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County to join with 18 others in fighting Ameren tax appeal
(Obituary ~ 04/01/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission voted to join 18 other counties in the state to retain legal representation to counter an appeal by Ameren UE Gas Distribution over personal and real estate taxes paid the respective counties. The cost to Stoddard County and the taxing entities within the county will be $48,000...
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Heather Dawn Kingery
(Obituary ~ 04/01/14)
Heather Dawn Kingery, daughter of Brenda Bess O'Connell of Dexter and James Harlan of Paragould, Ark., was born on June 6, 1976, in Dexter, Mo. and died on March 31, 2014, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 37. Mrs. Kingery worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield...
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Jo Ann VanGilder
(Obituary ~ 04/01/14)
Jo Ann VanGilder, daughter of the late Walter W. Davis and Wanda Lee Taylor Davis, was born on Dec. 28, 1948, and died on March 30, 2014, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 65. Mrs. VanGilder had worked as a Certified Nurses Assistant, was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...
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Virginia L. "Jenny" McClain
(Obituary ~ 04/03/14)
Virginia L. "Jenny" McClain, daughter of the late Frelan D. and Nellie Rush Witaker, was born in Bollinger County, Mo. on Dec. 25, 1924, and died at her home in Lake St. Louis, Mo. on April 1, 2014, at the age of 89. She had lived in St. Charles and Bloomfield, Mo. before moving to Lake St. Louis two months ago. She was a member of the Baptist Church...
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Barbara Ann Taylor
(Obituary ~ 04/03/14)
Barbara Ann Taylor, daughter of the late Norris and Susie Lucille Thrower Temples, was born near Dudley, Mo., on April 12, 1941, and died at the Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton, Ill. on April 3, 2014, at the age of 77. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Watkins and Sons Funeral Services at a later date...
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Martha Sue Rowland
(Obituary ~ 04/03/14)
Martha Sue Rowland, daughter of the late Ted and Shirley Denkins Jeter, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on June 30, 1959, and died at SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo., on April 2, 2014, at the age of 54. She had lived in Dexter all her life. She had worked as an LPN...
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Helen Louise Wheatley
(Obituary ~ 04/04/14)
Helen Louise Wheatley, 88, recently of Eureka, Mo. and formerly of Flint, Mich. died on Monday, March 31, 2014, in Washington, Mo. She was born Jan. 25, 1926, to Adolph and Myrtle Fish in southeastern Missouri. Helen relocated to Flint, Mich. in the 1950s and worked there for many years in the restaurant, hospitality and bartending business...
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Barbara Ann Taylor
(Obituary ~ 04/04/14)
Barbara Ann Taylor, daughter of the late Norris and Susie Lucille Thrower Temples, was born near Dudley, Mo., on Sept. 3, 1936, and died at the Eunice Smith Nursing Home in Alton, Ill., on April 3, 2014, at the age of 77. She had grown up in the Dudley area and had lived in Florissant, Mo., for many years before moving to Godfrey, Ill., a few years ago...
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Glenda L. Becker
(Obituary ~ 04/06/14)
Glenda L. Becker, age 78, died April 4, 2014 at her home in Tanner, Missouri. Born August 4, 1935 in Blytheville, Arkansas, daughter of the late Dyer and Billie (Loflin) Garner. Mrs. Becker was a member of the First General Baptist Church of Morehouse, had graduated from Sikeston High School and had worked as Cash Office Manager for Wal-Mart before retiring...
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Eugene Woodall
(Obituary ~ 04/07/14)
Eugene Woodall, 78, died at his home in Morehouse, Mo., April 6, 2014. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.
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Michael Dow Kingree
(Obituary ~ 04/07/14)
Michael Dow Kingree, son of the late Dow and Velma Lee McRoy Kingree, was born in Dexter, Mo., on Aug. 19, 1950, and died at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on April 5, 2014, at the age of 63. Mr. Kingree had lived Southeast Missouri and Bloomfield most of his life. ...
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Billie June Eastwood
(Obituary ~ 04/07/14)
Billie June Eastwood, daughter of the late Lou and Vern Black, was born June 6, 1930, in Paragould, Ark., died March 30, 2014, at St. Peter's Manor in St. Peters, Mo. Billie June is survived by her three children, Colin Walters and wife Kathy of Lake St. ...
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James Roy Davis
(Obituary ~ 04/07/14)
James Roy Davis, son of the late William Franklin and Melvina Miller Davis, was born in Henderson, Ky., on July 9, 1923, and died at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico on April 4, 2014, at the age of 90. He had moved to the Puxico area in 1950 and had worked for the Ford Motor Company, the Puxico Handle Factory, the V. A. Medical Center and was a farmer...
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Michael L. "Mike" Galloway
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
Michael L. "Mike" Galloway, 63, of Dexter, formerly of Slater, Mo., died Monday, April 7, 2014, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Born Sept. 14, 1950, in Sedalia, Mo., he was the son of the late Ernest Leo and Bonnie Brauer Galloway...
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William "Sonny" Woodruff
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
William "Sonny" Woodruff, son of the late William Cairl and Lillie Jane Stephens Woodruff, was born in Dexter, Mo., on March 29, 1938, and died at his home in Dexter on April 6, 2014, at the age of 76. He had lived in Dexter all of his life. He had worked at Purolator and as a carpenter and painter...
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Helen Louise Wheatley
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
Helen Louise Wheatley, 88, recently of Eureka, Mo. and formerly of Flint, Michigan, died on Monday, March 31, 2014, in Washington, Mo. She was born January 25, 1926, to Adolph and Myrtle Fish in southeastern Missouri. Helen relocated to Flint, Mich. in the 1950s and worked there for many years in the Restaurant, Hospitality and Bartending business...
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Richard Scarbrough
(Obituary ~ 04/10/14)
Richard Scarbrough, 59, of Bloomfield, Mo., was born June 18, 1954 at York, Ala., and died April 7, 2014, at his home. He is survived by a daughter, Renee Jones of Bloomfield; a son Wesley Scarbrough of Mountain View, Mo; two step-daughters, Sarah Garman Williams and Becky Henry both of Cooter, Ark.; one brother, Robert Scarbrough; one sister, Mary Pickard; four grandchildren, Taylor, Kyle, Lillie and Josie; and six step-grandchildren, Brendon, Kiralyn, William, Max, Zaxton, and Percy...
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Doris Lavada Haywood
(Obituary ~ 04/10/14)
Doris Lavada Haywood, age 68, of Wappapello, formerly of Kennett, died April 8, 2014. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.
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Eula Faye Baca
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Eula Faye Baca, daughter of the late Samuel Jasper and Esta Ruth Jones Harmon, was born in Manilla, Ark., on Oct. 27, 1933, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on April 14, 2014, at the age of 80. Mrs. Baca had lived in Lubbock, Texas, where she was a dietary manager for a nursing home before moving to Bloomfield in 1997. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bloomfield...
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Sally Nell Fauller
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Sally Nell Fauller, daughter of the late William and Katie Dowdy McGuire, was born in Wyatt, Mo., on Sept. 24, 1910, and died at the Royal Manor Nursing Facility in Nicholasville, Ky., on April 12, 2014, at the age of 103. She had lived in the Sikeston area for many years before moving to...
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Bertie Marie Wright
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Bertie Marie Wright of Puxico, Mo., died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on April 11, 2014, at the age of 93. Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico, Mo., is in charge of all arrangements.
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Alan Douglas "Doug" Zunkel
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Alan Douglas "Doug" Zunkel died peacefully with family by his side on April 9, 2014, in his Vancouver home. His life is celebrated by family, friends, and colleagues around the country and the world. Doug was born on May 3, 1941, in Bethany, Mo., as the eldest son of Kenneth and Ezma Zunkel. ...
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Juanita Delores Beck
(Obituary ~ 04/15/14)
Juanita Delores Beck of Catron, Mo., was born May 12, 1932, to the late Obry Cephus Whittenburg and Lora Gray Bryant Whittenburg in Charter Oak, Mo., and died April 9, 2014, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 81. On Jan. 20, 1949, she married George Buddy Beck in Piggott, Ark., and she was a member of the Pleasant View General Baptist Church in Risco, Mo...
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Sam Henry Pritchett
(Obituary ~ 04/18/14)
Sam Henry Pritchett was born Jan. 28, 1917, in West Frankfort, Ill., to Oscar and Pauline Grammer Pritchett and died April 7, 2014 at his home in Dexter, Mo., at the age of 97. On Sept. 2, 1947, he was united in marriage to Lavenia Lee in Piggott, Ark...
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Dale Ellis
(Obituary ~ 04/18/14)
Dale Ellis, son of the late William and Pearl Dowdy Ellis, was born in Parma, Mo., on June 11, 1937, and died on April 17, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County in Dexter, at the age of 76. He had lived in Dexter the last 53 years, and worked for the City Of Dexter as Park Maintenance. He attended the Friendship Baptist Church of Dexter...
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Sue Eskew
(Obituary ~ 04/18/14)
Sue Eskew, daughter of the late Arthur Birchfield and Georgia Taylor Birchfield, was born on Jan. 12, 1934, and died on April 17, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau at the age of 80. Mrs. Eskew was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Dexter, a former member of the Library Board and a member of the Dexter Genealogy Society. She was a housewife and a resident of Dexter...
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John Grant Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/24/14)
John Grant Smith, son of the late Elzie "Cotton" Smith and Helen Coggins Smith, was born on Nov. 30, 1940, in Dexter and died on April 21, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 73. Mr. Smith had worked as a distributor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was a resident of Dexter...
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Jared Wayne Simmons
(Obituary ~ 04/24/14)
Jared Wayne Simmons, son of Tony and Katie Hicks and Angie Simmons and the late Larry Simmons, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on July 19, 1988, and died in Campbell, Mo., on April 23, 2014, at the age of 25. Jared worked in construction and was a resident of Bernie...
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Bing Northcutt
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
Bing Northcutt, 77, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Bloomfield, Mo., died April 27, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born June 24, 1936, in Steele, Mo., to Grandville Hobert and Daisy Northcutt. On June 5, 1961, he married June Louise Lincoln at Glen Allen, Mo. She survives. He worked for the Missouri Department of Transportation, retiring as a crew leader...
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Janice Hickson Massey
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
Janice Hickson Massey, 89, of Bloomfield, Mo., died April 26, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Massey, the daughter of Otis and Myrtle Cossey Dover, was born July 13, 1924 in Campbell, Mo. She was a housewife and a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield...
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James Henry Biggs
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
James Henry Biggs, 82, of Malden, Mo., was born June 20, 1931 and died at the Golden Living Center in Malden on April 27, 2014. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Parma is in charge of all arrangements.
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Ivy John "I.J."Keeling
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
Ivy John "I.J." Keeling was born Aug. 17, 1931, in Centerville, Ark., and died April 26, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 82. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.
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Kenneth Paul Vandeven
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
Kenneth Paul Vandeven, son of the late Edward Henry Vandeven and Dorothy Elfrink Vandeven, was born on Dec. 3, 1937, in Cape Girardeau and died on April 26, 2014, at his residence in Bloomfield at the age of 76. Mr. Vandeven was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter, a member of the Knights of Columbus in Dexter, a truck driver for Elfrink Truck Line for 38 years and an employee for W.W. Wood Products for eight years...
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Kenneth Paul Vandeven
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
Kenneth Paul Vandeven, son of the late Edward Henry Vandeven and Dorothy Elfrink Vandeven was born on December 3, 1937 in Cape Girardeau and passed away on April 26, 2014 at his residence in Bloomfield at the age of 76. Mr. Vandeven was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter, a member of the Knights of Columbus in Dexter, he was a truck driver for Elfrink Truck Line for thirty-eight years and was an employee for W.W. Wood Products for eight years...
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Ivy John "I.J." Keeling
(Obituary ~ 04/28/14)
Ivy John "I.J." Keeling, son of the late Harry Roy and Easter Johns Keeling, was born in Centerville, Arkansas on August 17, 1931, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on April 26, 2014, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 9 days...
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