Obituaries

Robert Ernie Clark (11/07/09)
Robert Ernie Clark, son of the late Robert Floyd Clark and Oma Frances Hunton Clark, was born on July 2, 1939 at Bowling Green, Ky. and died at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Nov. 5, 2009 at the age of 70. He was retired from Federal Mogul in Malden and was of the Baptist faith...

Ronald J. Maloney (11/07/09)
Ronald J. Maloney was born on May 11, 1935 near Idalia and died at the age of 74 on Nov. 5, 2009 in Desloge. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe Sanders and Wilma (Weaver) Maloney; a sister, Pauletta Trimble; and his grandparents, Simon Z. Weaver and Mila (Hale) Weaver...

Raleigh "Fuzz" Palmer (11/07/09)
Raleigh "Fuzz" Palmer died at his home at Aquilla on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at the age of 87. Arrangements are pending and will be handled by Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Kermit Swindell (11/06/09)
Kermit Swindell, son of the late Blain Swindell and Myrtle King Swindell, was born on June 11, 1920, at Swinton and died in his residence at Dexter on Nov. 5, 2009, at the age of 89. Mr. Swindell was the owner of Swindell Auto Sales in Dexter, a veteran of the United States Navy serving in World War II, and was a resident of Dexter...

Emma Thornton (11/05/09)
Emma Thornton, daughter of the late William Williamson and Anna Charles Williamson, was born on March 7, 1922 at Bernie and died in the Crowley Ridge Care Center at Dexter on Nov. 4, 2009, at the age of 87. Mrs. Thornton was a former employee of Elder Manufacturing Company in Bloomfield where she had worked as a seamstress and a shipping clerk and was a resident of Dexter...

J. H. "Bo" Taylor (11/05/09)
J. H. "Bo" Taylor, son of the late William Lee Taylor and Hallie Hall Taylor was born on Sept. 29, 1932 at Lilbourn and died in his residence at Dexter on Nov. 4, 2009 at the age of 77. Mr. Taylor was a former employee of Taylor and Christian Auto Sales in Dexter, a veteran of the United States Army serving in the Korean War and enjoyed hunting and the outdoors...

Helen Jones (11/05/09)
Helen Jones, daughter of the late Jess Gaines and Hazel Dickerson Gaines, was born on May 22, 1925 at Dexter and died in the Crowley Ridge Care Center at Dexter on Nov. 3, 2009 at the age of 84. Mrs. Jones had been a case worker for the Missouri Department Of Family Services for 28 years, a former employee of International Shoe Company in Dexter and a resident of Dexter...

Virginia M. Smyth (11/05/09)
Virginia M. Smyth once said "Giving one's self is a gift of the spirit, I recommend it for all ages". This was Ms. Smyth's creed. Ms. Smyth was born in Ardmore, Okla., on March 9, 1919, and died on Oct. 28, 2009. Ms. Smyth attended William Woods College in Fulton and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in social work, whereas she completed her masters in social work at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. ...

Larry Wayne Doll (11/04/09)
Larry Wayne Doll, son of the late Woody A. Doll and Edna Calhoun King was born on June 15, 1948 at East St. Louis, Ill. and died in his residence at Dexter on Nov. 2, 2009 at the age of 61. Mr. Doll had been disabled for several years. Prior to his disability he delivered newspapers for the Daily Statesman. He was of the General Baptist faith...

Don Mack Crouch (11/04/09)
Don Mack Crouch was born on Dec. 26, 1936 in Marmaduke, Ark. to Olen and Arlie (Campbell) Crouch. He died on Nov. 2, 2009 at the age of 72 in the comfort of his own home in Dexter with family and close friends surrounding him. He was preceded in death by both his parents...

William LeRoy "Bill" Maddox (11/04/09)
William LeRoy "Bill" Maddox, the son of the late William Harley and Maude Marie Mitchell Maddox, was born in Dudley on Nov. 17, 1939, and died at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at the age of 69. Bill lived his whole life in Dudley and was a member of the Church of Christ in Asherville...

Daisy E. Pyle Brown (11/03/09)
Daisy Brown, daughter of the late Calvin Pyle and Beda Dowdy Pyle, was born on Oct. 22, 1916, in Dunklin, County and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on Monday Nov. 2, 2009, at the age of 93. Mrs. Brown was a home-maker, member of the First Baptist Church in Bernie, member of the Eastern Star in Bernie, and a resident of Bernie...

Eunice P. Garner (10/31/09)
Eunice P. Garner, the daughter of the late John Preston and Myrtle Agnes Harlan Edwards, was born in Gray Ridge on March 5, 1915, and died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on Oct. 29, 2009, at the age of 94. Mrs. Garner had lived in Grayridge and Bloomfield most of her life. ...

Mattie L. Tilley Gaskins (10/30/09)
Mattie L. Tilley Gaskins, daughter of the late William McKinley and Maudie Anderson Hudson, was born in Dover, Ark. on April 17, 1932, and died at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter on Oct. 28, 2009 at the age of 77. Mrs. Gaskins had lived in St. Louis before moving to Bloomfield 20 years ago. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield...

Hildred Veola Furrell (10/30/09)
Hildred Veola Furrell, daughter of the late Joe and Geneva Butler Wiggington, was born March 28, 1916, at Tishomingo, Miss., and died on Oct. 19, 2009, in Sun City, Ariz., at the age of 93. Mrs. Furrell was of the Pentecostal faith and served the Lord faithfully for 54 years, was a retired caregiver in numerous nursing homes in California, and a hospice volunteer while living in Missouri. She moved to Surprise, Ariz., in October 2007 to live with one of her daughters...

Catherine L. Williams (10/29/09)
Catherine L. Williams died Oct. 27, 2009, at the age of 85. Funeral arrangements will be with Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter.

Ethel Marie Bolner (10/29/09)
Ethel Marie Bolner, 86, of Lake City, Ark., died at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. Ethel was born in Townley to George and Edith Palmer Burton. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Jonesboro...

Danny Joe Glass (10/28/09)
Danny Joe Glass, 50, of Corydon, Ky., died at 11:49 Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Arrangements will be with Tomblinson Funeral Sebree Chapel.

Gary Douglas James (10/27/09)
Gary James, son of the late Paul James and Bernice Reeves James, was born on July 9, 1929, at Malden and died on Oct. 25, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 80. Mr. James was a food broker, a member of the First Baptist Church, a member of the Dexter Elks Lodge #2439, and a resident of Dexter...

Mary Lou Teel (10/24/09)
Mary Lou Teel, the daughter of the late Harvey and Aureola Baun Dunn, was born in Illmo on Feb.19, 1927 and died at St. Luke's in Chesterfield on Oct. 23, 2009 at the age of 82. Mrs. Teel had lived in the Essex area before moving to St. Louis many years ago. She was a proud homemaker and wife. She was of the Assembly of God faith...

Macel Gipson (10/23/09)
Macel Gipson, daughter of the late Everett Coffey and Ora Warren Coffey, was born on Feb. 12, 1919 at Essex and died in the Crowley Ridge Care Center at Dexter on Oct. 21, 2009, at the age of 90. Mrs. Gipson was a member of the Sweet Prospect General Baptist Church in Dexter, a home-maker, and a resident of Dexter...

Macel Gipson (10/22/09)
Macel Gipson, resident of Dexter, died on Oct. 21, 2009 in the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 90. Funeral arragements are imcomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Kenneth Baker (10/21/09)
Kenneth Baker, son of the late Kenneth "Jack" Baker and Shirley Ann Woodruff Baker was born on April 21, 1959 at Dexter and died at Missouri Southern Healthcare at Dexter on Oct. 19, 2009 at the age of 50. Mr. Baker was a former employee of a bowling alley in Flint, Mich. and a current resident of Dexter...

Martha "Marti" Sturm (10/20/09)
Marti Sturm, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at her home. Marti was born Jan. 5, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ferdinand Nicholas and Ruth Estes Sturm. She was a member of Abbey Road Christian Church-Disciples of Christ in Cape Girardeau, serving as chairman of Stewardship Campaign, Worship Committee and Revitalization Committee...

Helen Sue Taylor (10/20/09)
Helen Sue Taylor, 62, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at her home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 24, 1947, in Sikeston to Glen and Mary Drucille Pixley Ayers. She and Dr. Philip Taylor were married Saturday, Aug. 8, 1970 at Dexter. She was a member of St. Vincent De Paul Church. She had been employed in the Jackson school system as a speech pathologist for several years...