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Rita Jones
(Obituary ~ 05/01/15)
Rita Jones, daughter of Maggie Shelton Barks Howell of Dexter and the late Henry Barks, was born on Dec. 30, 1937, in Lilbourn and died on April 29, 2015, at her residence in Olathe, Kansas at the age of 77. Mrs. Jones was of the Baptist faith. She had worked as a waitress at the Hickory Log Restaurant in Dexter for many years and was a former resident of Dexter...
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Frederick A. "Colonel" Brotz
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Frederick A. "Colonel" Brotz, 92, of Metamora, Ill., died on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at Washington Christian Village with his two sons at his bedside. He was born on Jan. 20, 1923, in Peoria, Ill., to Ernest A. and Marie (Reichert) Brotz. He married Betty L. Murray on Mother's Day, May 11, 1947, at St. John Lutheran Church, Bartonville. She preceded him in death on Sept. 29, 2009...
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Irma Sue Williams
(Obituary ~ 05/05/15)
Irma Sue Williams, daughter of the late Robert Geiger and Halene Ramsey, was born on April 29, 1947 in Allerton, Ill., and died on May 4, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 68. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...
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Eva McKinley
(Obituary ~ 05/07/15)
Eva McKinley, daughter of the late Edward Fritts and Velma Kitchens Fritts, was born on Jan. 24, 1926, in Stoddard County and died on May 6, 2015, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell at the age of 89. Mrs. McKinley was a member of the First Church of God in Dexter. She was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter...
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Barry L. Baldwin
(Obituary ~ 05/08/15)
Barry L. Baldwin, 62, of Wappapello, died May 5, 2015, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Linda Sue Rieverts
(Obituary ~ 05/11/15)
Linda Sue Rieverts, daughter of the late James A. Pierce and Francis M. Enteman Pierce, was born on June 25, 1953, in St. Louis, and died in Poplar Bluff on May 10, 2015, at the age of 61. Mrs. Rieverts was a homemaker and a resident of Dudley. On Nov. 9, 1987, she was united in marriage to Harold Rieverts in St. Louis. Mr. Rieverts survives of their home in Dudley...
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Linda Louise Freudenstein
(Obituary ~ 05/11/15)
Linda Louise Freudenstein, age 73, died peacefully at her home in Branson, surrounded by family on April 25th. Born Jan. 11, 1942, in Essex to Charles and Portia Ellis, she spent many years living in Port Orchard where she worked at the Kitsap County Courthouse until retiring in 1997...
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Rachel Davis
(Obituary ~ 05/11/15)
Rachel Davis, daughter of the late Orville B. and Rosa Parilee Hollis Brady, was born in Collinwood, Tenn., on March 16, 1929, and died at the Puxico Nursing Center on May 9, 2015, at the age of 86. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Puxico is in charge of all arrangements...
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Dewayne McClain
(Obituary ~ 05/11/15)
Dewayne McClain son of the late Elden Floyd McClain and Mable Joiner McClain was born on Aug. 22, 1955, in Dexter and died on May 9, 2015, at the St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis at the age of 59. Mr. McClain was of the Pentecostal Faith, a former employee of the Chrysler Corporation in Fenton, Mo., and a resident of Fenton...
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Terry Edmond Belcher, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/12/15)
Terry Edmond Belcher, Jr. of Dexter, died Saturday, May 9, 2015, at the age of 36. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Joe Whitaker
(Obituary ~ 05/14/15)
Joe Whitaker, son of the late Joe and Hattie May Jennings Whitaker, was born in Naylor, Mo., on July 24, 1932, and died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on May 12, 2015, at the age of 82. He had lived in the Dexter area most of his life where he had was employed by the City of Dexter as the Water Commissioner. He was a member of the Dexter Elks Lodge #2439, the American Legion and was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He enjoyed hunting and he loved to visit the casinos and play the slots...
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Alvin Hunt
(Obituary ~ 05/15/15)
Alvin Hunt, son of the late Junior Curtis and Flora Leona Wilburn Hunt, was born in Parma on June 9, 1943, and died at his home in Dexter on May 14, 2015, at the age of 71. He had lived in the Parma and Dexter area most of his life. He had worked as a truck driver and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and golf...
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Missouri State Veterans Cemetery to hold Memorial Day Program
(Obituary ~ 05/16/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield will hold its annual Memorial Day Program on May 25. The program will begin at 1 p.m. at the Committal Shelter Plaza in the cemetery. Keynote Speaker for the program will be John Michael (Mike) Mowrer, Commissioner, Missouri Veterans Commission. ...
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Wilma June Coffey
(Obituary ~ 05/17/15)
Wilma June Coffey, daughter of the late G.M. Barbour and Montie Barton Barbour was born on October 18, 1931, in Dexter and departed this life on May 16, 2015, at the Mulberry Manor in Dexter at the age of 83. Known to her grandchildren as "Mom-Mom", June was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter. ...
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Billy Lee Almond
(Obituary ~ 05/18/15)
Billy Lee Almond, son of the late William Henderson and Bessie Everest Chasteen Almond, was born in Aid, Mo., on Dec. 27, 1931, and died at the Saint Frances Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on May 16, 2015, at the age of 83. On July 10, 1949, he married Vera Lorraine Norris. ...
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Wilma June Coffey
(Obituary ~ 05/18/15)
Wilma June Coffey, daughter of the late G.M. Barbour and Montie Barton Barbour was born on Oct. 18, 1931, in Dexter and departed this life on May 16, 2015, at the Mulberry Manor in Dexter at the age of 83. Known to her grandchildren as "Mom-Mom", June was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter. ...
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Sarah Ellen Shanks
(Obituary ~ 05/18/15)
On March 4, 1932, Sarah Ellen Wilson Shanks was born in Gray Ridge, Mo., to Dwight (Doby) and Mildred Lowery Wilson and died May 17, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 83. Sarah lived most of her life in Gray Ridge and Bell City and attended Gray Ridge School where she graduated in 1948. Sarah loved her flower garden and always had beautiful flowers. She also loved to read and work word puzzles...
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Betty June Noyes
(Obituary ~ 05/18/15)
Betty June Noyes, daughter of the late Richard Townsend and Faye Wilson Townsend, was born on Feb. 12, 1933, and died on May 18, 2015, at her residence in Essex at the age of 82. Mrs. Noyes was a member of the Vision of Hope General Baptist Church in Essex and a resident of Essex. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother and grandmother...
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Mary Gromer
(Obituary ~ 05/19/15)
Mary Gromer, daughter of the late Ernest and Addie Mason Gromer, was born in Marquand, Mo., on Aug. 29, 1932, and died at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo., on May 18, 2015, at the age of 82. She had lived in Dexter most of her life and had worked at Swift and Company, International Hat Factory and Crowley Ridge Care Center before she retired. She had attended the Sweet Prospect General Baptist Church in Dexter...
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Brenda Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/21/15)
Brenda Smith, daughter of the late Sylvester August and Rita Marie Hagen Wibbenmeyer, was born in Perryville on Sept. 8, 1955, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, on May 18, 2015, at the age of 59. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins Funeral Services of Parma...
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Lt. Col. Clifford T. Manlove (Ret)
(Obituary ~ 05/21/15)
Lt. Col. Clifford T. Manlove (Ret.) was born on Nov. 12, 1917, in Wood River, Ill., and died on May 20, 2015, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 97. Cliff Manlove was a Retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter, American Legion Post #59, Dexter Elks Lodge and the Daedalians Fraternity of Military Pilots...
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John Henry Underwood
(Obituary ~ 05/21/15)
John Henry Underwood, 77, son of the late Roy Emmitt and Norma Davis Underwood, was born in Bloomfield on July 29, 1937, and died at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield on May 19, 2015. John had lived in Bloomfield all of his life. He was a member of the First Church of God in Dexter and was an active member of the community's coffee shop participants...
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Charlene Robertson
(Obituary ~ 05/21/15)
Charlene Myers Robertson, daughter of the late Chester Garfield Myers and Matilda Jane Pace Myers, was born on Aug. 17, 1930, at Campbell and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on May 21, 2015, at the age of 84. Mrs. Robertson was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter, a former school secretary and a resident of Dexter...
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Wanda Pullum
(Obituary ~ 05/22/15)
Wanda Pullum, daughter of the late John Clyde and Pearl Baker Cook, was born in Bloomfield on July 7, 1931, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on May 22, 2015, at the age of 83. Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield is in charge of all arrangements...
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Verna Dean Godwin
(Obituary ~ 05/22/15)
Verna Godwin, daughter of the late Yewell Lawrence and Pearl White Lawrence was born on Sept. 1, 1930, in Stoddard County and died on May 22, 2015, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, at the age of 84. Mrs. Godwin was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter, former Chairman of the Stoddard County Children's Home board, formerly employed at Bloomfield and Dexter Public Schools, Past President of Stoddard County Women's Council for County Improvement, past co-chairman of Stoddard County Arts and Humanities, Council member of Missouri Council on Arts, named 1965 Woman of Year, and was also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Delta Kappa.. ...
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Emilye Garner
(Obituary ~ 05/26/15)
Emilye Garner, was born on Nov. 22, 1926, in Dunnville, Ontario, Canada and died at the Mulberry Manor in Dexter on May 23, 2015, at the age of 88. Mrs. Garner was a member of the Bernie Christian Church, had previously worked at the Midway Drive In, Family Drive In and Weeks Theater all in Dexter. ...
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Sandra Layton
(Obituary ~ 05/26/15)
Sandra Faye Layton, died on Sunday, May 24, 2015, at the BarnesJewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., at the age of 63. She was born Feb. 9th, 1952, in Cairo, Ill., to the late Edgar and Nadine Barnhill. She was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Dexter...
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Betty Lou Musgrave
(Obituary ~ 05/26/15)
Betty Lou Musgrave, daughter of the late Henry and Edna Grunner Souders, was born July 30, 1927, in Oak Hill, Mo., and died at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield on May 25, 2015, at the age of 87. She had lived in the Bloomfield area all her life and was a member of the Light House Church of Dexter. She worked for many years at Purolator before her retirement...
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Charles Issac Farmer
(Obituary ~ 05/26/15)
Charles Issac Farmer, 90, of Dexter died on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Charles Issac Farmer
(Obituary ~ 05/28/15)
Charles Issac Farmer, son of the late Charles Roscoe Farmer and Lucy Ann Ruggles Farmer, was born on Jan. 7, 1925, in Chaffee and died on May 26, 2015, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 90. Mr. Farmer was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Delta Asphalt and Brown Sand and Gravel. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II, an avid fisherman and hunter...
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Ruth F. Redman
(Obituary ~ 05/28/15)
Ruth F. Redman, 90, died May 26, 2015, at Robings Manor in Brighton, Ill. She was born Sept. 24, 1924, in Dexter, the daughter of the late Oren and Flossie L. (Bean) Hutchcraft. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Alton, Ill., and for six years she enjoyed volunteering at St. Anthony's Hospital in the gift shop. She retired in 1983 after 27 years of service as a data processing clerk with Rexall Drug Company...
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Marie Hubbard
(Obituary ~ 05/29/15)
Marie Hubbard of Dexter died early Friday morning, May 29, 2015. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but will be under the direction of Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Bobby Joe Arnold
(Obituary ~ 05/29/15)
Bobby Joe Arnold, was born on June 5, 1940, and died on May 27, 2015, at the age 74. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico is in charge of all arrangements.
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James W. Heaton, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/29/15)
James W. Heaton, Jr., son of the late James W. Heaton, Sr. and Clara Mae Petiford Heaton, was born on Sept.14, 1938, in Sikeston and died on May 24, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 76. Mr. Heaton retired from the United States Army with the rank of Command Sergeant Major and was a resident of Dudley...
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Dorothy Mae Bledsoe
(Obituary ~ 05/29/15)
Dorothy Mae Bledsoe, daughter of the late David Estele and Miama Belle Lusk Wood, was born in Detroit, Mich. on July 9, 1929, and died at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo. on May 28, 2015, at the age of 85. Mrs. Bledsoe had lived most of her life in Dexter, Mo., although she lived in California for six years and moved back to Dexter in 1969. She had worked at the Hickory Log Restaurant and at Hudson Foods. She was a member of the Ark of Hope Church in Dexter...
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