Stories from Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Frieda Young has celebrated another milestone in her life. She is now 101 years young. “When you get as old as I am, that word (celebrate) you don’t even know what it means,” laughed Young when asked if she celebrated her birthday. Young lives a quiet life in her Dexter home with her Pomeranian, Tadd. Her daughter, Mariedda Atherton, lives nearby and sees to her mom’s needs...

Shirley Ann Haney of Puxico, Missouri, daughter of the late Ester Elmore and Jessie (Hutchison) Elmore born on July 20, 1935 in Duck Creek, Missouri passed away on January 11, 2022 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 86 years. She lived in Puxico for the last 50 years. Shirley’s home church was West Pleasant Valley Church in Bloomfield. She volunteered at and was on the board for the Stoddard County Children’s Home in Bloomfield. She loved to cook and bake...

Charles “Chuck” Stewart, 49, of Wappapello, Missouri, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mr. Stewart was born Aug. 10, 1972 in Poplar Bluff. He was a farmer, an avid fisherman and hunter. He was president of Heartland Gobblers NWTF Chapter and a member of the Mingo Tractor Club.  ...

Steven Wayne Cagle, son of Charles Wayne Cagle and the late Marilyn Edwards Cagle, was born on July 13, 1971, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on January 13, 2022, in Paducah, Kentucky, at the age of 50. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Interment followed in the West Pleasant Valley Cemetery...

James Robert Helton, son of the late Herbert Helton and Maggie Clinton Helton, was born on March 31, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan, and departed this life on January 13, 2022, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 86. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

Mark Anthony Cobb, son of the late Vonda Cobb and Viola Wheetley Cobb, was born on October 3, 1957, in Santa Cruz, Arizona, and departed this life on January 13, 2022, in Vanduser, Missouri, at the age of 64. Graveside services were conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Tuesday, January 18, 2022...

Marguerite Dunn daughter of the late William Dunn and Marguerite Angel Dunn was born on June 4, 1950, in Oneida, New York and departed this life on January 14, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 71. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday, January 21, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Bloomfield Assembly of God Church...

James Ervin Razer son of the late Rev. Ervin Leslie Razer and Novella Linville Razer was born on February 14, 1945, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on January 15, 2022, in Gideon, Missouri, at the age of 76. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 22, 2022, from 1 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at 3 p.m...

Sandra Jean Hill, daughter of the late Thelmo Chism and Imogene Springs Chism, was born on April 15, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on January 16, 2022, at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 71. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, from 5 p.m. ...

Sheilia Joan Green 75 of Bernie, passed away January 16, 2022 in Campbell, Missouri. Visitation will be conducted Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 1 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...