Obituaries

Marcia Kay Dobbins passed away on May 10, 2023, at the age of 84. She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth, son Eric, and granddaughters Zoe and Greta. She was born on February 14, 1939, to Dorothea Louise and Lewa Harold Lemar in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was the youngest sibling of her sister Ramona Sue and her brother, Jerry Don...

Harold Gene (Bud) Hill was born June 11, 1934, near Dudley, MO, the second son of Newman A. and Leota M. Hill. He died May 2, 2023 at Glendale Rehab and Nursing in Springfield, Mo. Death was attributed to complications of Parkinson’s Disease and kidney failure...

Jessica Louise Brown, 38, of Brownwood, MO, passed away March 17, 2023, at her home. She was born March 10, 1984, in St. Louis, the daughter of William Jimmy and Dianna Sue Kelly Brown. Jessica had been a longtime caregiver at the Advance Nursing Center for 17 years. She enjoyed reading and was a great writer. She was a passionate Elvis Presley fan. Her nieces and nephews were the loves of her life and her world...

Geraldine Long, daughter of the late Robert Wilson and Bessie Link Wilson, was born on September 2, 1925, in rural Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on May 20, 2023, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 97 years...

Edd Eubanks, son of the late O.K. Eubanks and Clarsa Simmons Eubanks, was born on July 15, 1935, in Russellville, Arkansas, and departed this life on May 18, 2023, in Dexter, at the age of 87. Graveside services were conducted at Dexter Cemetery on May 21, 2023...

Donald “Dyno” Weaver, son of the late Otis Weaver and Winnie Skelton Weaver was born on February 1, 1935 in Bloomfield and departed this life on May 19, 2023, in Dexter, at the age of 88. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, May 25, 2023 from 1 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Barbara Montgomery, daughter of the late Floyd Mason and Ruth Wagster Mason, was born on October 15, 1945, in Kennett and departed this life on May 15, 2023, in Dexter, at the age of 77. Funeral services were conducted at First Assembly of God on May 19, 2023. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Shirley Ann Smyth, daughter of the late Dee Robinson and Grace Carter Robinson, was born October 23, 1936 in Knobel, Arkansas, and passed peacefully from her home in O’Fallon, Missouri, into her heavenly home on April 12, 2023. Ann moved with her family to Dexter when she was a young girl, was a member of First Baptist Church, Dexter, and graduated from Dexter High School in 1954. ...

Ronald Richards, son of the late Billy Wayne Richards and Beverly Glass Richards, was born on March 4, 1963, in Kennett and departed this life on May 18, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, at the age of 60. Graveside services were conducted at New Tucker Cemetery in Campbell on May 22, 2023...

A Veterans tribute will be conducted on Friday, May 19th at 2 pm to honor the life of Mr. Jerry "Don" Wamble at Missouri Veterans Memorial Cemetary and Museum in Bloomfield MO, where his cremains will be interred.  The memorial service will be held directly following at Spirit & Truth Worship Center , 319 Idalia Road, Bloomfield MO...

Glynis Evans, daughter of the late Glynn Reep and Arralee Morrison Reep, was born on October 23, 1937, in Rye Arkansas, and departed this life on May 13, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 85. A memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Dexter on Friday, May 19, 2023, at 10:30 a.m...

Evelyn Null, daughter of the late Charles Ash and Mary Hatton Ash, was born on May 25, 1945, in Caruthersville, Missouri, and departed this life on May 9, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 77. Funeral services were conducted at Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter on May 13, 2023. Interment followed in Ash Hill Cemetery in Fisk...

Donald Jackson, son of the late Hugh Jackson and Sarah Gilooly Jackson, was born on October 18, 1938, in Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life on May 7, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 84. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on May 12, 2023. Interment followed in the Smith Stevenson Cemetery...

Bonnie Pyle, daughter of the late Ember Ellis and Chloe Ross Ellis, was born on July 17, 1930, in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on May 15, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 92. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on May 17, 2023. Interment followed in Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Joe Cecil Sr., son of the late Carl Cecil and Mildred Meadows Cecil, was born on May 16, 1952, in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on May 9, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 70. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on May 15, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Bobby Gene Sides was born near Hayti, on June 10, 1927, the elder son of Cyrus E. Sides and Lina E. (Warren) Sides. The family moved to Risco, Missouri when Bob was twelve, and to what became the family farm east of Bernie in December, 1941. Bob graduated from Bernie High School in 1944 and began farming shortly after, first with his father and later with his younger brother Wayne...

Mary Margaret Corder, daughter of the late Clyde Scroggins and Mildred Stobaugh Scroggins, was born on September 4, 1946, in Morrilton, Arkansas; and departed this life on May 9, 2023, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 76 years...

Larry Michael Yeakey, son of the late William David Yeakey and Holly Fern Teer Yeakey, was born on September 15, 1939, and departed this life on May 9, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 83 years. Mr. Yeakey was a retired farmer and a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. He was of the Christian faith, and he loved traveling and fishing with his grandson Andrew...

John McNew, son of Dortha Gilbert McNew of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and the late Leroy McNew, was born on May 3, 1956, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on May 5, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 67. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on May 9, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery...

Carrol Russell, daughter of the late Arthur Slinkard and Amy Dunn Slinkard, was born on February 17, 1933, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on May 3, 2023, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 90 years. Mrs. Russell was a former secretary for Farm Bureau in Bloomfield, Missouri, retiring after 50 years of service. ...

Donald Gene White, son of the late Earl Lenville White and Dorothy Mae Jennings White, was born February 10, 1940 in Pyletown, Missouri and departed this life on May 4, 2023 at the Huntsville Alabama Hospital at the age of 83, surrounded by his loving family...

Sherlene Arnholt, daughter of the late Cassius Chrisman and Erma Vancil Chrisman, was born on April 9, 1936, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on May 1, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 87. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Timothy Stoner, son of the late Robert Stoner and Betty Hembry Stoner, was born on October 7, 1955, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on May 1, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 67. A memorial service will be planned for a later date...

Alan Hart, son of the late M. A. Hart and Eloise Myrick Hart, was born on May 27, 1949, in San Angelo, Texas, and departed this life on April 25, 2023, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 73. Funeral services were conducted at Lighthouse Christian Church on Friday, April 28, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Eula Fern Jones Botsch, daughter of the late Victor Allgood and Bertha Crites Allgood was born on September 25, 1930, in Lutesville, Missouri and departed this life on April 28, 2023, in Dexter at the age of 92. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on May 1, 2023. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Georgie Mae Evans, daughter of the late George Edward Neal and Louise Williamson Neal, was born on April 15, 1933, in Leora, Missouri, and departed this life on April 18, 2023, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 90 years...

Marjorie Lucille Duley, daughter of the late John Luther Gibson and Marceline Lucille Wood Gibson, was born on February 5, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on April 22, 2023, at her home in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 77 years, surrounded by her loved ones...

James Ferguson, son of the late J.B. Ferguson and Lalie Burnett Ferguson, was born on June 16, 1965, in Blytheville, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 20, 2023, in Fenton, Missouri at the age of 57. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Sonja Mays, daughter of the late Vern Nelson and Dora Brown Nelson, was born on August 15, 1956, and departed this life on April 18, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 66. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Larry Patterson Sr., son of the late Clarence Patterson and Elsie Cowell Patterson, was born on August 17, 1938, in New Madrid County, Missouri, and departed this life on April 20, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 84. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Interment followed in the Dudley Cemetery...

James Hendley, son of the late Joseph Hendley and Vaneta Proffer Hendley, was born January 7, 1951, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life on April 18, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 72. Funeral services were conducted on Monday, April 24, 2023, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield. Interment followed in the Oak Ridge Cemetery...

Connie Sue Miller, daughter of the late Leonard Miller and Bessie Bundy Miller was born on October 21, 1947, in Springfield, Illinois and departed this life on April 19, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 75. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Billy Gene Sanders, 88 of Scott City, Missouri died Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 23, 1934 in Parma, to William and Junuita Walker Sanders. He married Shelby Robinson on May 29, 1954. There will be no services...

E. S. “Dobe” Crabtree, son of the late Eugene Crabtree and Bessie Huey Crabtree, was born November 28, 1923, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on April 16, 2023, at the Lutheran Senior Services in Weldon Springs, Missouri. Mr. Crabtree was a Veteran of the United States Navy, serving during World War II. He was the former body shop manager for Paddock Chrysler in Florissant, Missouri...

Orvel Witt, son of the late Curtis Witt and Mattie Bullard Witt, was born on June 9, 1944, in Charleston, Missouri, and departed this life on April 15, 2023, at his residence in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 78 years. Graveside services will be conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Friday, April 21, 2023, at 1 p.m...

Meca Powell, daughter of the late Henry Powell Sr. and Elaine Sawyer Scowden, was born on October 1, 1976, in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on April 10, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 46. A celebration of life service will be planned at a later date...

Lowell Harper, son of the late Lawton Harper and Dovie Baker Harper, was born on December 31, 1934, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on April 6, 2023, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 88. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on April 11, 2023. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Connie Sue Jennings, 72, passed away April 8, 2023.  Visitation will be Friday, April 14, 2023  at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from noon until 2 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 14, 2023 in Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m.  Interment will follow in Smith Stevenson Cemetery, Rural Dexter.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with all Arrangements...

Charlotte Ann Cooper, daughter of the late Lawson Johnson and Ruby Fulkerson Johnson, was born on February 27, 2023, and departed this life on April 10, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 81. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, April 14, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, April 14, 2023, at 4 p.m. Interment will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Donna Sue Norden, 70,  passed away April 9, 2023 in Bernie.  Visitation will be held  at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on  Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 5:00 PM until 8 p.m..  Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, April 13, 2023 in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie, at 1 p.m..  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with all arrangements...

Harold “Hal” Leonard Moore III, son of Leonard Moore and Kim Robinson Virgo, was born on August 14, 1984, in Birmingham, Alabama, and departed this life on April 4, 2023, in University City, Missouri at the age of 38. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on April 10, 2023...

Louise Stevens, daughter of the late Clifford Quinn and Eva Bonner Quinn was born on March 28, 1930, in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on April 4, 2023, in Gideon, Missouri, at the age of 93. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, April 7, 2023. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery...

Michael Frazier, son of the late Lester Frazier and Mary Sue Rainey Frazier, was born on July 30, 1957, in Hayti, Missouri, and departed this life on April 4, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 65. A celebration of life is being planned for a later date...

Frederick “Spud” Ivens, son of the late Joseph Ivens and Dorothea Patterson Ivens, was born on May 24, 1944, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and departed this life on March 31, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 78. Interment will be held at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 2 p.m. A Celebration of Life will be held at Lighthouse Christian Church on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 6 p.m...

Betty Brown, daughter of the late Walter Walker and Sena Marie Rogers Walker was born on July 8, 1942, in Gideon, Missouri and departed this life on April 3, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 80. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Alice Marie Rhea, 89, died April 2, 2023, at her home in Denver, Colorado. She was born to Clara Marie Rhea nee Cole and Thomas Jefferson Rhea II on September 27, 1933, in Parma, Missouri, the fourth of eleven children. Alice wed Billy Joe Mekan in Bernie, Missouri, September 28, 1951...

Joan Clara (Schumacher, Belter) Lepchenske, 79, of St. Charles, MO died Tuesday, March 21 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO. Joan was born November 4, 1943 in Highland to Sylvester and Rose (Horstmann) Schumacher; they preceded her in death...

Alice Marie Rhea, 89, died April 2, 2023, at her home in Denver, Colorado. She was born to Clara Marie Rhea nee Cole and Thomas Jefferson Rhea II on September 27, 1933, in Parma, Missouri, the fourth of eleven children. Alice wed Billy Joe Mekan in Bernie, Missouri, September 28, 1951...

Carl Junior Dean passed away April 3, 2023 at the age of 73.  Visitation will be conducted Thursday, April 6, 2023 from 10 a.m. until noon in the Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 6, 2023 at noon in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Stephen Underwood, son of the late Roy and Norma Davis Underwood, was born on January 1, 1955, in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on March 31, 2023, in Dexter Missouri, at the age of 68. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, April 3, 2023...