Obituaries

Elizabeth Alice Eagle, daughter of the late Charles Gilbert Gales and Elizabeth Keaton Gales, was born on December 9, 1948 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on April 12, 2021 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 72 years...

Norval Charles Franklin Worley, son of the late William Seward Worley and Ester Mae Wilkerson Worley, was born on May 20, 1924 in Aid, Missouri, and departed this life on April 7, 2021 at his daughter’s residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 96 years...

Jerry Charles Owens of Bernie passed away April 7, 2021 in Bernie, at the age of 78. No services are being planned at this time. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of arrangements.

Mary Virginia Pierce Reed, daughter of the late Jesse Davis Pierce and Mary Alice Gamm Pierce, was born in Blytheville, Arkansas, on January 10, 1931 and departed this life on March 28, 2021 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 90 years...

Larry McMunn, son of the late Vester C. “Blackie” McMunn and Lura Boyd McMunn, was born on November 11, 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on March 30, 2021, at his home in Dexter, Missouri, surrounded by his loved ones, at the age of 84 years...

Janis Elaine Midgett, daughter of Cletis A and Opal Wolpers Miller, was born October 31, 1949, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life April 5, 2021 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County at the age of 71 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Fannie Ethel Brigman Averett, daughter of the late Sullivan and Fannie Brigman, was born on October 15, 1931, in East Prairie, Missouri and departed this life on Monday, March 29, 2021, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 89. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Interment followed in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Linda Sue Litchfield daughter of the late Humor Roy Eaker and Bertha Ellen Sifford Eaker was born on March 7, 1945 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on April 3, 2021 at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 76...

Bonnie Jean Watson daughter of the late Edward D. Wilmath and Goldia Reeves Wilmath was born on November 23, 1928 in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on March 27, 2021 at her residence in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the age of 92. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Carol Jean Newberry, daughter of the late Olen Whitaker and Ruth Hemminger Whitaker was born on July 30, 1947 in Flint, Michigan, and departed this life on March 27, 2021 at her residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 73. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

Lois Jean Rutledge passed away at her residence in rural Parma, Mo. on March 31, 2021 at the age of 81.  Visitation will be Wednesday,  April 7, 2021 from 10 a.m. until noon at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie at noon.  Interment will follow in Macedonia Cemetery, Malden.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Jerry Elmer Young son of the late John Daniel Young and Gladys Hazel Allen Young, born in Bernie, on October 4, 1936 and departed this life at his residence in Dexter on April 3, 2021 at the age of 84. Mr. Young had retired from The United States Navy after 21 years. He was an Aircraft Mechanic, Farmer and a Truck Driver. He was a member of the American Legion of Sikeston, attended Northside Baptist Church in Bernie...

Delbert L. Pruett of Dexter, was born to the late Elvis and Ather (Kelso) Pruett on September 26, 1945 in Bloomfield and passed away on April 02, 2021 in his home in Dexter.   Delbert had been a resident of Dexter area all his life.  He was in the United States Army.  He attended Beechwell General Baptist Church in Beechwell, Missouri.  He worked for Federal Mogul for 29 years.  Delbert enjoyed watching TV and spending time with family and friends.  ...

Donald Howard Lee passed away March 26, 2021 at the age of 85. Visitation was held Sunday, March 28, 2021 from 2 pm till 3 p.m. at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. in Mathis Funeral Chapel of Bernie. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Huey P. Long passed away on March 25, 2021 at the age of 83. Visitation was Monday, March 29, 2021 from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m.. Funeral services were then conducted at 1 p.m. in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

David Green 78 of Bernie, passed away March 28, 2021. Visitation will be Thursday, April 1., 2021 from 9:30 a.m. till 11 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery, Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Wanda Louise Gough, daughter of the late Thomas and Treasa Whitehead, was born on September 22, 1927 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on March 29, 2021 in Michigan, at the age of 93 years. Graveside services will be held at Bernie Cemetery in Bernie, Missouri on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 1 p.m...

Arthur Louis Ockel Jr., son of the late Arthur Louis Ockel Sr. and Amy Deloris Spitzfaden Ockel, was born on September 19, 1941 in St. Louis County, Missouri, and departed this life on March 26, 2021 at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Missouri, at the age of 79 years...

Ronald Eugene Beaird, 76, formerly of Bernie, passed away March 15, 2021.  Visitation was Thursday, March 18, 2021 at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of arrangements...

Katy Suzanne Watts daughter of Nonie Gregg Jones of Indiana and Lawrence Damon of Okeechobee, Florida was born on August 24, 1982 in Stoughton, Massachusetts and departed this life on March 21, 2021 at her residence in Dexter at the age of 38. A Celebration of Life will be conducted on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 3 p.m. at the Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Dexter...

Charles Cupp, son of Patsy Fletcher Cupp and the late Charles Edward Cupp, was born on July 14, 1962 in Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life on March 20, 2021 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 58 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

Steven James McCain, son of the late Luther James McCain and Loni Dersch McCain, was born on January 19, 1964 in Pontiac, Michigan, and departed this life on March 19, 2021 at his residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 57 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

Billy Ray Gowen, 75 years old, passed away at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday, March 12, 2021. Billy was born and raised in Missouri. At the age of 17, Billy married his high school sweetheart, Jean Dickerson. During this time Billy also enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving overseas in the Vietnam War. ...

James Gilbert Woolard, son of the late Frank Woolard and Lois Morgan Woolard, was born on August 19, 1942 in Redd, Missouri and departed this life on March 11, 2021 at his residence in Puxico, Missouri, at the age of 78 years. Mr. Woolard was a veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1964 to 1966, and he was a farmer all his life...

Karen Yvonne Jines, daughter of Freida Martin Lee of Dexter, Missouri and the late Herbert Lee, was born on January 24, 1949 in Dearborn, Michigan, and departed this life on February 21, 2021 at her residence in Dexter, at the age of 72 years. Mrs. Jines was the former County Director for DAEOC for several years and she later retired from Wal-Mart Pharmacy...

Marsha Dianna Jones, daughter of the late Paul Treece and Lilly Spencer Treece, was born on December 17, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on March 9, 2021 at her residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 64 years. No services are currently planned...

Lucas Aaron Cope, son of James Cope and Denise Woods Cope of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was born on March 3, 1992 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on March 11, 2021 in Wappapello, Missouri, at the age of 29 years. A memorial service will be planned at a later date...

Joe Parris 62 of Malden, passed away on March 11, 2021 at Defiance, Mo. Visitation will be conducted on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be in Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery...

Ronald Wade Mays passed away March 8, 2021 at the age of 67.  Visitation were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Thursday, March 11, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM.  Funeral services will then be conducted at 12:00 Noon in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements...

Gary De Arman, son of the late Carl De Arman and Verna Davis De Arman, was born on August 28, 1945 and departed this life on March 5, 2021 at Winchester Nursing in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 75. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Edwin Glen “Johnny” Grimes, son of the late Carl Earnest Grimes and Mildred Bell Grimes, was born on March 7, 1938 in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on March 1, 2021 at his home in Three Way, Tennessee, at the age of 82. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veteran’s Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...

Geraldine Evans, daughter of the late Vernie Simmers and Ella Grace Limbaugh Simmers, was born on August 25, 1930 in Greenbrier, Missouri, and departed this life on March 2, 2021 at her residence in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 90. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, March 5, 2021. Interment followed in the Fairview Cemetery in Puxico, Missouri...

Bonnie Frances “Fran” King-Buchanan, daughter of the late Rev. Therman Lee King and Norma Jean Cooper King, was born on August 18, 1949 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and departed this life on March 8, 2021 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 71...

Helen Joan Coffey, daughter of the late Edward Lankford and Fern Kimbrel Lankford, was born on May 1, 1934 in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on March 5, 2021 at Dexter Living Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 86. Graveside services were conducted at Dexter Cemetery on Tuesday, March 9, 2021...

Garry L. “Lenny” Hicks, 57, of Marble Hill, Missouri died Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at his home. He was born February 8, 1964 in Dexter, to Joseph E. and Edith C. Cowan Hicks. He and Rebecca Hoover were married August 21, 1990 in Jackson, Missouri. She survives...

Robert Eugene “Bob” Davis Sr., son of the late Homer and Vergie Davis, was born on September 21, 1931 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on February 23, 2021 at his home in Dexter, at the age of 89 years. Mr. Davis graduated from Poplar Bluff Senior High School in 1949. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force, serving from October 1950 until August 1954, and serving in the Korean War...

Leon Virgil Young, son of the late Howard Glen Young and Genevieve Marler Young, was born on April 22, 1938 in Campbell, Missouri, and departed this life on March 7, 2021 at his residence in Dexter, at the age of 82 years. Mr. Young was a former small engine mechanic for Rice Hardware and he had also worked for Paramount Headwear and Morgan Furniture. He was a member of the Dexter Evangelical Free Church and the Dexter Masonic Lodge...

Pauline Matthews passed away on February 26, 2021 at her home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on April 25, 1926, the daughter of John and Opal Harper and was married to Jack Matthews. Pauline was educated in Bloomfield public schools and Southeast Missouri State University. Prior to moving to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, she lived in Jefferson City, Missouri...

Sheila Ann McFarlen, daughter of the late Kenred and Shirley Moore Stegall was born on May 13, 1957 and departed this life on March 5, 2021 at the Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau at the age of 63. A memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Margaret Jones, daughter of the late Albert Conner and Margaret Owens Conner, was born on March 16, 1946, in Wappapello, Missouri, and departed this life on March 2, 2021 at her home in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 74. Funeral services were conducted at Dexter First Assembly of God Church on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...

Etta Mae Halbert Temples, daughter of the late Jessie DeJournett and Opal Lemons DeJournett, was born on June 17, 1928 and departed this life on February 25, 2021 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 92 years. Mrs. Temples was a former employee of the shoe factory and a farmer. She was a member of Risen Church in Dexter, Missouri and a resident of Dexter...

Robert Eugene “Bob” Davis Sr., son of the late Homer and Vergie Davis, was born on September 21, 1931 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on February 23, 2021 at his home in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 89 years. A memorial service and burial in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery will be planned for a later date...

Timmy DeWayne Carwile, son of the late Leonard Carwile and Shirley McGowen Carwile, was born on February 1, 1959 in Batavia, Illinois, and departed this life on February 21, 2021, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 62 years. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Mary Lou Northern, daughter of the late Thomas Pulliam and Evelyn Wyatt Pulliam, was born on February 9, 1944 in Doniphan, Missouri, and departed this life on February 24, 2021 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 77 years...

Mildred Irene Hyslop, 88, the daughter of the late Joe Ellis and Geneva Davenport Ellis Jarrell, was born May 28, 1932, in Dexter, Missouri, and died peacefully at her rural Bloomfield home on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, following a brief battle with cancer...

Lovina Lucille Ivy age 90 of Dexter passed away February 14, 2021. She was born to the late William Henry and Cora Hasler on September 10, 1930 in Pope County, Arkansas.   Lovina married CJ Ivy on July 18, 1956 in Blytheville, Arkansas.  She worked for Harris bank in Chicago, Illinois for over 20 years until she retired in 1995.  She enjoyed spending time with family and friends...

David William Shaw, Jr. son of the late David William, Sr and Patricia Ann Weldon Shaw was born in Parma, Missouri on December 28, 1924 and passed away February 27, 2021 at his home in Malden at the age of 96. After graduating from High School in Parma David served in the Army Air Corps during World War 2. ...

On Wednesday January 17th, 2021 Kimberly Gaines Wichern, our loving mother, passed away at the age of 53. Kim was born June 8th, 1967 to Barbara Sue (Stanley) Gaines and Melvin Earl Gaines. She spent her adventurous life working as a Jack of all Trades, including work as a substitute teacher, seamstress, dental hygienist, event planner, and executive assistant in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee...

Ellen Marie Rainwater Lowe , 89, passed away on February 11, 2021 in Oxford, Mississippi. Ellen was born on March 26, 1931 in Allenville, Missouri to the late Hiram W. and Marie Lee (Polly) Smith.  She was married to Thomas L. Rainwater in Piggott, Arkansas, who passed away on August 25, 1968. ...

Jerry Dean Russell was born on Sept. 18, 1935 in Dexter and departed this life Jan. 21, 2021 in Battlecreek, MI. He was the son of Roscoe and Nena Buchanan Russell. He married Beverly Keathley on June 25, 1954 and they were blessed with four children; Jerry Russell Jr., LeAnne (Barry) Earls, Paula Saganek and Scott Russell_all of Michigan...