Obituaries

The Zalma General Baptist Church will hold its 15th annual Special Needs Dinner and Auction on Saturday, March 6. The event will take place in the Zalma High School Gymnasium. The menu will be chicken and dumplings, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, coleslaw, dessert and drink...

Timothy Wade Shelton 54 of Bernie, passed away January 18, 2021 at his home. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Friday, January 28, 2021 from 11:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. Funeral services will then be conducted at 12:00 P.M. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Iva A. Horn, daughter of the late Jack Dowdy and Marie Dempsey Dowdy, was born on April 13, 1936 in Clarksville, Arkansas, and departed this life on January 16, 2021 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 84 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from 5 p.m. ...

SNIDER, Billy Ray, of House Springs, Missouri, was born February 6, 1938 in Bernie, Missouri to James and Pearle (nee White) Snider and entered into rest Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at his home in House Springs, Missouri at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 6 days...

Maxine Garner was born June 24, 1932 to Vevlean Hamby Clary in Bloomfield. She departed from this life on January 17, 2021, at her home in Dexter, at the age of 88. Maxine married Robert Dale “Bob” Garner on July 13, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas. They were devoted to one another and raised five children together...

Teresa Fuwell Allen, daughter of the late Freemond Fuwell and Hilda Gauldin Fuwell, was born on September 20, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on January 6, 2021 at her residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 60 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 9, 2021...

Brett Michael Warren, the son of Paul and Amber Ezell Warren of Dexter, Missouri was born on September 19, 2003 at Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life on January 8, 2021 in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 17 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Interment followed in Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Artis Dewey Johns, 77, of Bloomfield, passed away November 12, 2020 in Kelso. Artis was born August 9, 1943 in Brownwood, MO, the son of Fred Samuel and Elsie Victoria Ford Johns. Artis was a graduate of Advance High School. He had been the Area Supervisor for MODOT in South County St. Louis. Upon his retirement in 1997 he moved to Bloomfield. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He also took pride in mowing his lawn...

Kenneth Eugene Fowler, son of the late Eural Cecil Fowler and Elsie Stafford Fowler was born on March 26, 1946 in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on January 9, 2021 at his residence in Bloomfield at the age of 74. Mr. Fowler was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Vietnam. ...

It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Selmer ‘Lilly’ (Fielder) Pulliam, of Dexter.  Lilly died in Van Buren on January 08, 2021 at the age of 74. Lilly was born on August 29,1946 in Canalou Missouri to Marion Lee Fielder and Bertha Mae (Williams) Fielder.  She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Tressie Bailey and Emma ‘Emmer’ Calvert; brothers, Orville Fielder, Douglas Fielder, Gary ‘Jerry’ Wayne Fielder and J.C. Fielder...

Benny Joe Kasinger, 79, of Pekin, passed away at 3:52 p.m. January 5, 2021 at UnityPoint Health – Methodist in Peoria.  He was a native of Dexter. Born July 1, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was the son of Leonard Edward and Lena Mirl (Shrum) Kasinger.  He married Margaret Earline Bradford on November 17, 1963 in Desoto, Missouri.  She died November 8, 2012 in Pekin.  He also was preceded in death by his parents and his biological father, Edward Eugene Casinger, who died in the attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.. ...

Sammy Joe Davis, son of the late Hubert Davis and Patricia Ann Romine Davis, was born on April 15, 1957 in Watseka, Illinois, and departed this life on January 2, 2021 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 63 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

Bertie Cook, daughter of the late James Duffey and Minnie Morris Duffey, was born on July 8, 1925 in Brownwood, Missouri, and departed this life on January 2, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 95 years...

Clifford Ray Simptkins Sr., son of Evelyn Floyd Crump and the late Richard Simptkins, was born on April 4, 1960 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on January 3, 2021 at Annie’s House in Marble Hill, Missouri, at the age of 60 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

Jimmie Allen Fry Sr., son of the late Joseph Allen Fry and Juanita Harris Redman, was born on March 29, 1941 in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on December 29, 2020, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 2, 2021. Interment followed in Hagy Cemetery...

Leota Pauline Larson, daughter of the late William Francis Daniel and Marie Rose Brunn Daniel, was born on July 3, 1941 in Vandervoort, Arkansas, and departed this life on January 1, 2021 at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, at the age of 79 years old...

Joyce Hardin, daughter of the late Walter McCarver and Jenny Mae Yarbrough McCarver, was born on June 3, 1937 in Steele, Missouri, and departed this life on January 3, 2021 at her residence in Dudley, Missouri at the age of 83 years. Mrs. Hardin was a former employee of First Missouri State Bank in Fisk, Missouri, working as a teller and bookkeeper. She lived the Christian faith and enjoyed gardening, birdwatching, and flowers, cooking and canning, and her favorite color was brown...

Irline Brucker, daughter of the late Martin T. Menz and Magdaline Halter Menz was born on December 10, 1923 in Oran, Missouri and departed her life on Friday, January 1, 2021 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 97. Mrs. Brucker was a former employee of Inland Shoe Manufacturing and Tri County in Home Services. She was a member of Guardian Angels Church and a resident of Advance, Missouri...

John Mark Stidham, born October 11, 1960 in Dexter, took his Heavenly Father’s hand bound for heaven on December 30, 2020 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mark was born to the late Olean Holland Stidham and Jimmy Lee Stidham, who survives...

Ruby Eve Davis, daughter of the late James Davis and Maggie Wiseman Davis was born on July 7, 1917 in Broseley, Missouri, and departed this life on December 23, 2020 at The Springs of Jonesboro nursing home in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the age of 103 years...

Jeannie Kay Henson, daughter of the late Ivan and Mavis Tanner Britton was born on March 12, 1966 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on December 23, 2020 in her residence in Bloomfield at the age of 54. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, December 28, 2020. Interment followed in Gravel Hill Cemetery...

Leonard Eugene “Gene” Binford, 90, son of Samuel Leonard and Stella Davis Binford was born in Morehouse, Missouri, Feb. 22, 1930 and passed away at his home in Puxico, Missouri Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Gene lived in Puxico most of his life. He was a lifelong farmer, enjoyed raising cattle, and was fond of square dancing as a member of the Puxico Country Squares. He was a charter member of the First General Baptist Church in Puxico...

John A Prance, Jr., 72, of Dexter, Missouri passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. John, son of the late John Albert Prance, Sr. and Velma Maxine Waltrip Prance, was born on March 31, 1948 near Clarkton, Missouri...

Edna Deloris (Lois) Allen of Puxico, Missouri, daughter of the late Levi and Orpha Dunn, was born in Acorn Ridge, Missouri Sept. 23, 1934, and passed away in her home in Puxico, at the age of 86 years. Lois has lived in Puxico all of her life. She was a faithful member of Corinth General Baptist Church for many years. She enjoyed Bible study, quilting, embroidery, crocheting, and most of all spending time with her grandchildren...

Martha Norris of Puxico, daughter of the late William and Meta Buchanan, was born on January 09, 1930, and passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, on December 21, 2020, at the age of 90 years. Martha belonged to the Missouri Retired Teachers Association, and The Puxico Thursday Culture Club. ...

Howard Milo Duer, son of the late Dr. Milo Duer and Mary Anna Stone Duer, was born September 4, 1946 in Independence, Missouri, and departed this life on December 22, 2020 at Southeast Health, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 74 years. Mr. Duer attended the First Baptist Church in Puxico and Cape Girardeau. He also was the pastor of Catron Baptist Church and later retired in 2017...

Earl Eugene Hagy son of the late John Wilson Hagy and Beatrice Scott Hagy was born on April 19, 1959 in Onley, Illinois and departed this life on December 20, 2020 at the Christian Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 61. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Interment followed in Hagy Cemetery...

Larry Dean Logan was born August 13, 1939 near Bernie, to the late Chelsie Lee Logan and Tressie Causbie Logan and departed this life on December 17, 2020 at Select Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 81. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, December 21, 2020. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery...

Lois Jane Parker, daughter of Betty Dunning Parker and the late Hershel Lester Parker was born on September 5, 1949 in Dexter and departed this life on December 19, 2020 at her residence in Dexter at the age of 71. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Interment followed in Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Ronnie Wayne Prough, son of Clay Prough of Dexter and the late Dixie Lou Forslund Prough, was born on June 7, 1960 in Alhambra, California, and departed this life on December 15, 2020, at St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Missouri, at the age of 60 years...

Angie Smith, daughter of the late Wallace Clay Mansker and Edna Faye Caulley, was born May 21, 1943, in Dexter and departed this life on December 15, 2020, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, at the age of 77 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, December 18, 2020. Interment followed in Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Lorn B. Allstun, son of the late Thomas Allstun and Carrie Tracer Allstun, was born on February 20, 1923 in Frisco, Missouri and departed this life on December 16, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 97 years. Mr. Allstun was a Veteran of the United States Army, 9th Division, serving in World War II and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and at the Rhine River. ...

Charles Wayne “Chuck” Foster, was born May 1, 1946 in St. Louis. His childhood memories fondly include the cotton fields near Bernie to graduating Valedictorian at Bernie High School and the many special friendships made during those years that he carried with him his entire adult life. ...

Howard Hill, son of the late Weldon E. Hill and Lois E. Almond Hill Russell was born December 3, 1936 in Pontiac, Michigan, and departed this life on December 13, 2020 at River Mist Assisted Living in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 84. On July 6, 1961, he was united in marriage to Carole Pillow in Malden. Mrs. Hill preceded him in death on August 11, 2004...

Weldon Reed Jones, son of the late James Jones and Cora Canady Jones, was born on June 21, 1926 in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on December 7, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 wears. Mr. Jones was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II and he was a former employee of the City of Dexter. ...

Willard Rampley of Dexter, son of the late Joeseph and Blanche Rampley, was born in Zadock, Missouri on July 16, 1931 and passed away at Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter on December 06, 2020, at the age of 89 years. On December 24, 1955 he was married to Norma Kern Rampley, in Nashville Tennessee; she precedes him in death on December 19, 2018...

McIvan Jones was born April 27, 1941 in Dorena, Missouri, to the late Mack and Elois Doss Jones and departed this life on December 14, 2020 at his residence in East Prairie, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. A private family service was held Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston. Interment followed in the I.O.O.F Cemetery in Charleston...

Elizabeth “Betsy” Ann Mais Hierholzer, daughter of the late Alexander J. Mais and Anna C. Schatz Mais, was born on April 6, 1927 in Verona, Missouri, and departed this life on December 9, 2020 at Mulberry Manor in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 93 years...

George “Wayne” Tumbleson was born January 31, 1939 in Lamar, Arkansas, to the late Victor and Beulah Jones Tumbleson and departed this life on December 4, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 81 years. A memorial service will be announced sometime this spring...

Debra “Debbie” Jean Hunt, 51, passed December 8, 2020 at Cape Girardeau, Mo  Graveside services were conducted at Bernie Cemetery, Friday, December 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.   Mathis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Jessie Wayne Barnes, 97 of Bernie, Passed away December 2, 2020 at Cape Girardeau, Mo.  Private Services are being planned with burial in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery with Full Military Honors.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie, Missouri in charge of all arrangements...

Benjamin Thomas Burge, son of the late Joyce Burge, was born on April 25, 1984 in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on December 4, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 36 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Interment followed in the New Essex Cemetery in Essex, Missouri...

Michael Francis Dugan, son of the late William C. Dugan and Ruby Crabb Dugan, was born on March 13, 1948 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 8, 2020 near Dexter, Missouri, in his duck club south of Dudley, at the age of 72 years...

Stephen Paul Tucker, son of James Edward Tucker and the late Dorlus Lawrence Tucker, was born on February 16, 1964 in Braggadocio, Missouri, and departed this life on December 13, 2020 at the Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 56 years...

Nancy Diane Crowe of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Noel Gene and Eileen McRoy Crowe was born on May 1, 1955, in Dexter and passed away at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on December 9, 2020, at the age of 65 years. She grew up in Bloomfield and was of the Christian Faith...

Melvyn Charles “Mel” Jones was born on July 11, 1945, in Coventry in Warwickshire, England, the son of the late Charles and Edith Jones. He died of complications from Covid-19 on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 75...

Loudean Starnes, age 93, departed from this earth on December 3, 2020. She was surrounded by her beloved family at her home. She is the daughter of Willie and Bessie Wallace. Her parents preceded her in death. Her husband, Leon “Pete” Starnes preceded her in death December 13, 1972. ...

Patricia S. Adkins, daughter of the late Edgar Palmer and Pearl Swan Palmer, was born on November 22 1954 in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on December 10, 2020 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery...

John Minson, 59 of Advance, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2020, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 22, 1961 in Marble Hill. John was a God fearing, kind and gentle man.  He loved playing music for the Lord which he loved, his family and life itself.  worked for Holden Pallet Company and was a member of the Advance Faith Baptist Church.  ...

Weldon Reed Jones, son of the late James Jones and Cora Canady Jones, was born on June 21, 1926 in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on December 7, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 wears. Mr. Jones was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II and he was a former employee of the City of Dexter. ...