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Bobby Lee Lentz
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Bobby Lee Lentz, was born Dec. 31, 1944, in Cleveland, Ark., to Bob E. Lentz and Sarah L. (Bryant) Lentz, and died at his home in Blue Eye, Mo., on Aug. 31, 2014, at the age of 69. After his school years, he enlisted into the United States Army where he served in Vietnam. He earned the Vietnam Campaign Medal, Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Sharpshooter commendation for his service. Upon returning home, he became a truck driver...
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Melvin E. "Gene" Stegall
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Melvin E. "Gene" Stegall, son of the late Benjamin Stegall and Elizabeth Hancock Stegall, was born on Feb. 6, 1926, in Gideon, Mo., and died on Sept. 1, 2014, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88. Mr. Stegall was affiliated with the First Baptist Church of Dexter, had worked in construction for Rockford Blacktop in Rockford, Ill., was a resident of Dexter and a veteran of the United States Army...
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Barbara "Barbie" Finch
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Barbara "Barbie" Finch, of Bloomfield, daughter of Wanda Kem Standridge and the late Charles Edward Standridge, was born at the Missouri Delta Hospital in Sikeston, on Sept. 1, 1971, and died at her home in Bloomfield, on Sept. 2, 2014, at the age of 43...
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Everlena "Bigmomma" Herrion
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Everlena "Bigmomma" Herrion, was born Jan. 20, 1936, and died Aug. 30, 2014, at the age of 78. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.
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Jerry Wiley Richard
(Obituary ~ 09/03/14)
Jerry Wiley Richard of Wappapello, was born on Sept.17, 1944, in Puxico, and died at his residence on Aug. 28, 2014, at the age of 69. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Puxico is in charge of all arrangements.
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Jerry Wiley Richard
(Obituary ~ 09/04/14)
Jerry Wiley Richard of Wappapello, was born on Sept.17, 1944, in Puxico, and died at his residence on Aug. 28, 2014, at the age of 69. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Puxico is in charge of all arrangements.
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Harold Junior Foster
(Obituary ~ 09/09/14)
Harold Junior Foster, of Bloomfield, son of the late Issac Howard and Susie Foster, was born in Maynard, Ark., on Dec.7, 1929, and died at the V. A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on Sept. 7, 2014, at the age of 84. He had lived in Bloomfield most of his life and had worked as a janitor at the Stoddard County Courthouse for 24 years. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army...
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Erica Lyn Gentry
(Obituary ~ 09/09/14)
Erica Lyn Gentry of Dexter, was born April 1, 1986, and died Sept. 8, 2014, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County at the age of 28. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.
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Michael D. Whitley, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/10/14)
Michael D. Whitley, Sr., 61, of Dexter died on Sept. 8, 2014 at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County at the age of 61. Arrangements are being handled by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter.
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Charles V. Orr
(Obituary ~ 09/10/14)
Charles Victor Orr, son of the late Nicholas Cleveland and Ita Whittington Orr, was born in Dudley, Missouri on January 11, 1923, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on September 10, 2014, at the age of 91 years, 7 months and 30 days...
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Ronald D. Cooper
(Obituary ~ 09/11/14)
Ronald D. Cooper, son of Travis Cooper and Clara McFarlin Cooper of Bernie, was born on April 27, 1960, in Poplar Bluff and died on Sept. 10, 2014, at Mulberry Manor in Dexter at the age of 54. Mr. Cooper had worked as a compliance officer for First Midwest Bank in Dexter and was a resident of Dexter...
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Gordon Noland
(Obituary ~ 09/12/14)
Gordon Noland, 54, of Bloomfield, was born in St. Louis, Mo. on Aug. 3, 1960, and died at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. on Sept. 11, 2014. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield is in charge of arrangements.
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Rose Annetta Heskett
(Obituary ~ 09/15/14)
Rose Annetta Heskett of Advance, was born Nov. 1, 1919, and died at her home Sept. 13, 2014, at the age of 94. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.
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Jo Alyce "Jody" Mason
(Obituary ~ 09/15/14)
Jody Mason, daughter of the late Joseph Britt and Ada Davis Britt, was born on June 13, 1925, in Luray Tenn., and died on Sept. 13, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 89. Mrs. Mason had been a resident of Dexter for the past 29 years. Prior to returning to Dexter, she was a long time employee of the Memphis City School System...
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Joan Lee
(Obituary ~ 09/15/14)
Jean Lee, was born Feb. 17, 1928, and died at her daughter's home in Sewanee, Tenn., Sept. 12, 2014, at the age of 86. Mrs. Lee was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK., to William David Blatch and Eva Maude Goss Blatch. Mr. Blatch moved the family to Coventry where they lived within sight of 12th Century St. ...
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Rose Annetta Heskett
(Obituary ~ 09/15/14)
Rose Annetta Heskett of Advance, was born Nov. 1, 1919, and died at her home Sept. 13, 2014, at the age of 94. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Dexter.
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Jo Alyce "Jody" Mason
(Obituary ~ 09/15/14)
Jody Mason, daughter of the late Joseph Britt and Ada Davis Britt, was born on June 13, 1925, in Luray Tenn., and died on Sept. 13, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 89. Mrs. Mason had been a resident of Dexter for the past 29 years. Prior to returning to Dexter, she was a long time employee of the Memphis City School System...
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Jean Lee
(Obituary ~ 09/15/14)
Jean Lee, was born Feb. 17, 1928, and died at her daughter's home in Sewanee, Tenn., Sept. 12, 2014, at the age of 86. Mrs. Lee was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK., to William David Blatch and Eva Maude Goss Blatch. Mr. Blatch moved the family to Coventry where they lived within sight of 12th Century St. ...
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Opal Edwards
(Obituary ~ 09/16/14)
Opal M. Edwards, 89, of Dexter passed away on September 15, 2014 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter and are incomplete at this time.
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Opal Coffey
(Obituary ~ 09/16/14)
Opal Irene LaRue Coffey, 96, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at Cypress Point Nursing Center in Dexter. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements. A complete obituary will appear in Friday's Daily Statesman.
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Opal M. Edwards
(Obituary ~ 09/17/14)
Opal M. Edwards, daughter of the late John A. Cornelison and Myrtle Summers Cornelison, was born on Dec. 17, 1924, in Stoddard County, Mo. and died on Sept. 15, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. at the age of 89. Mrs. Edwards was a member of the Dexter First Christian Church Disciples of Christ. She had worked at Elders Manufacturing as a seamstress and was a resident of Dexter...
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Opal Irene LaRue Coffey
(Obituary ~ 09/17/14)
Opal Irene LaRue Coffey, daughter of the late Charles Brown LaRue and Anna Barker LaRue, was born Jan. 21, 1918 at Frisco, south of Essex, Mo., and died on Sept. 16, 2014 at Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter at the age of 96. Mrs. Coffey made a profession of faith at a young age. ...
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Lillie Mae Foster
(Obituary ~ 09/18/14)
Lillie Mae Foster, daughter of the late Jack and Beatrice Sapp Foster, was born in Parma, Mo., on Dec. 23, 1947, and died at SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County in Dexter on Sept. 18, 2014, at the age of 66. She had lived in Parma until the 1990's when she moved to Essex and moved to Dexter one year ago...
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Bobby W. Stone
(Obituary ~ 09/18/14)
Bobby W. Stone, son of the late Harold Stone and Pauline Chandler Stone, was born on May 3, 1949, in Malden, Mo., and died at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on Sept. 17, 2014, at the age of 65. Bobby attended the University of Missouri and Sterling College where he obtained a degree in Business Management. He was employed at Arvin for thirty-two years as a Quality Engineer when he retired in 2011...
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Madaline Wilhelm
(Obituary ~ 09/19/14)
Madaline Wilhelm, daughter of the late Harold Fern and Minnie Pearl Owens Thomas, was born in St. Louis on June 10, 1924, and died in Dexter on Sept. 18, 2014, at the age of 90. She had lived in St. Louis, Kansas City and Pacific Grove, Calif., before returning to Puxico in 1946. ...
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Richard Hart
(Obituary ~ 09/19/14)
Richard Hart, son of Ora Calvin Hart of Advance, Mo., and the late Amos Hart, was born on Feb. 4, 1940, in Catron, Mo., and died on Sept. 18, 2014, at his residence in Essex, Mo., at the age of 74. Mr. Hart was of the Baptist faith and had worked as a safety engineer for Oxidental Petroleum for 33 years and as a environmental engineer for the Dexter Hospital for nine years. ...
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Mildred Scott
(Obituary ~ 09/20/14)
Mildred Scott, 95, formerly of Puxico, died at Cypress Point Nursing Center in Dexter on Saturday, Sept. 20. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Puxico is in charge of arrangements.
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Mildred Scott
(Obituary ~ 09/22/14)
Mildred Scott, 95, formerly of Puxico, died at Cypress Point Nursing Center in Dexter on Saturday, Sept. 20. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Puxico is in charge of arrangements.
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Joyce H. Riddle
(Obituary ~ 09/23/14)
How do you write an obituary for your mother? No one ever thinks they will be doing that. Today this became our reality---Jeff, Kenny and Janis---today our mother left this world. Are we sad? Of course. But then we remember where and who she is with now and know that our tears are only going to last for a very short time. Our joy for her "trumps" everything...
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Clarence Franklin "Frank" Von Ruedgisch
(Obituary ~ 09/25/14)
Clarence Franklin "Frank" Von Ruedgisch, 67, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Golden Living Center, in Malden. Mr. Von Ruedgisch was born in Dexter on Nov. 6, 1946, to Fred and Margaret McFarlen Parker Von Ruedgisch. He had worked in the construction business as an electrician and retired from the military, serving his country in the United States Navy and the United States Army during the Vietnam War. ...
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Police Reports
(Obituary ~ 09/26/14)
Dexter Police Sept. 24-25, 2014 Amanda E. Davison, 36, of Dexter was arrested for possession of drugs (Amphetamine) and drug paraphernalia at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday at 708 W. Fannetta. Virginia A. Lewis, 49, of Bloomfield was arrested on a Dexter warrant for failure to appear to pay a fine. She posted a $475 fine, and she was released...
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E. R. "Sonny" Newsom
(Obituary ~ 09/29/14)
E. R. "Sonny" Newsom of Puxico, died Sept. 29 at the Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of 73 Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Puxico, Mo. is in charge of arrangements.
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Hobert Voss
(Obituary ~ 09/30/14)
Hobert Voss, son of Mina Unger Voss and the late Hobert Marion Voss was born on Sept. 29, 1961, in Springfield, Ill., and died on Sept. 26, 2014, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, at the age of 52. Mr. Voss was a resident of Dexter...
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