long (06/08/13)
Louise Long, 84, of Advance, died June 7, 2013, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Louise was born Oct. 10, 1923, the daughter of Walter and Elsie Emrah McIntosh. Louise was the most proud of being a member of the Advance Church of Christ for over 15 years. She was a homemaker...

Irene L. Hinman (06/07/13)
Irene L. Hinman, daughter of the late Luther Sifford and Nancy Horton Sifford, was born April 9, 1920, in Bernie, Mo., and died June 6, 2013, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 93. Mrs. Hinman was a homemaker, a member of the Dexter Church of Christ and a resident of Dexter...

Brandon Billingsley (06/04/13)
Brandon Billingsley, son of Dale and Dolly Darnell Billingsley of Dexter, was born June 25, 1987, at Poplar Bluff and died May 31, 2013, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 25. Brandon was a 2006 Graduate of Richland High School. Besides his parents, survivors include his companion, Amanda Lutes of Dexter; two sons, Mason and Levi of Dexter, and one daughter, Jaydenn, also of Dexter; three brothers, Bobby Dale Billingsley, Brent Billingsley, and Bradley Billingsley all of Dexter; his parental grandparents, Curt and Dixie Billingsley of Lowndes; and maternal grandfather, Lloyd Cullum of Bloomfield.. ...

Bradford "Brad" Scott Locke (05/31/13)
Bradford "Brad" Scott Locke was born on Jan. 13, 1955, at Missouri Delta Community Hospital in Sikeston, Mo. and died at his home in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2013. He is survived by his loving parents, Charles and Evelyn Locke of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; one brother, Christopher Blake Locke of Houston Texas; one sister, Linda Beth Foust and husband, Paul Foust, of St. ...

James Aaron Davison (05/31/13)
James Aaron Davison, son of Aaron L. Davison of DeSoto, Mo. and the late Eunice Moran Davison, was born on May 24, 1945 in Portageville, Mo. and died on May 30, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. at the age of 68. Mr. Davison was a resident of Arnold, Mo. He retired from Chrysler Automotive in Fenton, Missouri...

Brendan Wallis (05/30/13)
Brendan Wallis of Parma, Mo., was born May 28, 2002, and died at his home in Parma, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the age of 11. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Parma is in charge of all arrangements

Brad Locke (05/30/13)
Brad Locke, a resident of Houston, Texas, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died on May 26, 2013, at his residence at the age of 58. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Pearl Lizzie Doane (05/29/13)
Pearl Lizzie Doane, daughter of the late Charles M. Waller and Gertie Lee House Waller, was born on Aug. 31, 1921 in Cotton Wood, Mo., and died at the Golden Living Center in Malden, on May 27, 2013, at the age of 91. On April 16, 1952, she was married to Raymond Doane, Sr. He preceded her in death on Oct. 15, 1986...

Ruth V. Patton (05/29/13)
Ruth Verna Patton, daughter of the late Elmer Lincoln and Zola Jackson Lincoln, was born on Dec. 4, 1919, in Dunklin County, Mo., and died on May 28, 2013, at her daughter's home in Dexter at the age of 93. Mrs. Patton was a resident of Dexter, a member of the New Salem Baptist Church in Marble Hill, Mo., and a homemaker...

Shawna Lane Godwin (05/29/13)
Shawna Lane Godwin, daughter of Pam Gayle Kelley Woosley of Essex, and the late Walter Dale Lane, was born on March 31,1967, in Sikeston and died on May 26, 2013, at her residence in Waterloo, Ill., at the age of 46. Shawna was a member of the Essex Church of Christ. She was a former resident of Essex and had worked as a retail manager for WalMart...

Ruth Patton (05/28/13)
Ruth Patton, a resident of Dexter, died May 28, 2013, at her daughter's residence in Dexter at the age of 93. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Marie Mays (05/28/13)
Marie Mays, daughter of the late Aud Ezra Venable and Nellie Mae Stanfill Venable was born on July 30, 1931, in Bertrand, Mo., and died on May 26, 2013, at her residence near Bernie at the age of 81. Mrs. Mays was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ, she was a former seamstress at the Gossard Garment Factory at Malden, a former telephone operator at Sikeston and a resident of rural Bernie...

Joyce Margaret Wamble (05/28/13)
Joyce Margaret Wamble, daughter of the late Ernest Robinson and Veda Martin Robinson, was born on Oct. 10, 1914, in Stoddard County and died in the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on May 25, 2013, at the age of 98. Mrs. Wamble was a member of the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter, where she taught Children's Sunday School for over 30 years. She was a former cook in the Dexter Public School System for 30 years and was a resident of Dexter...

Norma Gough (05/25/13)
Norma L. Gough of Flint, Mich., died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Woodhaven Assisted Living in Flint, Mich., at the age of 87. Surviving are three children, Phyllis Anders and husband, Thomas, Brenda Mentzer, Barbara Henry and husband, Andrew; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Clara Bagby and husband, Jerry and Helen Shipman, all of Dexter, Mo...

Bobby Lee Cowart (05/24/13)
Bobby Lee Cowart, son of the late Raymond and Alberta Mitchell Cowart, was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 21,1944, and died at the Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center in Puxico, Mo., on Feb. 8, 2013, at the age of 68. He had lived most of his life in the Dexter area and had worked in agriculture...

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.

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Esther Williams
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Joey Covington
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Decon Jones
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Mick Morris
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Frank Lautenberg
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