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Displaced workers find hope for future in diesel school
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Charles Gambling was an employee for Nordyne in Poplar Bluff for 11 years. He worked as a Set-up 4 operator. He liked his job, and he didn't anticipate losing it. "We heard rumors," Gambling said. "Everyone heard rumors. But, when they decided to shut the plant down, they held a big meeting and told us what all was going on."...
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Dorothy Juanita Manley Bloomfield-Gamble
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Dorothy Juanita Manley Bloomfield-Gamble, 84, of Farmington, Mo., died on July 1, 2015. She was born on Jan. 13, 1931, at Canalou, Mo., the daughter of Audie Lee and Bernice Manley. Dorothy was the bookkeeper at Richland High School for 31 years and a resident of Farmington. She was a member of Farmington Church of the Nazarene...
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Victorine (Vicky) Bryant
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Victorine (Vicky) Reynolds Bryant, a retired Dexter teacher, was born on May 6, 1923, and died on June 30, 2015, at the age of 92. She was a 1940 graduate of DeSoto High School and was graduated in 1944 from Southeast Missouri State Teachers' College (now SEMO)...
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Marie Louise Medcalf
(Obituary ~ 07/02/15)
Marie Louise Medcalf, 90, was born in Essex on March 14, 1925, to John Logan Kirkpatrick and Ida (Sifford) Kirkpatrick. She was united in marriage to Gene Medcalf on June 30th, 1941. Marie was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and, she was a devoted Christian. Marie attended The First Church of the Nazarene in Dexter. She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church of Dexter and a resident of Dexter...
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Frances J. Houart Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 07/05/15)
Frances J. Houart Mitchell Frances J. Houart Mitchell, daughter of the late Charles Earl and Elsie Bond Houart, was born in Perkins, Missouri on September 27, 1938, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on July 4, 2015, at the age of 76 years, 9 months and 8 days...
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Farrell Jackson
(Obituary ~ 07/06/15)
Farrell Jackson, son of the late Lon and Jessie Gertrude Parks Jackson was born on April 22, 1931, in Aid, Mo. and died on July 4, 2015 at the Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau at the age of 84. Mr. Jackson was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Korean War. He was an active member of the Liberty Hill General Baptist Church in Aid, he was a farmer and a resident of Dexter...
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Dolly Jackson
(Obituary ~ 07/06/15)
Dolly Jackson Dolly Jackson, daughter of the late Haud Ellis and Francis Gladys Matthews Dunning, was born in Doniphan, Mo. on May 9, 1942, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. on July 3, 2015, at the age of 73. She had lived in the Dexter and Bloomfield area most of her life. She was a member of the Sweet Prospect General Baptist Church in Dexter. She loved gardening, sewing and crafting for her family...
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Freddie Bess (Johnson) Hogue
(Obituary ~ 07/06/15)
Freddie Bess (Johnson) Hogue was born on Dec. 11, 1924, and died on July 4, 2015, at the age of 90 due to complications of Alzheimer's. She was the daughter of Vick and Faye Johnson and the wife of Ralph S. Hogue. She had two sons, George Johnson Hogue and James Victor Hogue...
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Jessy Walker
(Obituary ~ 07/06/15)
Jessy Walker, son of Tom Walker Sr. of Summerfield, Fla., and the late Shirley Henson Walker, was born on May 1, 1957, in Elgin, Ill., and died on July 3, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center at the age of 58. Mr. Walker was a carpenter and a resident of Dexter...
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Frances J. Houart Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 07/06/15)
Frances J. Houart Mitchell, daughter of the late Charles Earl and Elsie Bond Houart, was born in Perkins, Mo., on Sept. 27, 1938, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on July 4, 2015, at the age of 76. She had lived in Bloomfield for many years before moving to Dexter in 1989...
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James "Mike" Foushee
(Obituary ~ 07/07/15)
Mike Foushee, son of Cristola Foushee of Bloomfield and the late Clarence James Foushee was born on July 11, 1950, in Gideon and died on July 5, 2015, at his residence in Bloomfield at the age of 64. Mr. Foushee was a former mechanic for Allen Christian Buick, Bud Shell Ford Lincoln Mercury dealer, and a former supervisor at Tyson Food. Mike was of the Baptist faith and a resident of Bloomfield...
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Erma Adele Dowdy
(Obituary ~ 07/09/15)
Erma Adele Dowdy, daughter of the late Hobert Hagy and Effie Giles Hagy, was born on Sept., 2, 1923, in Dexter and died on July 8, 2015, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 91. Mrs. Dowdy had attended the Second General Baptist Church in Dexter. She worked as a registered nurse and was a resident of Dexter...
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Mildred M. Mekan
(Obituary ~ 07/14/15)
Mildred Marie Mekan, daughter of the late Tom Arnold and Katie Spicer Arnold was born in Herrin, Ill., on June 29, 1917, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on July12, 2015, at the age of 98. Mrs. Mekan was a homemaker, a member of Powe Gospel Church of Bernie and also a resident of Bernie...
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Alvin Odell Cluck
(Obituary ~ 07/14/15)
Alvin Odell Cluck, son of the late Dallas Cluck, Sr., and Vernice Graham Malone Allen, was born in Malden on July 30, 1944, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center in Cape Girardeau on July 9, 2015, at the age of 70. He had lived in the Desloge and Bonne Terre, Mo., area before moving to Dexter a year ago...
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Lois J. Wells
(Obituary ~ 07/16/15)
Lois J. Wells, 52, died at her residence in Dexter on July 13, 2015, at the age of 52. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Brenda J. Hester
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
Brenda J. Hester was born on March 1, 1946, in Bernie to the late Ralph Summers and Helen Causey Summers and died on July 16, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 69. On June 7, 1975, she was united in marriage to Harold Henry Hester, Jr. in Bernie. He preceded her in death on Jan. 10, 1997...
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Brenda J. Hester
(Obituary ~ 07/17/15)
Brenda J. Hester was born on March 1, 1946, in Bernie to the late Ralph Summers and Helen Causey Summers and died on July 16, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 69. On June 7, 1975, she was united in marriage to Harold Henry Hester, Jr. in Bernie. He preceded her in death on Jan. 10, 1997...
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Nova Nadine Ackman
(Obituary ~ 07/21/15)
Nova Nadine Ackman age 93, of Sedgewickville, Mo., was born March 3, 1922, in LaCrosse, Ark., the daughter of Charlie and Susie Bell Andersen Felton and died on July 20, 2015, at her residence. She and Troy Ackman were united in marriage on Sept. 11, 1948. He preceded her in death in February 1996...
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Ralph A. Mosley
(Obituary ~ 07/23/15)
Ralph A. Mosley, son of the late Grover C. Mosley and Juanita Webster Mosley, was born on April 18, 1948 in Blytheville, Ark. and died on on July 16, 2015, at the Audie Murphy VA Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 67. Mr. Mosley was a member of the Church of Christ and was a former resident of Dexter. He worked as a carpenter and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam...
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Michael K. Clay, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/24/15)
Michael Keith Clay Sr., 59, of Dexter, died July 23, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 5, 1955, in Flint, Mich., son of Frank F. and Madeline Hague Clay. Michael married Danise Dyle on May 22, 1987. Survivors include his wife, Danise of Dexter; his mother, Madeline Clay of Dexter; two sons, Michael (Monica) Clay Jr. ...
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Dustin I.O. Greer
(Obituary ~ 07/24/15)
Dustin I. O. Greer, son of Daniel Leroy Greer and Jinnifer Doerschlen, was born in Roseville, Calif., on Oct. 1, 1987, and died at the Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau on July 21, 2015, at the age of 27. He had lived in Bloomfield almost his entire life...
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Dortha Chrisman Mathews
(Obituary ~ 07/24/15)
Dortha Chrisman Mathews, age 89, died July 19th, 2015, after a short illness. A long-time resident of Mer Rouge and Bastrop, La., Mrs. Mathews was an active participant in community events. Mrs. Mathews is survived by her son, Jack and daughter in-law, Connie of Mer Rouge, La.; her twin sister Bettye Craig of Pine Bluff, Ark.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...
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Ralph A. Mosley
(Obituary ~ 07/24/15)
Ralph A. Mosley, son of the late Grover C. Mosley and Juanita Webster Mosley, was born on April 18, 1948, in Blytheville, Ark., and died on July 16, 2015, at the Audie Murphy VA Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 67. Mr. Mosley was a member of the Church of Christ and was a former resident of Dexter. He worked as a carpenter and was a veteran of the United States Army serving in Vietnam...
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Lavaughn Lottie Stout
(Obituary ~ 07/24/15)
Lavaughn Lottie Stout, daughter of the late Harley Abernathy and Cleta Rickert Tolbert, was born in Bloomfield on Feb. 26, 1933, and died at the Health South Rehabilitation in Dothan, Ala., on July 21, 2015, at the age of 82. She had lived in Bloomfield, Poplar Bluff and St. Louis before moving to Alabama. Where she was a member of the Baptist Church in Level Plains, Ala...
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Joseph Harding "Joe" Heskett
(Obituary ~ 07/27/15)
Joseph Harding "Joe" Heskett, son of the late William Harold and Anna Farris Heskett, was born in Horn Beak, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 1923, and died at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on July 26, 2015, at the age of 91. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Services in Dexter...
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Clara Mae Cooper
(Obituary ~ 07/27/15)
Clara Mae Cooper, daughter of the late Arlie William McFarlin and Mary Magdalene Owens McFarlin was born in Campbell on Dec. 1, 1933, and died in the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau on July 26, 2015, at the age of 81. Mrs. Cooper had worked at Brown Shoe Company in Bernie for 32 years. She was a member of Bernie Church of Christ and a resident of Bernie...
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Reba Sides
(Obituary ~ 07/27/15)
Reba Sides, daughter of the late I. G. Boyle and Rhea Looney Boyle was born in Morrilton, Ark., on Dec. 25, 1931, and died at the Malden Nursing and Rehab on July 25, 2015, at the age of 83. Mrs. Sides had been a school teacher at Bernie Junior High and Senior High schools for many years. She had served on the Stoddard County Children's Home Board and was a member of the Bernie United Methodist Church...
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Jarrett Frazier
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Jarrett (Buddy) Frazier, formerly of Dexter, died Friday, July 24, 2015. Arrangements are incomplete and are under the direction of Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter.
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Jarrett Thomas "Buddy" Frazier
(Obituary ~ 07/29/15)
Jarrett Thomas "Buddy" Frazier, son of Cathy Shipman of Cape Girardeau, and the late Brett Frazier, was born on March 13, 1987, in Poplar Bluff, and died on July 24, 2015, in Hilo, Hawaii at the age of 28. Jarrett had worked in construction and was a resident of Hilo, Hawaii...
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Deborah Robinson
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Deborah Robinson, age 60 of Dexter, died on June 27, 2015, at her home. Born July 9, 1955, in Flint, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Estel Edward and Willa Dean Watson Oliver. She had lived in Malden before moving to Dexter 20 years ago and had worked as an R.N. at the Dexter Hospital for fifteen years. Mrs. Robinson enjoyed sewing, cooking and spending time with family and friends...
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Harold "Hot Shot" Springs
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Harold Hutchison "Hot Shot" Springs, 94, of Sikeston, died July 22, 2015 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Harold was born April 5, 1921, at Clines Island, to the late Ernest Sr., and Arminta Jane (Hutchison) Springs, the youngest of five children...
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Jarrett Thomas "Buddy" Frazier
(Obituary ~ 07/30/15)
Jarrett Thomas "Buddy" Frazier, son of Cathy Shipman of Cape Girardeau, and the late Brett Frazier, was born on March 13, 1987, in Poplar Bluff, and died on July 24, 2015, in Hilo, Hawaii at the age of 28. Jarrett had worked in construction and was a resident of Hilo, Hawaii...
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