Obituaries

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...

Clay Deloyt Pruitt, son of Betty Roach Pruitt of Bloomfield and the late Sammy L. Pruitt, was born on September 5, 1974 in Sikeston and departed this life on February 4, 2020 at his residence in Bloomfield, at the age of 45 years. A memorial service was conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Monday, February 10, 2020...

Wanda Mae Myers, daughter of the late Chester St. Clair and Marie Barnfield St. Clair, was born on November 10, 1941 in Piedmont, Missouri and departed this life on February 7, 2020 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 78 years...

Eddie Ann Padgett, daughter of the late Nelba Jean Rainey and Lee Rainey, was born on January 6, 1947 in Poplar Bluff and departed this life on February 8, 2020 at the Jackson Manor in Jackson at the age of 73. Eddie Ann had worked as a beautician, and later worked as a secretary for NB Harty. ...

Ronald Edwin Long, son of the late Cecil Long and Ellen Barham Long, was born on March 12, 1933 in Bloomfield and departed this life on February 10, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 86 years. Mr. Long was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a former farm implement mechanic, specializing in Ford Tractors and he was a member of St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia, Missouri...

Jean Putnam, daughter of the late Mack Williams and Effie McCain Williams was born in Bernie on August 17, 1938 and departed this life at Winchester Nursing Facility in Bernie, Missouri on February 7, 2020 at the age of 81. Mrs. Putnam was Supervisor at Brown Shoe Company of Bernie for over 35 years.  She later worked at ARC of Dexter.  She was baptized as a young girl and was of Baptist Faith...

Jim Miller, son of the late Otis Miller and Muriel Ward Miller, was born on August 2, 1941 in Dexter, MO and departed this life on January 28, 2020 at his residence in Dexter at the age of 78. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, February 1, 2020. Interment followed in the Essex Cemetery...

Jackie Chester Bess, son of the late Ernest Bess and Mickey Cook Bess, was born on October 20, 1946 in Grayridge, Missouri and departed this life on February 2, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County at the age of 73 years. Friends may call at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery...

Charles Richard Bailey, son of the late Britten Bailey and Pansy Glasser Bailey, was born on July 19, 1943 in Malden and departed this life on January 28, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 76 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, January 31, 2020. Interment followed at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...

Larry “Gene” Hunsaker, 87, of Dexter, son of the late Newton Raymond and Annie Doublin Hunsaker, was born Sept. 23, 1932, and passed away at the Winchester Nursing Home, in Bernie, Jan. 30, 2020. Larry “Gene” married Billie June Edwards Feb. 28, 1953 in Piggott, Ark...

Harold Gene Williams, son of the late James B. Williams and Ethel Parrish Williams, was born on June 26, 1935, in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on January 29, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 84 years. Mr. Williams graduated from Dexter High School in 1954, where he was a four-year varsity letterman in football and a member of the Dexter D-Club. ...

Larry “Gene” Hunsaker, 87, of Dexter, son of the late Newton Raymond and Annie Doublin Hunsaker, was born Sept. 23, 1932, and passed away at the Winchester Nursing Home, in Bernie, Jan. 30, 2020. Larry “Gene” married Billie June Edwards Feb. 28, 1953 in Piggott, Ark...

Phyllis A. King, daughter of the late W. C. Massey and Edith Henly Massey, was born on June 6, 1943 in Santa Rita, New Mexico and departed this life on January 20, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff at the age of 76 years. A memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 25, 2020...

Bonnie Jo Jones, daughter of the late Marion Orr Sr. and Mabel Kincer Riggs, was born on August 28, 1952 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on January 20, 2020 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis Missouri at the age of 67 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, January 24, 2020. Interment followed in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Wayne Kersey, son of the late Ray Kersey and Dorothy Black Jerrell, was born on January 24, 1948 in Dexter and departed this life on January 22, 2020 at his residence in Aid at the age of 71 years. A memorial service was conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, January 26, 2020...

Bruce W. Taylor, son of the late Lonnie Taylor and Dolly Pearcy Taylor, was born on May 11, 1950 in Sikeston and departed this life on January 22, 2020 at his residence in Wappapello, Missouri at the age of 69 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 from noon to 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 2 p.m. with Rev. George Howell officiating. Interment will follow in the Wappapello Cemetery...

Betty Marie Holder Keirsey, daughter of the late Don and Dee Holder, was born on December 21, 1932, in Blodgett, Missouri and departed this life on January 24, 2020 at her residence in Dexter, at the age of 87 years. Friends may call at First Baptist Church in Dexter on Friday, January 31, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted at 11 a.m. with Rev. Mark Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Blodgett Cemetery...

Leona Lois Griffin, daughter of the late Wenzil Crow and Ruby Leona Creg Crow was born in Bernie, on November 15, 1935 and departed this life at Saint Francis Medical Center ER in Cape Girardeau, on January 27, 2020 at the age of 84. Mrs. Griffin was a homemaker and a member of Northside Baptist Church of Bernie...

Jackie W. Palmer Sr. 79 Died on January 24, 2020  at his home.  Visitation will be Tuesday, January 28, 2020 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Funeral services will began at 1 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel.  Interment will follow in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements...

Billy Joe “Bill” Dalton departed this life on January 12, 2020. Billy was born in Lilbourne, Missouri on September 8, 1941 to Pauline and Blair Dalton. He is preceded in death by his father, Blair; mother, Pauline and son, Adam Blair Dalton. He is survived by his wife, Melissa of Argyle, Texas; son, Steven Dalton of Columbus, Ohio; grandson, Joseph Dalton of Columbus, OH and brother, David Dalton of Bloomfield...

Carolyn Kay Robinson, daughter of the late W.C. Hillyard and Mamie Carlisle Hillyard, was born on July 17, 1942 in Broseley, Missouri and departed this life on January 17, 2020 at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri at the age of 77 years. Funeral services were conducted Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, January 20, 2020. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Terry Lee Stickles, son of the late Argil Stickles and Opal Edwards Stickles, was born on November 8, 1955 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on January 15, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 64 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Saturday, January 18, 2020. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery...

Ira Avery, Jr. of Whitewater, son of late Ira, Sr. and Sophia Ann Kelly Avery, born June 4, 1923 in Clines Island and passed away in Whitewater on Jan. 13, 2020, age 96. He was born, raised, attended church and school at Clines Island in Stoddard County. ...

Lucille Newsom, daughter of the late August Jessie Sittner and Gertrude Tuck Sittner was born on March 26, 1920 in Vanduser, Missouri and departed this life on January 12, 2020 at the Winchester Place in Bernie at the age of 99 years. A Graveside service was conducted on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at the Shain Memorial Cemetery near Fisk...

Tommy Lee Pullum, son of the late Bill Pullum and Jessie White Pullum, was born on January 1, 1952 in Bernie and departed this life on January 8, 2020 at his residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 68 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Interment followed in the Essex Cemetery...

Rila “Tom” Thomas Fairchild, son of the late Orvial Fairchild and Hattie Pry Fairchild, was born on January 13, 1926 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on January 7, 2020 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 93 years...

Randall Craig Harris, son of the late Lloyd Harris and Pat Bollinger Harris, was born on May 4, 1949 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and departed this life on January 11, 2020 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 70 years. Mr. Harris was a graduate of Overton High School in Memphis, Tennessee and subsequently attended the University of Tennessee. ...

Allen Levi Parsley son of the late Donald Parsley and Mary Lou Vanscyoc Parsley, was born on September 4, 1949 in Bloomfield and departed this life on January 11, 2020 at his residence in Puxico at the age of 70. Mr. Parsley served as a deacon at Duck Creek Baptist Church where he was a member for many years. ...

Michael Wayne Pruitt, son of the late George C. VanPool and Wilma J. Courter VanPool, was born on March 17, 1950 in Malden and departed this life on January 4, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 69 years. Mr. Pruitt owned a collision repair shop and was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding horses and riding his Harley...

Patty Lou Beyerbach, daughter of the late Henry Oscar Caldwell and Uva Smith Caldwell, was born on April 2, 1937 in Dexter, and departed this life on January 4, 2020 at the New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri at the age of 82 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, January 6, 2020. Interment followed in the Hagy Cemetery...

Nancy Ann Pullum, daughter of the late Andrew “Jack” Dowdy and Edna Marie Dempsey Dowdy, was born on July 30, 1949 in Essex and departed this life on January 1, 2020 at her residence in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, January 3, 2020. Interment followed in the Hagy Cemetery...

Dorothy Griffin Burks, daughter of the late Dee Ves Griffin and Florence Horn Griffin, was born on December 30, 1934 in Essex and departed this life on January 3, 2020 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 85 years...

Francis E. Plunkett, daughter of the late Paul Lee Plunkett and Alta Duvall Plunkett, was born on February 22, 1949 in Kennett and departed this life on December 31, 2019 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 70 years. A memorial service was conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, January 5, 2020. Interment followed in Sycamore Cemetery...