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Opal I. Miller
(Obituary ~ 03/01/14)
Opal I. Miller, daughter of the late Lonzo B. Wolpers and Mina Duncan Wolpers, was born on July 7, 1928, in rural Dexter and died on Feb. 27, 2014, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 85. Mrs. Miller was an employee of the International Shoe Company in Dexter during her younger years before she became a homemaker. Her later years were devoted to taking loving care of her special needs daughter, Lisa...
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Ernestine Ellen (Weber) McQuary
(Obituary ~ 03/01/14)
Ernestine Ellen (Weber) McQuary, born Feb. 15, 1917, in Bloomfield, Mo., to Franz and Grace Weber, died peacefully Feb. 16, 2014, in Tuscon, Ariz. Educated in her primary and secondary years in Bloomfield, she also attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau, Mo. During her high school years she met her future husband, Leslie (Les) McQuary, at a dance and they were married Sept. 8, 1935...
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Maxine Steward
(Obituary ~ 03/03/14)
Maxine Steward, 88, a former resident of Essex, died on March 1, 2014, at her home in Malden. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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Enoch Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/03/14)
Enoch Taylor, son of the late Ervin and Mary Absher Taylor, was born in Broseley, Mo. on Sept. 13, 1932, and died at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Feb. 28, 2014, at the age of 81. He had lived in the Broseley and Qulin, Mo. area except when he moved to Geneva, Ill. and worked at Smith & Richardson Manufacturing as a machine operator and set-up man for over 34 years...
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Ella Mae Orr Bates
(Obituary ~ 03/03/14)
Ella Mae Orr Bates, 76, of Sikeston, Mo. died March 1, 2014. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Morehouse is in charge of arrangments..
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Patsy Dean Farmer
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Patsy Farmer, daughter of the late Frontz Green and Helen Shipman Green, was born on Nov. 10, 1935, in Dexter and died on Feb. 28, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 78. Mrs. Farmer was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter. She attended Hills General Baptist Church. She raised her children and grandchildren, loved to quilt and was a member of T.O.P.S...
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Ella Mae Orr Bates
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Ella Mae Orr Bates, 76, of Sikeston, Mo. died March 1, 2014. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Morehouse is in charge of arrangements.
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Enoch Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Enoch Taylor, son of the late Ervin and Mary Absher Taylor, was born in Broseley, Mo. on Sept. 13, 1932, and died at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Feb. 28, 2014, at the age of 81. He had lived in the Broseley and Qulin, Mo. area except when he moved to Geneva, Ill. and worked at Smith & Richardson Manufacturing as a machine operator and set-up man for over 34 years...
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Maxine Steward
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Maxine Steward, 88, a former resident of Essex, died on March 1, 2014, at her home in Malden. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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Foster (Ed) Mangus
(Obituary ~ 03/05/14)
Foster (Ed) Mangus, 77, of Dexter, died March 3, 2014, at his home. Foster was born in Niagra Falls, N.Y., June 16, 1936, to Foster and Mildred Mangus. He married his sweetheart, Virginia Mangus, April 13, 1957, and moved to Dexter in 1962. Anytime you saw one of them, the other was not far behind. Everyone knew them to be Jehovah's Witnesses. You didn't have to talk to him long before he was talking about God's Kingdom and the wonderful earthly blessings it will usher in...
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Louise Margaret Cox
(Obituary ~ 03/06/14)
Louise Margaret Cox, daughter of the late Henry Rogers and Opal Harper Rogers, was born on May 1, 1925, in St. Louis, Mo., and died on March 4, 2014, at her residence in Glen Allen, Mo., at the age of 88. Mrs. Cox was a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia and a homemaker...
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Captain James Jines
(Obituary ~ 03/07/14)
Captain James Jines, son of the late Lyman Lloyd Jines and Cora Mae Knight Jines was born on Nov. 26, 1935, in Sikeston and died on Feb. 28, 2014, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 78. Mr. Jines attended the Assembly of God Church in Dexter, was a riverboat captain for Missouri Barge Lines and was a resident of Dexter...
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Jeffrey Thomas Clark
(Obituary ~ 03/07/14)
Jeffrey Thomas Clark, son of Amelia Corlew Green of Ava, Mo., and the late Doyle Thomas Clark, was born on Feb., 3, 1960, at West Point, N. Y. and died on March 4, 2014, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 54. Mr. Clark had been employed as a truck driver and was a resident of Dexter...
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Thomas Brooks Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/08/14)
Thomas Brooks Smith, son of the late Claude and Cora Izora Shipley Smith was born in Formosa, Ark., on July 15, 1936, and died at his home in Essex, Mo., on March 5, 2014, at the age of 77. He had lived in Morehouse and Sikeston most of his life. He was a member of the First Assembly of God - Calvary Temple in Russellville, Ark. ...
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Beverly June Richmond
(Obituary ~ 03/10/14)
Beverly June Richmond, 81, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, March 7, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 17, 1932, in Columbia, Mo., to the Rev. Beverly Earl and Viva Fern St. Clair Lett. She and C.L. "Babe" Richmond, O.D., were married March 23, 1958, at Hernando, Miss...
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Dorothy Harmon Beckman
(Obituary ~ 03/10/14)
Dorothy Harmon Beckman, daughter of the late Cleo Bowen Harman and Edith Ramsey Harmon was born on April 4, 1924, in Bernie and died on March 8, 2014, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 89. Mrs. Beckman was a retired dental assistant having worked for Dr. Barnhardt in Bernie for 24 years and had later worked for Dr. Justus. She was a member of Bernie United Methodist Church and was a resident of Bernie...
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Donald Lee Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
Donald Lee Smith, 75, was born Aug. 10, 1938, at Cline's Island, Mo. to the late Carl William & Lenora Gooch Smith, and died on Saturday March 8, 2014, at the Bertrand Retirement Home. Don lived in Dogwood most of his life and was a retired farmer. He attended the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie and was a veteran of the United States Army...
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Loretta Jane Parks
(Obituary ~ 03/13/14)
Loretta Jane Parks of Dexter, was born in Dudley on Oct. 20, 1958 and died at the Holly Ridge Healthcare Center in Dexter on March 12, 2014, at the age of 55. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.
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Donald Lee Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/13/14)
Donald Lee Smith, 75, was born Aug. 10, 1938, at Cline's Island, Mo. to the late Carl William & Lenora Gooch Smith, and died on Saturday March 8, 2014, at the Bertrand Retirement Home. Don lived in Dogwood most of his life and was a retired farmer. He attended the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie and was a veteran of the United States Army...
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Helen Mae Holland
(Obituary ~ 03/14/14)
Helen Mae Holland, 87, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Aug, 24, 1926, in Stoddard County, Mo., to Leffler and Ada Monroe Lee. Helen lived her life in Stoddard and Cape Girardeau Counties...
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Amos Burleson
(Obituary ~ 03/18/14)
Amos Burleson, the son of the late Johnny Jackson and Olar Lee Ward Burleson, was born in Warr Arcres, Okla., on Sept. 16, 1943, and died at his home near Dexter, Mo., on March 15, 2014, at the age of 70. Mr. Burleson had lived in Dexter and Southeast Missouri most of his life. He had worked in farming all his life...
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Jerry Eugene "Beau" Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 03/18/14)
Jerry Eugene "Beau" Bollinger, son of the late Noble Elgin and Melissa May Cooley Bollinger, was born in Morehouse, Mo., on Aug. 29, 1950, and died at his home in Gerald, Mo., on March 14, 2014, at the age of 63. Mr. Bollinger had lived most of his life in Advance and had made his home in Gerald at the time of his death...
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LaDora V. Quertermous
(Obituary ~ 03/18/14)
LaDora V. Quertermous, age, 74, died Saturday, March 15, 2014, at the home of her son in Dexter. She was born on Jan. 12, 1940, in Diehlstadt to the late Hallie and Glenna Halbrook Guiling. She had managed Lamberts Café in Sikeston for 12 years, and was a member of the Church of Christ in Dexter...
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Johnie Britt
(Obituary ~ 03/18/14)
Johnie Britt, son of the late Clarence Norman Britt and Mary Caroline Grindstaff Britt was born on April 6, 1935, in Powe, Mo., and died on March 13, 2014, at St. Joseph Hospital in Pontiac, Mich., at the age of 78. Mr. Britt was a former food service repairman and a veteran of the United States Army, a former resident of Dexter currently residing in Clarkston, Mich...
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Betty Lou Blevins
(Obituary ~ 03/19/14)
Betty Lou Blevins, daughter of the late George A. Thomas and Myrl Ines Yarrington Thomas was born in Ft. Wayne, Ind., on Sept. 2, 1932, and died at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Mo., on March 18, 2014, at the age of 81. Mrs. Blevins was a published author, the creator of a syndicated newspaper column "Poet's Corner"; was a member of the American Legion Post #293 of Malden, Mo., and was also a lifetime member of the Ladies Auxiliary. ...
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William H. South, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/21/14)
William H. South, Jr., 88, of Fisk, Mo., died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1925, at Leighton, Ala., son of the late William and Bertha (Buser) South. He made his living as a farmer. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was a POW having been captured at the Battle of The Bulge...
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Helen Porter Williams
(Obituary ~ 03/22/14)
Helen Porter Williams, 87, of Dexter, Mo., died March 21, 2014. She was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., Feb. 25, 1927, to the late Frank and Ellen Porter. She was a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff. She was a member of the Second Baptist Church of Poplar Bluff and later attended New Bethel General Baptist Church in Dexter. ...
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Verline McCollough
(Obituary ~ 03/25/14)
Verline McCollough, daughter of the late George Granville Ferguson and Ethel Aldred Ferguson, was born on April 8, 1924, in Bloomfield and died on March 22, 2014, at her residence in Dudley at the age of 89. Mrs. McCollough was a homemaker and a member of the Sugar Tree General Baptist Church...
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Andrew Michael Albritton
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
Andrew Michael Albritton, son of Michael and Elizabeth Carroll Albritton of O'Fallon, Mo., was born on Oct. 27, 2009, in St. Louis, Mo., and died on March 24, 2014, at the Children's Hospital in St. Louis at the age of four. Drew attended pre-school at Zion Harvester Lutheran Church in St. ...
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Mark E. Hatfield
(Obituary ~ 03/26/14)
Mark E. Hatfield, son of Willa Neal Hatfield Gardner and the late Cleo Edward Hatfield, was born in Hammond, Ind., on Sept. 15, 1952, and died at SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County in Dexter, on March 24, 2014, at the age of 61. Mark had been raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., enlisted in the U. ...
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Patricia K. Whitman
(Obituary ~ 03/27/14)
Patricia K. Whitman, daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel Ewell Martin and Constance Martin, was born on March 11, 1943, in Sydney, Australia and died on March 22, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau at the age of 71. Mrs. Whitman had formerly been employed as a graphic designer at the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper in Atlanta, Ga., and was a resident of Dexter. She was very artistic and talented and was a loving mother and grandmother...
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Mary Alice King
(Obituary ~ 03/28/14)
Mary Alice King, daughter of the late Lloyd Prater and Nellie Hartwell Prater, was born in Bragg City, Mo. on Oct. 10, 1930, and died in SoutheastHealth of Stoddard County, Dexter, Mo. on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the age of 83. Mrs. King had worked at Elder Manufacturing Company of Dexter, Mo. She was a homemaker and a member of the Bethany General Baptist Church of Rural Campbell, Mo...
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Kenny Breitweg
(Obituary ~ 03/29/14)
Kenny Breitweg, son of the late William John Breitweg, Jr. and Virginia Blackstone Breitweg, was born in Long Beach, Calif., on July 7, 1943, and died at his home in Swinton, Mo., on March 27, 2014, at the age of 71. Mr. Breitweg had lived in California and Arkansas until moving to the Swinton area 18 years ago. He was retired as a dental professor and Baptist minister. Mr. Breitweg proudly served in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam War...
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Mary Ellen Binford
(Obituary ~ 03/31/14)
Mary Ellen Binford, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Jane McDaniel Midgett, was born in Puxico, Mo., on Sept. 21, 1933, and died at her home in Puxico, Mo., on March 30, 2014, at the age of 80. She had lived in the Puxico area all of her life. She was a part of the Puxico Class of 1952, and a charter member of the Puxico First General Baptist Church. ...
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Mary Ellen Binford
(Obituary ~ 03/31/14)
Mary Ellen Binford, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Jane McDaniel Midgett, was born in Puxico, Mo., on Sept. 21, 1933, and died at her home in Puxico, Mo., on March 30, 2014, at the age of 80. She had lived in the Puxico area all of her life. She was a part of the Puxico Class of 1952, and a charter member of the Puxico First General Baptist Church. ...
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