OBITUARIES
Maggy Bess
Dec 12, 2014
Maggy Bess, daughter of the late Nolan Travis and Virginia Williams Thomason, was born in Harrell, Arkansas, on November 28, 1944, and passed away at her home in Puxico, Missouri on December 12, 2014, at the age of 70. Maggy had lived in Florida for 10 years and returned to Puxico where she has lived the past 18 years. She...
Glen Medler
Dec 3, 2014
Glen Medler, son of the late Raymond William and Mayme Lucus Medler, was born in Frisco, Missouri on November 28, 1917, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on December 3, 2014, at the age of 97 years and 5 days. Mr. Medler had lived in lived in Dexter where he owned and operated...
Ada Snider
Dec 3, 2014
Ada Mae Snider, daughter of the late Niny W. and Helen Smith Persfull, was born in Parma, Missouri, on December 22, 1942, and passed away at her home in Bloomfield, Missouri on December 3, 2014, at the age of 71 years, 11 months, and 11 days. Mrs. Snider had lived in St. Louis for many years before returning to Bloomfield...
Charlotte Avery
Dec 2, 2014
Charlotte K. Avery of Dudley, daughter of the late John and Mary Heaton Prince, was born in Cairo, Illinois on December 4, 1946, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on December 2, 2014, at the age of 67 years, 11 months and 30 days. She was raised in the Cahokia, Illinois area and...
Vivian Adkins
Dec 1, 2014
Vivian Nadine Adkins, daughter of the late Luther Lee and Nora Alice Riddle Brown, was born in Bernie, Missouri, on December 19, 1916, and passed away at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on December 1, 2014, at the age of 97 years, 11 months, and 12 days. Mrs. Adkins had lived in Dexter most of her life. She...
Charles Taylor
Nov 17, 2014
Charles Jr. Taylor of St. Louis, Missouri, the son of the late Jerry and Pearlie Mae Glee Taylor, was born on February 18, 1956, near Parma, Missouri, and passed away at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on November 17, 2014, at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 30 days. Mr. Taylor had lived in Southeast Missouri...
William Massey
Nov 11, 2014
William C. "Bill" Massey of Bloomfield, son of the late William Chandler Massey, Sr. and Edith Henley Massey, and was born in Morenci, Arizona on August 20, 1928, and passed away at his home in Bloomfield on November 11, 2014, at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 22 days. He had worked as a truck driver for many...
Bobby Jones
Nov 8, 2014
Bobby Jones of Essex, Missouri, son of the late Rufus Jones and Lilly Dillinger Jones, was born on August 8, 1933, in Holland, Missouri, and passed away at his home in Essex, Missouri on November 8, 2014, at the age of 81 years and 3 months. Mr. Jones had lived in St. Louis for 50 years before moving to Essex...
Theral Vanover
Nov 3, 2014
Theral "Tubie" Vanover, son of the late R. V. and Trecie Latham Vanover, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on August 24, 1954, and passed away in Memphis, Tennessee on November 3, 2014, at the age of 60 years, 2 months and 10 days. He had lived in the Puxico area most of his life and was a 1973 graduate of...
Bob Holland
Oct 31, 2014
Rev. Bob Holland of Bloomfield, was raised by his grandparents, Wilford & Effie Holland and was born in Parma, Missouri on March 1, 1933, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on October 31, 2014, at the age of 81 years, 7 months and 30 days. He had been a minister for many years and...
Charlotte Jolliff
Oct 26, 2014
Charlotte Jolliff, daughter of the late Ralph David and June Nesta Hunter Miller, was born in St. Charles, Missouri on March 14, 1943, and passed away at the Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on October 26, 2014, at the age of 71 years, 7 months and 12 days. She had lived in Dexter since 1979. She was...
Annie Pruett
Oct 24, 2014
Annie E. Pruett, of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Ernest and Addie Mason Gromer, was born in Marquand, Missouri on August 25, 1929, and passed away at her home in Bloomfield on October 24, 2014, at the age of 85 years, 1 month and 29 days. On March 6, 1954, she was married to Loran Pruett in Holly Springs, Mississippi....
Lorella Wood
Oct 22, 2014
Lorella Mae Wood, daughter of the late Roy and Bessie Atchley, was born in Canalou, Missouri on September 5, 1928, and departed this life for her heavenly home on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is survived by three children, Joetta Bullinger, Brad Wood and Roy Wood; 8 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A memorial service will...
Hazel Franks
Oct 20, 2014
Hazel Marie Franks of Dexter, daughter of the late Floyd and Gracie Mae Holmes Cullum, was born in New Madrid County, Missouri on February 24, 1941, and passed away at Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on October 20, 2014, at the age of 73 years, 7 months and 26 days. She had lived in Dexter most of...
Timmie Hampton
Oct 18, 2014
Timmie Louis "T" Hampton, son of the late James Willie "Buddy" and Ruby Mae Halcrombe Hampton, was born in Essex, Missouri on April 12, 1950, and passed away at his home in Memphis, Tennessee on October 18, 2014, at the age of 64 years, 6 months and 6 days. Mr. Hampton had lived in Memphis, Tennessee since 1981. He grew...
Joyce Chapman
Oct 14, 2014
Joyce M. Chapman, daughter of the late Thomas Edgar and Viola Ester Hume Griffin, was born in Malden, Missouri, on October 26, 1934, and passed away at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Home in Dexter, Missouri on October 14, 2014, at the age of 79 years, 11 months, and 18 days. Mrs. Chapman had lived around the Essex area her entire...
Onie Clark
Oct 12, 2014
Onie Clark, daughter of the late John Perkins and Eliza Ayers Bryant, was born around Malden, Missouri area, on April 6, 1928, and passed away at her home in Essex, Missouri on October 12, 2014, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 5 days. Mrs. Clark had lived around the Essex and Penermon area her entire life. She...
David Wheetley
Oct 9, 2014
David Loyd Wheetley, son of the late Harold and Mildred Elledge Wheetley, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 9, 1956, and passed away at his residence in Puxico, Missouri on October 9, 2014, at the age of 58 years and 6 months. Mr. Wheetley owned and operated Wheetley Farms in Puxico. He loved to hunt and fish and...
Jesse Williams
Oct 8, 2014
Jesse D. Williams, son of the late Robert and Willowdean Rogers Williams, was born in Paragould, Arkansas on September 9, 1933, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on October 8, 2014, at the age of 81 years and 29 days. Mr. Williams had lived in San Diego, California for many years, moved to...
Billy Ellis
Oct 7, 2014
Billy Joe Ellis, son of the late Wilbur and Pearl Dowdy Ellis, was born near Bernie, Missouri on June 25, 1935, and passed away at his home in Morehouse, Missouri on October 7, 2014, at the age of 79 years, 3 months and 12 days. Mr. Ellis was raised around LaValle and Parma, Missouri, and moved to Morehouse in 1963....
