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Clarence Henry
(Obituary ~ 04/01/13)
Clarence Henry died at the Advance Nursing Center on March 30, 2013, at the age of 93. He was born April 8, 1919, in Glenmore, Pa., to the late John and Blanche Henry. On April 29, 1944, he was married to Georgia Duffey in Piggott, Ark. She preceded him in death on Oct. 8, 2011. He was a long time member of the Bloomfield General Baptist Church...
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Velma Collum
(Obituary ~ 04/01/13)
Velma Collum a resident of Puxico, died March 30, 2013, at the age of 102. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements.
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Glen Dale Mouser
(Obituary ~ 04/02/13)
Glen Dale Mouser, son of the late Hadley Mouser and Mildred Thomas Mouser, was born on Dec.19, 1935, in Zalma, Mo. and died on March 30, 2013, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. at the age of 77. Mr. Mouser was a member of the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Essex. He had been employed as a truck driver for ABF Freight System, Inc. and was a longtime resident of Essex...
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Donald Steven Cain
(Obituary ~ 04/02/13)
Donald Steven Cain, son of Kay Hall Cain Cagle of Malden and the late Donald Cain, was born on March 5, 1962, at Dexter and died at his residence near Essex on March 30, 2013, at the age of 51. Mr. Cain was a former employee of Faurecia for 29 and one-half years. He enjoyed hunting, the St. Louis Cardinals, and was a resident of rural Essex...
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Reba "Geraldine" Graham
(Obituary ~ 04/03/13)
Reba 'Geraldine' Graham, 89, formerly of Bloomfield, died at Chateau Girardeau, in Cape Girar-deau, Mo., on April 1, 2013. She was born Sept. 22, 1923, in Bloom-field to Guy and Hazel Pruett Reed. On Oct. 7, 1939, she was united in marriage to Charles Graham. He preceded her in death on July 22, 1986...
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Iris Imogene Reed
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Iris Imogene Reed, daughter of the late Walter Scott and Loma Harmon Scott, was born on March 12, 1934, in Dudley, Mo., and died April 2, 2013, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 79. Mrs. Reed was a member of the Dudley Community Church and she was a longtime resident of Dudley. She had been employed as a secretary at the Powell Law Firm in Dexter...
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Lucinda E. Kendall
(Obituary ~ 04/04/13)
Lucinda E. Kendall, 67, of Bloomfield, Mo., formerly of Shelbyville, Ind., was born Jan. 4, 1946, and died March 31, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Bloom-field, Mo. She is survived by three sons, Roger Penick (Missy) of Indiana, Jimmie Penick of Ohio, and Johnny Penick (Theresa) of Indiana; two daughters, Candice Pitcock of Missouri and Michelle Pitcock Henderson (Ron) of Illinois; by one sister, Margaret Rieck of Chesterton, Ind.; two brothers, Steve Campbell (Jean) of Newfield, N.Y., and Larry Stewart (Dianna) of Roselawn, Ind., her stepmother Dorothy Pool and step-sister Leota Haskell of Shelbyville, Ind.;and by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.. ...
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Ada Allstun
(Obituary ~ 04/05/13)
Ada Allstun, a resident of Dexter died on April 4, 2013 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 97. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Bonnie Jean (Grubbs) Gromer
(Obituary ~ 04/05/13)
On April 3, 2013, at 7:40 p.m. in her son's home in Jackson, Mo., Bonnie Jean (Grubbs) Gromer, 69, peacefully lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her large, loving family and holding the hand of her husband of 47 years, Charles D. Gromer...
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janet Kinder
(Obituary ~ 04/05/13)
Janet Kinder, a resident of Dexter, died on April 4, 2013, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. at the age of 70. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...
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Ada Eunice Allstun
(Obituary ~ 04/05/13)
Ada Eunice Allstun, daughter of the late George S. Stewart and Eunice Ann Gines Stewart, was born on August 6, 1914, in rural Bloomfield, Missouri, and passed away on April 4, 2013, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 98. Mrs. Allstun was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ and a longtime resident of Dexter. She was employed at Elder Manufacturing Company in Dexter for over 40 years...
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Janet Marie Kinder
(Obituary ~ 04/06/13)
The world lost an incredible wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Janet Marie Kinder finished her fight victorious and surrounded by her loving family. Janet Marie Kinder, daughter of the late Floyd L. Isaac and Gladys Cookemboo Isaac, was born May 19, 1942, in Kinder, Mo., and died at the age of 70...
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Bond Griffin
(Obituary ~ 04/08/13)
Bond Griffin, son of the late William Jackson and Corda Attenberry Griffin, was born on Sept. 24, 1927, in Hornersville and died at the Golden Living Center in Dexter on April 7, 2013, at the age of 85. Bond had lived in the Bloomfield area most of his life. He was a retired farmer...
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Frances Madonna "Donna" Clayton
(Obituary ~ 04/08/13)
Frances Madonna "Donna" Clayton, 66, of Toney, Ala., was born Feb. 22, 1947, and died April 5, 2013, at her residence. Donna was a native of Parma, Mo., and a resident of Limestone County for 18 years. She was employed with Capital Concepts for 12 years...
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Ellen Sattler
(Obituary ~ 04/09/13)
Ellen Sattler, a resident of Dexter, died April 8, 2013, at her residence in Dexter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Russell Milton Parker
(Obituary ~ 04/10/13)
Russell Milton Parker formerly of Essex, Mo., died April 6, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 77. Mr. Parker was born April 27, 1935, in Luxora, Ark., to the late Harvey and Maggie Mae Manning Parker. In 1977 he married Maxine Burney who preceded him in death...
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Earshel Akridge
(Obituary ~ 04/10/13)
Earshel Akridge, 67, son of the late Hershel Akridge and Katherine Tanner Akridge, was born on Dec. 5, 1945, at Gideon and died at his residence near Parma on April 8, 2013. Mr. Akridge was a former farmer and mechanic. He was a resident of rural Parma...
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Desmond Becker
(Obituary ~ 04/10/13)
Desmond Becker, 81, of Sikeston and formerly of Dexter, died on April 9, 2013, at his residence in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Ellen Rowena Sattler
(Obituary ~ 04/10/13)
Ellen Rowena Sattler, daughter of the late Thelma Britton, was born on March 25, 1955, in Gray Ridge, Mo., and died at her residence at Dexter on April 8, 2013, at the age of 58. Mrs. Sattler was a member of the Light-house Christian Church in Dexter and was a volunteer at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girar-deau. She was on the Southeast Missouri Hos-pital Auxiliary Board, a member of the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foun-dation Association and the Southeast Missouri Hos-pital Auxiliary...
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Silas Sayre
(Obituary ~ 04/10/13)
Silas Sayre, son of the late Clyde and Winnie Davis Sayre, was born in Hayti, Mo., on Nov., 26, 1923, and died at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on April 9, 2013, at the age of 89. He had lived in Malden and moved to Dexter in 1947. He had been self employed as a carpenter and was a member of the Church of God International. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during WWII...
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Silas Sayre
(Obituary ~ 04/11/13)
Silas Sayre, son of the late Clyde and Winnie Davis Sayre, was born in Hayti, Mo., on Nov., 26, 1923, and died at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on April 9, 2013, at the age of 89. He had lived in Malden and moved to Dexter in 1947. He had been self employed as a carpenter and was a member of the Church of God International. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during WWII...
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Desmond E. Becker
(Obituary ~ 04/11/13)
Desmond E. Becker, son of the late Henry Becker and Agnes Braswell Becker, was born on Feb. 10, 1932, in London, Ark,, and died on April 9, 2013, at his residence near Sikeston, at the age of 81. Mr. Becker was a member of the First General Baptist Church of Morehouse. ...
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Dimple Miller
(Obituary ~ 04/12/13)
Dimple Miller, daughter of the late John Ernest Zimmerman and Nora Ethel McGowan Zimmerman, was born in Bernie, Mo., on Dec. 31, 1918, and died at the Golden Living Center in Malden, Mo., on April 11, 2013, at the age of 94. Mrs. Miller's last employment was at the IGA Grocery Store in Dexter she was a homemaker, a lifelong member of the Bernie Church of Christ and a resident of Bernie...
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Shirley M. Carwile
(Obituary ~ 04/12/13)
Shirley M. Carwile, daughter of the late Thomas McGowen and Bertha Jackson McGowen, was born on Dec. 2, 1937 in Bernie, Mo. and died on April 11, 2013 at her residence in Dexter, Mo. at the age of 75. Mrs. Carwile was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter for many years...
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Ada Ann McGowan
(Obituary ~ 04/12/13)
Ada Ann McGowan, a resident of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, formerly of Dexter, died on April 10, 2013, at her residence in Pagosa Springs at the age of 78 years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...
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Ada McGowan
(Obituary ~ 04/15/13)
Ada Ann McGowan, formerly of Dexter, Mo., passed away April 10, in her home in Pagosa Springs, Colo. She was born Ada Ann Stephens on March 31, 1935 in Knox City, Texas to Helen and Jim Stephens. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, John Larry McGowan, who died in 2002. ...
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Bonnie Lou Parsons
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Bonnie Lou Parsons, daughter of the late Reben Frances Craft and Zana Marie Gaines Craft, was born June 11, 1937, in Malden, Mo., and died April 14, 2013, in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 75. Mrs. Parsons was a resident of Dexter and she had been employed at the Elks Lodge, the Hickory House Restaurant, and Elder Manufacturing in Bloomfield...
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Birt L. Cookson
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Birt L. Cookson of Puxico, Mo., died April 14, 2013 at the age of 86. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico is in charge of all arrangements.
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Roger Allen Clay
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Roger Allen Clay, 57, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, April 13, 2013. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.
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Thelma Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Thelma Smith died on April 15, 2013 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 79. Her funeral arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Nancy Louise Stevens
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Nancy Louise Stevens passed away on April 15, 2013 at her residence in Dexter at the age of 74. Her funeral arrangements are currently incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Barbara Jean Jines
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Barbara Jean Jines, daughter of the late Paul Taylor and Alene Griffin Dennison, was born on July 19, 1938, in Kansas City, Mo., and died on April 15, 2013, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 74. Mrs. Jines was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Dexter. She was a longtime resident of Dexter and a homemaker...
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Rodger L. Kirk
(Obituary ~ 04/16/13)
Rodger L. Kirk of Tucson, Ariz., died April 9, 2013 at the age of 55. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Parma, Mo., is in charge of all arrangements.
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Donald Lee Prater
(Obituary ~ 04/17/13)
On April 12, 2013, at age 82, the Triune God gave the joy and victory of eternal life to Donald Lee Prater. Born in Essex, Mo., on Oct. 29, 1930, he was the oldest along with siblings Don, Charles, Dale, Sonny, Bill, Harold, and John, who were largely raised by their maternal grandparents in Dexter, Mo. Early on, Don learned to work hard, help others and take responsibility for family...
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Thelma Marie Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/17/13)
Thelma Marie Smith, daughter of the late James Smedley and Cora Hanners Smedley, was born on March 8, 1934 in Wardell, Mo. and died on April 15, 2013, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 79. Mrs. Smith was a resident of Puxico and had worked as a Physical Therapist Assistant at the Dexter Memorial Hospital...
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Bayleigh Jane Chamberlain
(Obituary ~ 04/17/13)
Bayleigh Jane Chamberlain, daughter of John and Lisa Bruce Chamberlain of Herculaneum, Mo. was born on Aug. 21, 1995 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. and died on April 15, 2013, at the Mercy Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 17. Bayleigh Jane was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Festus, Embrace Student Ministries and Sheaves for Christ. She was a resident of Herculaneum, Mo...
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Betty Joyce Venable
(Obituary ~ 04/20/13)
Betty Joyce Venable, daughter of the late S.D. Allen and Alma Knight Allen, was born June 1, 1936, in Malden, Mo., and died April 17, 2013, at her residence in Malden at the age of 76. Mrs. Venable was a former bookkeeper for Overturn Drugs for over 20 years and was a long time member of the Sunnyvale General Baptist Church in Malden...
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Neal Clifton Edwards
(Obituary ~ 04/23/13)
Neal Clifton Edwards, 90, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home in Cape Girardeau after a prolonged illness. Neal was born June 13, 1922, in Delta, son of Samuel C. and Menda Edwards. Samuel died in 1923. Neal was raised and attended school in Benton, and served in the U.S. ...
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Robert Lee Johnson, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/23/13)
Robert Lee Johnson Sr., son of the late Adrian and Theresa Proffer Stevens Johnson, was born on Feb. 26, 1929, in Galveston, Texas. He lost his battle with cancer on April 20, 2013, at the age of 84. He was united in marriage to Vivian Perry Putnam on May 5, 2006. Mrs. Johnson survives of their residence...
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James A. Johnson
(Obituary ~ 04/23/13)
James A. Johnson, son of the late J. W. Johnson and Minnie Pearl Holloway Johnson, was born on Feb. 25, 1925, in Egypt, Ark., and died April 21, 2013, at the Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Mo., at the age of 88. Mr. Johnson was a member of the North Side Baptist Church in Bernie and a resident of Gideon formally of Bernie. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and was employed by United Phone Company in Bernie as a repairman...
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Norma F. Stephens
(Obituary ~ 04/23/13)
Norma F. Stephens, 98, of Advance, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Feb. 19, 1915, in McGee, Mo., the daughter of Henry David and Emma Eva Mudge Fronabarger. Norma had been the Advance City Treasurer. She was a member of the Advance First Baptist Church and a long time member of the Order of the Eastern Star...
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Juanita Rankin
(Obituary ~ 04/23/13)
Juanita Rankin, a resident of Grayridge, Mo., died on Monday, April 22, 2013, at her residence in Grayridge at the age of 86. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Juanita Rankins
(Obituary ~ 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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Irene Gaines
(Obituary ~ 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...
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Imogene Jones
(Obituary ~ 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.
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Arthur Dwaine "A.D." Cox
(Obituary ~ 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. ...
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Rebecca Sue Baldwin
(Obituary ~ 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...
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