Stories from Saturday, June 2, 2012

Ranley William Harris, son of Velma Phillips Harris of Dexter and the late Johnny Ranley Harris was born on May 15, 1954 at Hayti and died at Cumming, Ga. on May 31, 2012, at the age of 58. Harris was a truck driver, a resident of Gainesville, Ga. and a former resident of Dexter...

Vera Belle Baker, daughter of the late Reben and Zana Gaines Craft, was born on Oct. 2, 1924, in Bernie, Mo. and died at the Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, Fla. on May 31, 2012, at the age of 87. Vera had been a long time resident of Bloomfield and Dexter before moving to Florida several years ago. She was employed for over 30 years with the Elder Manufacturing Company in Bloomfield, Mo...