OBITUARIES
Jerry Lee Pennington Jr.
Jul 19, 2020
Jerry Pennington Jr, son of Wilma Baker Pennington and the late Jerry Lee Pennington Sr., was born on November 15, 1964 in Advance, Missouri and passed away, on July 19, 2020, at the age of 55 years. Jerry had lived in Puxico area all his life, he was self-employed most of his life and shared an auction business with his...
Dana Underwood
Jul 13, 2020
Dana Underwood of Dexter, the daughter of the late Kenneth Wayne and Lois Ann Moore, Prothero, was born in McCloud, California on August 4, 1961, and passed away on July 13, 2020, at the Southeast Hospital of Stoddard County, Missouri, at the age of 58 years. Dana was a homemaker, and enjoyed reading, houseplants and most of all her grandchildren,...
Vivian Joan Merideth
Jul 11, 2020
Vivian Joan Merideth, 88, of Bloomfield, Missouri passed away July 11, 2020 at her home in Bloomfield. Vivian was the daughter of the late Albert Edward and Essie Mae Pulliam Choat, she was born in Dudley, Missouri, on February 10, 1932, and was of the Pentecost faith. She was retired from housekeeper for Cypress Point Nursing Home. She enjoyed cooking,...
Evelyn Groves
Jun 30, 2020
Evelyn Groves, 67, of Bloomfield, Missouri passed away June 30, 2020 at the Bloomfield Living Center, in Bloomfield. Evelyn was the daughter of the late Virgil and Versie Blocker Lewis, she was born in Hiram, Missouri on April 12, 1953. She was a cook for restaurants in the area for before being forced to retire. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, and...
Johnnie Gray Garner
Jun 29, 2020
Johnnie Gray (Robinson) Garner was born in Indian Mound, Tennessee December 12,1930. She lived between there and Detroit, Michigan during her younger years. Later she did attend Dexter Senior High during her Freshman and Sophomore years. She married Charles William Garner May 6, 1953. As a dedicated wife and mother, she forgo other careers to care for her family. Yet,...
Bill Matthews
Jun 25, 2020
William Matthews of Bloomfield, son of the late Newt Matthews and Freda Bryant Matthews Aslin, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri, on January 12, 1928, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on June 26, 2020, at the age of 92 years.. On December 3, 1989 he was married to Willene Gibbs, in Missouri; she precedes...
Vernon Johnson
Jun 12, 2020
Vernon "Smoky" Johnson of Parma, son of Rubel and Lottie May (Burch) Johnson, was born in Catron, Missouri, on October 11, 1922 and passed away at the Missouri State Veteran's home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, June 12, 2020, at the age 97 years 8 months 1 day. He had been a resident of Parma for many years. He had worked...
Dorothy Sayre
Jun 8, 2020
Dorothy Louise Sayre Dorothy Louise Sayre of Dexter MO, daughter of the late Luther and May Cates, was born in Bloomfield, MO on October 15, 1925, and passed away at her home in Dexter, MO on June 8, 2020, at the age of 94 years. She lived in the Dexter area most of her life. Dorothy enjoyed being a housewife,...
Loretta Medlin Morgan
Jun 8, 2020
Loretta Medlin Morgan, 66, of Dexter, passed away June 8, 2020 at her home in Dexter.She was the daughter of the late Clifford Medlin and Wilma Shipman. Loretta was born in Dexter, Missouri and spent most of her time in Dexter, and Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was in marketing with cable companies and SBC. She enjoyed sewing, art, gardening and...
Laverne Snider
Jun 7, 2020
Margie “Laverne” Snider, the daughter of the late John and Freeda (Powell) Rodgers, was born in Mingo, Mo. on August 28, 1927, and passed away at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Mo. on June 7, 2020, at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 10 days. On January 25, 1947, she married Floyd Snider in Bowling Green, Ohio....
Chuck Curry
Jun 3, 2020
Kenneth (Chuck) Charles Curry Jr., formerly of Morehouse, Missouri was born to Bonnie L. Bruce Curry and the late Kenneth Charles Curry Sr. on April 5, 1961 in Festus, Missouri. Chuck had been a resident of Morehouse, and Sikeston, area for years before moving to Jefferson City, Missouri. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, golfing and especially his guitar. Surviving are his...
Loran E. Pruett
May 29, 2020
Loran E. Pruett of Bloomfield, son of the late Johnny and Mary Osburn Pruett, was born in Bloomfield Missouri, on March 29, 1930, and passed away at his residence in Bloomfield on May 29, 2020, at the age of 90 years.. On March 6, 1954 he was married to Annie E. Gromer in Holly Springs, Mississippi; she precedes him in...
Larry J Dowdy
May 26, 2020
Larry J. Dowdy of Dexter, son of the late Andrew Jackson and Edna Marie Dempsey Dowdy, was born in Essex, Missouri on April 21, 1947, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on May 26, 2020, at the age of 73 years. Larry enjoyed going fishing and hunting with his son. He worked at Purolator Manufacturer...
Barbara Jean Ramey
May 17, 2020
Barbara Ramey of Dexter, daughter of the late Pete and Catherine Reeves Kiger, was born in Brosley, Missouri on April 8, 1950, and passed away at the Evelyn House in Creve Core, Missouri on May 17, 2020, at the age of 70 years. Barbara married Jesse Ramey on January 5, 1975 in Malden, Missouri She enjoyed being a home maker...
Margaret Shelby
May 15, 2020
Margaret (Maggie) Shelby of Advance, daughter of the late John P. Jeffrey and Minnie Louise Johansmeier, passed away May 15, 2020 at St Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Maggie was a member of the Puxico First Baptist Church in Puxico Missouri. She enjoyed working and delivering food for the Puxico Nutrition Center. Margaret was a very loving person...
Bea McKillip
May 13, 2020
Bernice McKillip of Cauthersville, daughter of the late Erick and Antonia Uishener Lindblad, was born in Mitchell, South Dakota on May 30, 1921, and passed away at the Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter on May 12, 2020, at the age of 98 years, 11 months and 12 days. She had lived in Mitchell South Dakota, Iowa, and Hamilton Missouri,...
Cletus Ray Counts
May 9, 2020
Cletus Ray Counts Jr. of Sikeston, son of Cletus Ray Counts Sr. and the late Nell Hall Counts, was born in Charleston, Missouri on April 9, 1965, and passed away at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on May 9, 2020, at the age of 55 years, 1 month. He had lived in Mississippi before moving to Sikeston. He had...
Dessie B. Hill
Apr 27, 2020
Dessie B Hill of Malden, daughter of the late Jobe H. and Sarah Marie Thompson Ratliff, was born in Malden, Missouri on August 17, 1928, and passed away in Malden Nursing & Rehab Center in Malden, Missouri on April 27, 2020, at the age of 91 years 8 months 11 day. Dessie enjoyed attending and participating in Sunnyvale General Baptist...
Beth Haw
Apr 24, 2020
Elizabeth (Beth) VanKleek Haw, of Arkansas, the daughter of Diane (Kay) VanKleek and the late Robert (Bob)VanKleek was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on April 12, 1975 and passed away April 24, 2020 at UAMS Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas. Elizabeth loved being outside doing day trips with Nick, she and Nick were married on April 16, 2017. Elizabeth is survived by...
Michelle Starnes
Apr 19, 2020
Bobbi Michelle Starnes of Dexter, daughter of the Bobby and Jo Ann Graham Smithson, was born in Dowagiac, Michigan on March 10, 1971 and passed away at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis on April 19, 2020, at the age of 49 years, 1 month and 9 days. She had lived in the Dexter and Bernie most of...
