Obituaries

John Richard Hovis, 76, of Zalma, Missouri passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at his home. He was born February 8, 1947 in Turkey Creek, MO to David Eugene and Anna Alice (Pridy) Hovis. He and Janis Ruth (Allen) Hovis were married May 19th 1979 in Zalma, MO. She survives him in Zalma...

Mary Cobb, daughter of the late Miguel Trevino and Louise Aldaco, was born on August 4, 1949, in Crystal City, Texas, and departed this life on November 22, 2023, at the age of 74. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

James Chism, son of the late Thelmo Chism and Imogene Springs Chism, was born on October 1, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on November 21, 2023, at the age of 70. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 24, 2023...

Dianne Fish-Compoz, daughter of the late John and Carol Fish, was born on July 21, 1954, in Neveda, Iowa, and departed this life November 18, 2023, at the age of 69. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements.

Joyce Palmer, daughter of Frank Carson and Patricia Washburn Carson of Bloomfield, Missouri, was born on June 28, 1962, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on November 23, 2023, at the age of 61. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on November 28, 2023. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Mina Voss, daughter of the late Clyde Unger and Eula Bland Unger, was born on February 10, 1938, in Swinton, Missouri, and departed this life on November 24, 2023, at the age of 85. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, November 30, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, December 1, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Madge Strickland, daughter of the late Andrew Shemwell and Cinda Raines Shemwell, was born on March 16, 1933, in Lilbourn, Missouri, and departed this life on November 20, 2023, at the age of 90. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 24, 2023. Interment will follow in the Essex Cemetery...

Ronald Dreschel, son of the late Alfred and Catherine Dreschel was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 17, 1937, and departed this life on November 18, 2023, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, December 2, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 11:00 a.m...

Betty Sue Garner Mayer, daughter of the late Morton LeBeau and Carrie Gray LeBeau was born on August 24, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on November 26, 2023, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 81. Betty was a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Dexter. ...

Mary Pauline Banken, 75, fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church on Monday, November 20, 2023. Pauline was born on September 8th, 1948 in Stoddard County, Missouri. She passed on November 20th, 2023, at the age of 75 years, 2 months and 12 days. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister...

Shirley Ann Gaines, daughter of the late Odus K. Eubanks Sr. and Clarsa Mae (Simmons) Eubanks, was born on February 27, 1941, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on November 13, 2023, at her home in Branson, Missouri, surrounded by family...

Charlie Edgar Dantzler, 91, of Bloomfield, MO, passed away November 19, 2023, at the Advance Assisted Living in Advance, MO. He was born October 29, 1932, in Elloree, South Carolina, the son of Robert and Mary M. Loudermilk Dantzler. Charlie retired after a 20-year career serving in the U.S. ...

Theoda Litzler, daughter of the late William Williams and Lucy Livingston Williams was born in Stoddard County, Missouri on May 28, 1926, and departed this life on November 13, 2023, in Woodstock, Virginia at the age of 97. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 20, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Henry Larry Tilmon, 86 of Bernie, passed away November 12, 2023. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on November 15, 2023 from 5:00 PM until 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, November 16, 2023 starting at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with all arrangements...

Eddie Faire Jr., son of Pauline Letgrate Knight of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the late Earl Faire, was born on November 29, 1946, in Wolf Island, Missouri, and departed this life on November 11, 2023, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 76. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 14, 2023. Interment will follow later in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Arlin Johnson, son of the late Ivan Johnson and Fay Martin Johnson, was born on July 10, 1947, in Sturdivant, Missouri, and departed this life on November 11, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 76. Visitation will be held at the First Apostolic Pentecostal Church, 13487 Plaza Heights Drive, Dexter, Missouri on Friday, November 17, 2023, from 10 a.m. ...

Janet Wright, daughter of the late Marvin Barrick and Jewell Burton Barrick, was born on July 1, 1958, in Advance, Missouri, and departed this life on November 9, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 65. A memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 13, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Randy Steward, son of the late Joe Steward and Maxine Dennington Steward, was born on May 23, 1957, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on November 7, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 66. A memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 11, 2023...

Charles Terry Hamilton, son of the late Charles Hamilton and Beatrice McGaugh Hamilton, was born on August 11, 1948, in El Paso, Texas, and departed this life on November 5, 2023, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 75 years. Mr. Hamilton was raised in DeRideer, Louisiana and graduated from DeRidder High School in 1966. In 1968 he moved to Fort Worth, Texas to attend Fort Worth Christian College...

Tommy Newell, son of the late Danny Reynolds and Carolyn Surface Polley, was born on November 17, 1969, in Chaffee, Missouri and departed this life on November 2, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 53. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 6, 2023. Interment followed in the Gravel Hill Cemetery...

Jeffrey Barker Jr, son of Sandra Miller Williamson and Travis Williamson of Essex, Missouri and Jeffery Barker of Bloomfield, Missouri, was born on April 20, 1988, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on November 1, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 35...

Shirley Zimmerman, daughter of the late Walter Thurston and Orabell Deck Thurston, was born on April 18, 1942, in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on November 5, 2023, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 81. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on November 8, 2023. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Keith Craft, son of the late Leon Craft and Flossie Turner Craft was born on March 26, 1971, in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on November 1, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 52. Memorial services were held at Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter on November 4, 2023...

Harold Merick Jr, son of the late Harold Merick Sr and Edith Bond Merick was born on April 9, 1938, and departed this life on October 31, 2023, in Aquilla, Missouri, at the age of 85. Funeral services were conducted at Trinity Methodist Church in Bloomfield on November 4, 2023. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Norma Jean Christian, daughter of the late George DeLay and Eula Hobbs Delay, was born on May 4, 1937, in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, and departed this life October 30, 2023, in Jefferson City, Missouri, at the age of 87. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 7, 2023. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Terrie Lemons, daughter of the late Alvis Haynes and Esther Winters Haynes, was born on March 11, 1958, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on October 30, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 65. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. ...

Susan Dowdy, daughter of the late Bennie Carl Dowdy and Willette Tharp Dowdy, was born on February 14, 1961, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on October 23, 2023, in Grayridge, Missouri, at the age of 62. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Bob Ellis, son of the late Robert A. Ellis and Gladys Twitty Johnson was born on August 7, 1950, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on October 27, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 73. A private memorial service with full military honors will be conducted at a later date...

Patsy Cupp, daughter of the late James Franklin Fletcher and Maude Jaco Fletcher, was born on September 27, 1943, in Senath, Missouri, and departed this life on October 23, 2023, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 80.

Bobbie L. Cullum, 70, of McHenry, Kentucky, formerly of Dexter, Missouri, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born February 9. 1953 in Scott County, Missouri to the late Harold J. Eaves and Doris J Tillman Eaves. Bobbie was a homemaker and member of Pembroke Baptist Church in Pembroke, Kentucky. She also enjoyed attending Active Day in Owensboro...

Donna J. Bennett, 78, of Dexter, Missouri went to be with the lord on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 after a short battle with cancer. Mrs. Bennett was a wonderful woman who never met a stranger and to know her was to love her. Some of Donnas favorite things was sitting on her porch watching the birds feed while drinking her Pepsi every day...

Maxine Hedrick, daughter of the late Altha and Estel Warren, was born on December 15, 1931, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on October 20, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 91 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on October 23, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery...

Shirley Wethington, daughter of the late Moy Bennett and Lillian Harper Bennett, was born on July 29, 1937, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on October 20, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 86. A memorial service was held at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery on October 23, 2023...

Roger Gibbs, son of the late Edgar Gibbs and Odessa Stafford Gibbs, was born on February 1, 1939, in Commerce, Missouri, and departed this life on October 15, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 84. A memorial service was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on October 20, 2023. Internment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery...

Rodney Walker, 62 of Bernie, passed away October 15, 2023.  No services are being planned at this time.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements.

Danny McWilliams son of Edward and Thelma Williams died 10-14-23 at home in Jackson, MO. He is survived by his wife Alice of the home; son, Nathan (Melissa) McWilliams of Bloomfield, and wonderful grandchildren; two brothers, Gary and Bobby McWilliams...

Clarence “Ed” Freeman, son of the late Clarence Freeman and Mary Dennison Freeman, was born October 16, 1954, in Herrin, Illinois, and departed this life October 13, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 68. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on October 17, 2023...

Randall Humphries, son of the late Billie Humphries and Earlene Dockins Humphries, was born on March 16, 1952, in Jefferson, Alabama, and departed this life on October 12, 2023, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 71. Graveside services were conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on October 17, 2023...

Steven Childers II, son of Steven and Traci Lang Childers of Malden, Missouri, was born on January 23, 2000, in Ft. Carson, Colorado, and departed this life on October 11, 2023, in Morehouse, Missouri, at the age of 23. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on October 14, 2023. Interment followed in Gravel Hill Cemetery in Saint Francis, Arkansas...

Donald Denny, son of the late Ernest Denny and Vivian Tanner Denny, was born on January 6, 1936, in Leora, Missouri, and departed this life on October 9, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 87. Funeral services were conducted at Brown Chapel Church in Puxico on October 14, 2023. Interment followed in the Puxico City Cemetery...

Charles Gaskins, son of the late Frank Gaskins and Pauline Pritchett Gaskins, was born on August 7, 1942, in Steele, Missouri, and departed this life on October 5, 2023, in Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 81 years. Mr. Gaskins was a veteran of the United States Navy. He had worked in construction and was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri...

Stephen Floyd Quick, 61, of Puxico, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Mr. Quick was born June 9, 1962, in Dexter, Missouri, son of the late Millie and Luetta Quick. He had worked as bricklayer over the years for Rusty Tanner, Larry Hanner, and Mike Owens. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. He also enjoyed playing pool...

Larry Thompson, son of the late Ira Thompson and Joy Neeley Johnson, was born on March 2, 1945, in Memphis, Tennessee, and departed this life on October 8, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 78 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, October 12, 2023, from noon until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Dexter Cemetery...

Earl C. Williams, son of the late Rev. Earl Williams and Rubye Acord Williams was born on March 25, 1933, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on September 29, 2023, in Dexter, at the age of 90. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on October 3, 2023. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Frances Joanne Pulliam was born on August 21, 1926 on the family farm near Grandview, IA, the fifth of eleven children born to Irma (Schafer) and Glenn Buster.  She passed away at her home near Bernie on September 26, 2023. Frances attended Green Valley rural school and was a 1944 graduate of Muscatine High School.  She achieved her dream of becoming a Registered Nurse in 1948 when she graduated from St. ...

John Herbert Ingalls, 87, of Pagosa Springs CO, passed away on September 12, 2023. Born at home on October 21, 1935 in DeRidder, Louisiana, John was a country boy with a keen analytical mind. He flourished professionally as a mathematician, teacher, and insurance administrator. John had a love for traveling, boating, marksmanship, and always marveled at the wonders of nature. His strong Christian faith was a guiding force in his life, providing a foundation of solace and strength...

Debbie Swafford, daughter of the late Wayne Benson and Betty Menz Keesee, was born on August 12, 1956, in Arnold, Missouri, and departed this life on September 22, 2023, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 67. A memorial service was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on September 26, 2023. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

William Boesen, Jr., son of the late William Boesen, Sr. and Ruth Eden Boesen was born March 3, 1938, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and departed this life September 22, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 85. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Michael Craft, son of the late Leon Craft and Flossie Turner Craft, was born on January 14, 1964, in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on September 22, 2023, in Hayti, Missouri, at the age of 59. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on September 25, 2023...

Michael Clodfelter, son of the late George Clodfelter and Shirley Bennett Clodfelter, was born on April 22, 1961, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on September 20, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 62. Graveside services were held at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Bell City on September 23, 2023...