OBITUARIES
James Michael Hopper
Aug 22, 2016
James Michael Hopper of Morehouse, son of Randy Hopper and the late Tammy Denning Hopper, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on May 18, 1987, and passed away in Sikeston, Missouri on August 22, 2016, at the age of 29 years, 3 months and 4 days. He had lived in the Morehouse area all of his life. He had worked at...
Linda F Garner
Aug 15, 2016
Linda Garner, daughter of the late Jack Adis and Wilma Lorine Brewer McClain, was born at Pascola near Hayti, Missouri on December 18, 1949, and passed away at her home in Dexter, Missouri on August 15, 2016, at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 28 days. She had lived many years in Modesto, California and moved to Dexter...
Rod Bowling
Aug 12, 2016
Rod Bowling of Sturdivant, son of Artie Scott and the late Hayden Bennett, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on September 14, 1951, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, August 12, 2016, at the age of 64 years, 10 months and 29 days. Mr. Bowling had lived in the Stoddard County area all his...
Amil Lee Britton
Aug 9, 2016
Amil Lee Britton of Essex, son of late Jesse Arthur and Thelma Lorene Lacy Britton, was born in Scott City, Missouri on December 18,1943, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on August 9, 2016, at the age of 72 years, 7 months and 22 days. Amil had lived in the Dexter and Essex...
Wayne Lewis
Aug 8, 2016
Wayne Lewis of Bloomfield, son of the late Simeon Vest and Hattie Myrtle Dixon Lewis, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on November 26, 1922, and passed away at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau on August 8, 2016, at the age of 93 years. He had lived in Bloomfield most of his life. He had worked in the grocery...
Earl B. Hutchison
Aug 1, 2016
Earl "Hutch" Hutchison of Dexter, son of the late Herbert Willis and Ruby Mae Wells Hutchison, was born in Scoby, Montana on October 29, 1923, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Dexter on August 1, 2016, at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 3 days. Hutch graduated from Grinnell, Iowa schools in 1942. Served in...
Patricia Jane Tilley
Jul 24, 2016
Patricia "Patty" Tilley, daughter of Evelyn Latham Crowell and the late Jack Crowell, was born in Stoddard County, Missouri on February 17, 1941, and passed away at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri on July 24, 2016, at the age of 75 years, 5 months and 7 days. She had lived all of her life in Stoddary...
Grace Lee Keeling
Jul 23, 2016
Grace L. Keeling, daughter of the late William Pleasant and Hazel Amy Heartwell Maddox, was born in Portageville, Missouri on May 7, 1929, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on July 23, 2016, at the age of 87 years, 2 months and 16 days. She had lived many years in the Hayti and...
Homer Eugene Hammel
Jul 22, 2016
Homer Eugene Hammel of Bloomfield, son of the late William Homer and Carrie Creed Hammel, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on February 15, 1925, and passed away at his home, July 22, 2016, at the age of 91 years. He had lived in Bloomfield before spending 55 years in St. Louis where he worked as a machinist for 35 years...
Eddy Jack Doerschlen
Jul 17, 2016
Eddy Jack "The Colonel" Doerschlen Col. Eddy "Jack" Doerschlen, 85, of Dexter, Mo. died Sunday, July 17, while doing what he loved, enjoying a hike at Otter Slough with his beloved dog, Joe. Eddy "Jack" was a fighter pilot who achieved the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and served for 27 years. He was the recipient of...
Trenia Lee Mason
Jul 4, 2016
Trenia L Mason of Dexter, daughter of the late Gerald Wayne and Donna Marie Underhile Mason, was born in Dexter, Missouri on November 1, 1968, and passed away at Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on July 4, 2016, at the age of 47 years, 8 months and 3 days. Trenia had lived in Dexter all of her...
Linda Gail Powell
Jun 29, 2016
Linda Gail Powell of Bernie, daughter of the late Dale and Carol Mason Lawrence, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on August 2, 1956, and passed away at her home in Bernie, Missouri on June 29, 2016, at the age of 59 years, 10 months and 27 days. Linda had lived in Bernie most of her life. She had worked as...
Ernest Lofton
Jun 28, 2016
Ernest Lofton of Essex, son of the late John Robert and Daisy Pitcher Lofton, was born in Gurdon, Arkansas on November 7, 1917, and passed away at his home in Essex on June 28, 2016, at the age of 98 years, 7 months and 21 days. Ernest had lived in Essex, Missouri the past 70 years. He had worked at...
Dr. Donald E. Hamra
Jun 24, 2016
Dr. Donald E. Hamra of Malden, Missouri, son of the late Richard Albert and Nellie Hodge Hamra, was born in Memphis, Tennessee on November 26, 1931, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Malden, Missouri, on June 24, 2016, at the age of 84 years, 6 months, and 29 days. Dr. Hamra graduated from the Castle Heights Military...
Tayshon David Matthews
Jun 22, 2016
Tayshon David “Tay” Matthews of Cape Girardeau, son of John Matthews and Christina Ward, was born in Dexter, Missouri on March 25, 2006, and passed away north of Delta, Missouri on June 22, 2016, at the age of 10 years. He lived in Cape Girardeau and was a student at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. Surviving are his mother,...
Mildred "Molly" Phegley
Jun 16, 2016
Mildred E. "Molly" Phegley, daughter of the late Andrew Vernon and Maud Wolfe Mills, was born in Savannah, Tennessee on May 4, 1923, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on June 16, 2016, at the age of 93 years, 1 month and 12 days. Mrs. Phegley moved to Dexter in 1973. She...
Lee Vaughn
Jun 13, 2016
Lee Vaughn of Dexter, Missouri, son of the late Arthur Lee & Ruby Edna Maze, was born near Dexter on December 18, 1936, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield Missouri, on June 13, 2016, at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Lee had lived in Dexter for many years. He has served...
Opal Womack Bondurant
Jun 12, 2016
Opal Womack Bondurant, 96 of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Sunday evening. She was born in Hohenlinden, Mississippi on October 26, 1919 to Byron Minter Womack and Hattie Wofford Womack. She graduated High School in Woodland, Mississippi in 1937. She worked for David M. Barton Farms for 65 years and was a member of the Parma United Methodist Church for...
Patricia A. Kidd Johnson
Jun 11, 2016
Patricia Kidd-Johnson of Essex, daughter of Rocellia Goin Duncan and the late Roscoe Duncan, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on March 10, 1950, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on June 11, 2016, at the age of 66 years, 3 months and 1 day. Patty had lived in Dexter most of her life and...
Tom R Sweeney
Jun 10, 2016
Tom Sweeney, son of Mary Beatrice Nunn Sweeney and the late Nelson Sweeney, was born in Lexington, Kentucky on April 1, 1951, and passed away at his home in Dexter, Missouri on June 10, 2016, at the age of 65 years, 2 months and 9 days. Mr. Sweeney had lived most of his life in Dexter. He had worked as...
