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Dexter R-XI discusses plan for $17.5M in projects
(Local News ~ 01/08/19)
DEXTER — Dexter school board members expect to vote later this month to seek an extension of the current debt service tax levy, but want to avoid a tax increase for the projects that now stand at approximately $17.5 million. A special meeting was held Thursday night to discuss options that use a mixture of bond funding and district reserves to avoid a tax increase. The bond measure is expected to go before voters April 2...
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City of Dexter awards contracts for walking trail
(Local News ~ 01/08/19)
DEXTER — The Dexter Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to award the contracts for the city’s two walking trail/sidewalk projects. Both are phase one projects being funded through Missouri Department of Transportation grants, with a 20 percent match from the city...
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County residents may start to feel effects of government shutdown
(Local News ~ 01/08/19)
As the partial government shutdown continues, the 686 women, infants and children in Stoddard County who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Program, also known as WIC, will still receive it for now. WIC is a special supplemental nutritional program which provides services to women who are pregnant, and new mothers with children up to their fifth birthday based on income and nutritional risk. ...
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Dexter man renowned for his craftsmanship with wagons
(Local News ~ 01/08/19)
“I have wagons in every state in the Union except Hawaii,” says Jerry Brown of Dexter. “I even sold one to Disneyworld!” At 81-years-of-age, Brown is beginning to wind down a business that has been his passion for 35 years. “We had riding horses, and I wanted a riding wagon like my dad had when I was young. I decided to try and see if I could build one. That’s how it all started,” he explains...
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Jimmie G. Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Jimmie G. Lawrence, son of the late John H. Lawrence and Chloe Robling Lawrence was born on June 23, 1934 in Gray Ridge, Missouri and departed this life on January 1, 2019 at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. at the age of 84 years...
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Mary Lou Houart
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Mary Lou Houart of Bloomfield, was born near Puxico, Missouri on June 28, 1932, and passed away at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico on January 6, 2019, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 9 days. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 11, 2019 after 10:00 a.m., until time of services at 11:00 a.m. at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Darren Baker of Puxico officiating...
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Ronald Uthoff
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Ronald G. Uthoff, was born on September 10, 1948 in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on December 29, 2018 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 70 years. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all arrangements...
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David Chris Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
David Chris Seabaugh, was born on April 14, 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri and departed this life on December 24, 2018 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 50 years. Memorial services were conducted at the Lighthouse Church on Friday, December 28, 2018. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all arrangements...
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Bobby Ray Ramsey
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Bobby Ray Ramsey, was born on August 26, 1930 in Troy, Kansas and departed this life on December 28, 2018 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 88 years. Graveside services were conducted on Monday, December 31, 2018 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home was in Dexter in charge of all arrangements...
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Mary Eulee Phillips
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Mary Eulee Phillips, was born on November 26, 1934 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on December 29, 2018 at Cypress Point in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 84 years. Graveside services were conducted on Monday, December 31, 2018 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all arrangements...
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Mary Sue Glenn
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Mary Sue Glenn, was born on November 26, 1932 in Clarkton, Missouri and departed this life on December 29, 2018 at Cypress Point in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 86 years. Funeral services were conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter was in charge of all arrangements...
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Charles “Pete” Felker
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Charles “Pete” Felker of Dexter, was born in Keiser, Arkansas on April 20, 1941, and passed away at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 28, 2018, at the age of 77 years, 8 months and 8 days. Memorial services were held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at the Missouri Veteran’s Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...
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Charles Lee Brigman
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Charles Lee Brigman formerly of Bloomfield, was born in Pemiscot County, Missouri on February 2, 1957, and passed away at the Marian Cliff Manor in St. Mary, Missouri on December 30, 2018, at the age of 61 years, 10 months and 28 days. Visitation was held on Monday January 7, 2019, after 11:00 a.m. until time for services at 1:00 p.m. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri...
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Earl “Wayne” Northington
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Earl “Wayne” Northington, was born on September 28, 1947 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on January 4, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 71 years. Graveside services were conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 2 p.m...
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Allen Lang
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Allen Lang, was born on May 26, 1942 in Cheyenne, Wyoming and departed this life on January 3, 2019 at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff at the age of 76. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Richard Orrell officiating. Interment followed at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with full military honors...
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Kenneth Dale Shelton
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Kenneth Dale Shelton was born on February 11, 1946 in Malden, Missouri and departed this life on January 5, 2019 at the Dexter Living Center at the age of 72. Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Gerald Fadler officiating. Interment will follow in the Sycamore Cemetery...
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Samuel Faulkner
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Samuel Faulkner, was born on May 7, 1936 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on January 2, 2019 at his residence in Bloomfield, Missouri at the age of 82 years. At the request of Mr. Faulkner, a private service will be conducted at a later date...
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Jerry Leffler Lee
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Jerry Leffler Lee, son of the late Leffler Lee and Ada Monroe Lee, was born on February 24, 1939 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at his home in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 79 years. Mr. Lee retired from the Liberty Township of Dexter in July 2005. He enjoyed his work there and the friends he made. Previously, he co-owned and operated the J&E Filling Station in Dexter...
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Marilyn Ann Tuley
(Obituary ~ 01/08/19)
Marilyn Ann Tuley, was born May 8, 1932, in St. Louis, Missouri, and received her heavenly healing at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, on January 2, 2019, at the age of 86. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 6, 2019 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Fowler officiating. Burial was at the Sadlers Chapel Cemetery near Dexter. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter was in charge of all arrangements...
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