Obituaries

Billy B. Reynolds, son of the late Ivond L. Reynolds and Dorotha Mae Fisher Reynolds, was born on May 31, 1943 in Heber Springs, Arkansas and departed this life on March 11, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 76 years. A memorial service will be planned for a later date...

Justin Allen David, 27, of Puxico passed away on Thursday, March 5 at his home. He was born on July 30, 1992 in Farmington to Jackie Ray David and Stella Mae Moore. Justin worked in construction and owned his own business. He is survived by his parents, brothers, Jackie David, Jr. of Bloomfield and Jonathon David of Puxico; sisters Rebecca McClintock of Springfield, Jacklyn Donnelly of St. Louis and Kristen David of Farmington...

Thomas Kelly McMullin, son of Larry Glenn McMullin and Brenda Sue Hamby McMullin, was born on December 27, 1971 in Dexter, and departed this life on March 26, 2020 in the emergency room at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 48 years...

Sarah Elizabeth Elles, daughter of Randy E Elles and Carrie Busby Elles, was born on March 7, 1995 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on March 28, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, at the age of 25 years. A private, family only, memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie...

Gracie Louella Case, formerly of Paragould, was born on September 1, 1930 in Rector, Arkansas to the late William Howell and Sylvia Heskett Howell and departed this life on March 23, 2020 at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, at the age of 89 years...

Thomas Haynes Burris, son of the late Wylie Franklin Burris and Georgia Faye Hamby Burris was born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky on August 26, 1940 and departed this life at Winchester Place in Bernie, on March 30, 2020 at the age of 79. Mr. Burris graduated from University College of Pharmacy in Memphis, Tennessee in 1962, He served under a Branch of United States Navy as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. ...

Thomas Taylor Chamberlain Sr., son of the late Everett Lee Chamberlain and Wanda Lee Taylor Chamberlain, was born on May 1, 1959 in Hayti and departed this life on March 22, 2020 at his residence in Dexter at the age of 60 years. A memorial service will be planned for a later date...

Bruce D. Ivy, son of Leatrice Joy Fox Ivy Swinger and the late Frank Eugene Ivy, was born on July 12, 1951 in Bloomfield, and departed this life on March 23, 2020 at Winchester Nursing in Bernie, at the age of 68 years. Mr. Ivy is a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He was a former self-employed contractor; and he was a former truck driver for Helena and Rhinehart Farms. He was a member of the Clines Island General Baptist Church and a resident of Bloomfield...

Norma Jean Jackson, daughter of the late Chester G. Walters and Essie Lee Wicks Walters, was born on January 30, 1941 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on March 18, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter at the age of 79 years. Mrs. ...

Darrell Eugene Zimmerman 71 of Bernie, passed away March 14, 2020 at his home. Visitation was held Monday, March 16, 2020 from 5 p.m. till 8p.m. in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020 at 1 p.m. Burial in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of all arrangements...

Donald Edward Maddox, son of the late Clarence Maddox and Sylvia Umfleet Maddox, was born on July 17, 1937 in Dudley, Missouri and departed this life on March 16, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 82 years. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral services were then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 1 p.m. Interment follow edin the Dexter Cemetery...

Charles Ernest Hoffmann II, son of the late Ernest Hoffmann and Elsie Throwkill Hoffmann, was born on August 20, 1946 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on March 9, 2020 at his residence in Poplar Bluff at the age of 73 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Mary S. Richardson of Dexter, daughter of the late Paul Everett St. Cin and Della Juanita Marqis, was born in Bell City, on January 12, 1950, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, on March 14, 2020, at the age of 70 years 2 month and 2 days...

Elmer E. Wilson, son of the late Earl Wilson and Emmer Stewart Wilson, was born on May 3, 1922 near Bloomfield and departed this life on March 13, 2020 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 97 years. Mr. Wilson was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in World War II. ...

Rex Edward Keller, was born on October 10, 1923 in Sikeston and departed this life on March 4, 2020 in Redington Shores, Florida, at the age of 96 years. Rex grew up in Dexter. His mother, Ola Keaton Keller, was a school teacher and taught him to value arts and education. She was a tremendous influence on his life and so, when he became a successful businessman, he used his assets to build a public library in Dexter, Missouri in memory of his mother. This happened more than 20 years ago...

Maurice J. Spore, son of the late Bill and Golden Hart Spore, was born on July 13, 1926, near Fisk, Missouri and departed this life on March 2, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, at the age of 93 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Interment followed at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Doris M. England, 85, wife of Nolan England, passed away on Saturday, March 7, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.  Visitation was held on Wednesday, March 11th, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Blue Funeral Home in Marion, IL with the funeral service officiated by Rev. Ralph Brandon beginning immediately afterward. Private burial was at the Rose Hill Cemetery...

Hazel Mae Patrick of Bloomfield, daughter of the late William Eli and Mary Elizabeth Lewis Johnson, was born in London, Kentucky on December 6, 1924, and passed away at her home near Bloomfield, on February 23, 2020, at the age of 95 years, 2 months and 17 days...

Joann Jameson, daughter of the late Claude Moore and Ruth McClain Moore, was born on April 9, 1947 in Piggott, Arkansas and departed this life on February 24, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 72 years...

James Britton, son of Ruth Peters Britton and the late Ollie “Ott” Britton, was born on January 10, 1959 in Essex and departed this life on March 1, 2020 at his residence in Dexter at the age of 61 years. Mr. Britton was a former employee of Brown Shoe Factory and he was a handy man for a saw mill. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter and the Knights of Columbus...

James R. Stogsdill, son of the late James Perry Stogsdill and Elizabeth Francis Boulware Stogsdill, was born on March 20, 1928 in Marble Hill, Missouri and departed this life on February 29, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County at the age of 91 years...

August Gene Jackson, son of the late August Franklin Jackson and Rose Parks Jackson, was born on June 29, 1927 in Aid and departed this life on February 29, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County, in Dexter, at the age of 92 years and 8 months...

Gerald E. Jackson, 93, was born in Aid on September 13, 1926 to Oscar (Lon) Jackson and Jessie (Parks) Jackson and departed this life on February 27, 2020 at Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter. Gerald was born, lived and farmed in the Aid community until he retired at the age of 65. ...

David Eldon Stafford, son of the late Thomas Allen Stafford and Minnie Bell Allen Stafford, was born on October 12, 1912, in Stoddard County and departed this life on February 26, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, at the age of 107 years...

John Dale Sides Sr., 72, of Conway went to his heavenly home on Monday, February 24, 2020. He was born on April 8, 1947 in Dexter, Missouri to John and Marie Sides. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Marie Sides; one son, John David Sides; one brother, Dennis Thomason and two sisters, Thelma Gibson, Barbara Cowin...

Leslie “Les” R. Fields, son of the late James “Jack” and Darlene Fields, was born June 16, 1940 and departed this life February 22, 2020 at the age of 79. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Calvin Ray Sandlin, son of the late Fieldin Floyd Sandlin and Dorothy Rice Sandlin was born on April 17, 1965 in Malden and departed this life on February 21, 2020 at the Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, Illinois at the age of 54. Visitation will be conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, February 28, 2020 from 5 p.m. ...

Winona Ann Morgan, daughter of the late Roger Ream and Alice Hewitt Lightfoot, was born on March 5, 1935 in Aurora, Illinois and departed this life on February 17, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 84 years...

Phyllis J. Dowdy, daughter of the late Thelbert Coleman and Marjorie Lane Coleman, was born on May 15, 1946 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on February 17, 2020 at Bloomfield Living Center in Bloomfield, at the age of 73 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, February 21, 2020. Interment followed in the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter...

Charles Albert Johnson, son of the late Lester Johnson and Donnzella Wollem Johnson, was born on June 2, 1948 in Dudley and departed this life on February 17, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 71 years...

Kenneth D. Minton, son of the late Roy Minton and Sarah Meade Minton was born on February 19, 1930 at rural Dexter and departed this life in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center on February 22, 2020 at the age of 90. Mr. Minton was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, he was the owner of Kenneth Minton Farms, a former board member of the Dexter Memorial Hospital, a former board member of First Midwest Bank and First Commercial Bank...

Michael Lee Rainey, age 74 of Jackson, Tennessee formerly of Dexter passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 in Jackson. He was born on December 11, 1945 in Poplar Bluff, to the late Loyd Gene and Mary Keathley Rainey. He served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant during the Vietnam War. He worked at the Dexter Memorial Hospital for over 20 years and was an active member and deacon at First Baptist Church in Dexter...

Faye Delores Miller, 85, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Faye was born on May 8, 1934 in Lutesville, Mo., the daughter of Herbert and Ethel (Elledge) Crites. On Aug. 22, 1952, she married Robert Ferrell Miller in Essex, Mo. Together they shared more than 60 years of marriage before his passing Aug. 20, 2013...

Mary Edith Cox, daughter of the late Logan Tucker and Nicie McCaskill Tucker, was born on November 19, 1921 in McNary County, Tennessee and departed this life on February 14, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 98 years...

June Mozell McMullin Miller, youngest daughter of the late James Alberson and Laura Alice Marker Alberson, was born on May 19, 1926 in Big Ridge, Missouri and departed this life on February 11, 2020 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 93 years...

Mary Ann Lee, 79 of Bernie, Missouri passed away February 11, 2020 at her home in Bernie.  Visitation will be Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 2 p.m.  till 4 p.m.  A memorial service will then began at 4 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Nedra Ann Gaines, daughter of the late Cecil Beckham and Lily Lusk Beckham, was born on May 12, 1941 and departed this life on February 10, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center Graveside services were conducted at Dexter Cemetery on Thursday, February 13, 2020...

Carolyn Jo Postek of Dexter, daughter of the late Harold Theodore and Josephine Adams Schellenger, was born in St. Louis on September 22, 1947, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on February 14, 2020, at the age of 72 years, 4 months and 23 days...

Travis Allen Carter, son of J.R. Carter and Rhonda Allen Carter, was born on May 30, 1986 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on February 11, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 33 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home on Friday, February 14, 2020. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Angela Robinson, daughter of Terry Robinson of Wappapello and Donna Kester Robinson of Dexter, was born on April 18, 1977 in Dexter and departed this life on February 13, 2020 at her residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 42 years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...

Denver Dale Brown, son of the late Earl Brown and Nell Lovins Brown was born on June 25, 1937 at Kennett and departed this life in his residence at Sikeston on February 14, 2020 at the age of 82. Mr. Brown was a retired farmer. He was known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren as Grandpa, Paw-Paw, Poppy and Pa-Doe...

Known to his grandchildren as “Bops”, Bobby Lee Coffey, son of the late Orville and Marie Worley Coffey, was born on September 8, 1930, in Parma and met his Lord and Savior, surrounded by family on February 14, 2020, at his residence in Dexter, at the age of 89...

Ray Edward Doerschlen of Bloomfield, son of the late John Ferdinand and Addie Mae Proffer Doerschlen, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 3, 1936, and passed away at his home in Bloomfield, on February 5, 2020, at the age of 83 years. Ray had lived in the Bloomfield area the past forty years. He had served 11 years active duty in the U. S. Air Force and was a recruiter for the Army National Guard. He was a member of the V. F. W...

Wade Vancil of Dexter, son of Doran and Wanda Jones Vancil, was born in Poplar Bluff on November 27, 1965, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on January 22, 2020, at the age of 54 years, 1 month and 26 days. He had lived in the Dexter area all of his life. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, collecting arrowheads and rock hunting. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter...

Faye Delores Miller, 85, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Faye was born on May 8, 1934 in Lutesville, Mo., the daughter of Herbert and Ethel (Elledge) Crites. On Aug. 22, 1952, she married Robert Ferrell Miller in Essex, Mo. Together they shared more than 60 years of marriage before his passing Aug. 20, 2013...

James W. “Pat” Jones of Campbell, son of the late William Calvin Jones & Nona Sibyl Murray Jones, was born in Russellville, Arkansas on March 17, 1948. James W. “Pat” Jones passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 71...

Mary Ann Lee, 79 of Bernie, Missouri passed away February 11, 2020 at her home in Bernie.  Visitation will be Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 2 p.m.  till 4 p.m.  A Memorial service will then began at 4 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Dorothy Mae Wilson of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Fred Luke and Vera Mae Stacey Jones, was born in Grayridge on August 27, 1935, and passed away at the Winchester Nursing Home in Bernie, on February 9, 2020, at the age of 84 years, 5 months and 13 days...

Joseph Henry Baccus, son of the late Wallace Baccus and Helean Wyatt Baccus, was born on July 13, 1957 in Clarksville, Tennessee and departed this life on February 3, 2020 at Clearview Nursing Home in Sikeston at the age of 62 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements...

Janet Sue Arnold, daughter of the late Edgar Kinser and Alma Lee Pritchett Kinser, was born on August 9, 1947 in Dexter and departed this life on February 3, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 72 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, February 7, 2020...