Stories from Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell May 25, 2022 to May 29, 2022 • T Bell Assessments to Michael Alexander Bell Carters Park Third Add dexter Block 3 Lot 7 • Paula Handley and Clyde Handley to Aaron Pratt and Virginia Pratt Clora Ray Add Bernie Block 2 Lot 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29...

The Dexter Board of Aldermen held a public hearing and saw three new members take their spot on the board. The Board approved the results of the municipal election which saw Randal Tennison elected to Ward I, Bryce Mattews in Ward II, Larry Helm in Ward III and Jason Banken re-elected as mayor...

Jean Underwood, daughter of the late John Thomas Wilkison and Nellie Wren Wilkison, was born on September 17, 1927, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on April 30, 2022, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 94 years...

Gladys Sting, daughter of the late Frank Casey and Mildred Proffer Casey, was born on January 4, 1920, in Aid, Missouri, and departed this life on May 1, 2022, at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, at the age of 102 years. Mrs. Sting was a former employee of the International Hat Factory and the International Shoe Factory in Dexter, Missouri and she was a resident of Dexter. She loved gardening, flowers, and cats...

Evelyn Alice Fowler, daughter of the late Frank Westmorlan and Althea Patillo Westmorlan, was born on September 16, 1926, in Dunklin County, Missouri, and departed this life on May 2, 2022, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 95 years...

Connie Rae Hutchcraft, daughter of the late Harold Raymond Wilkey and Irene Brown Wilkey, was born on March 9, 1934, in Bell City, Missouri, and departed this life on April 29, 2022, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 88 years...

David DeWayne Shelden, age 49, passed away April 15, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family and friends.  David bravely and courageously fought cancer for 15 years.  His battle was won when the angels sang him home.  David is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Whitney C. ...

Bonnie Lee Dicks, daughter of the late Dines Spradling and Bessie Pennington Spradling, was born on August 23, 1937, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on May 1, 2022, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 84. Graveside services were conducted at Chalk Bluff Cemetery on Wednesday, May 4, 2022...

Lucille McIntyre, daughter of the late U. L. Sims and Catherine Motsinger Williams, was born on August 21, 1942, in Corning, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 29, 2022, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 79. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Interment followed in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Bell City, Missouri...

Carolyn Sue Layton, daughter of the late Herbert Obards and Louise Parson Obards, was born on January 15, 1946, in Paragould, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 27, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 76. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, April 29, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Margie Price, daughter of the late Edgar Chappell and Clara Richie Chappell, was born on November 20, 1927, and departed this life on April 28, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 94. Funeral services were conducted at the Lighthouse Church on Monday, May 2, 2022. Interment followed in the Duty Cemetery, in Lesterville, Arkansas...

Sylvia Sue Razer, daughter of the late Alfred Barnett and Norma Payne Barnett, was born on October 25, 1952, and departed this life on May 1, 2022, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 69 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, May 5, 2022, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, May 6, 2022, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in the Taylor Cemetery...