OBITUARIES
Rachel Smith
Mar 23, 2013
Rachel Smith Rachel Smith, daughter of the late William Jacob and Mary Anna Fortner Williamson, was born in Clines Island, Missouri on August 4, 1918, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on March 23, 2013, at the age of 94 years, 7 months and 19 days. She had lived in Dexter, Missouri since 1933....
Irene Boshears
Mar 21, 2013
Irene Boshears, daughter of the late Edd and Sarah Velma Frost Brewer, was born in Waynesboro, Tennessee on September 24, 1930, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on March 21, 2013, at the age of 82 years, 5 months and 25 days. She had grown up in Waynesboro, Tennessee, lived many years in...
Norman Ludwig
Mar 19, 2013
Norman Matthew Ludwig, son of the late Elmer C. and Maudie Schrader Ludwig, was born in Risco, Missouri on July 5, 1942, and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on March 19, 2013, at the age of 70 years, 8 months and 14 days. Mr. Ludwig had lived all of his life in Risco and...
Charles Walker
Mar 17, 2013
Charles Alvin Walker, son of the late Charley and Damie Whitehead Walker, was born in Naylor, Missouri on January 9, 1927, and passed away at the the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on March 17, 2013, at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 8 days. He had lived in Michigan from 1950 to 1964, then...
Karen Maslinski
Mar 16, 2013
Karen Lynn Maslinski, the daughter of Linda Lash Darling, was born in Joliet, Illinois on October 6, 1960, and passed away at her home in Dexter, Missouri on March 16, 2013, at the age of 52 years, 5 months and 10 days. Karen had lived in Bruceton,Tennessee before moving to Dexter in 2003. She had worked for Westat based in...
Doris Darby
Mar 16, 2013
Doris Gean Darby, daughter of the late William and Pearl Pruett Hartline, was born near Dexter, Missouri on October 12, 1937, and passed away at St. John's Place in Overland, Missouri on March 16, 2013, at the age of 75 years. She was born and raised in the Dexter and Essex area. She had lived in Florida, St. Louis, and...
H. Frank Robinson
Mar 16, 2013
Harold Frank Robinson, I, son of the late Otis Melton, and Zelma McElwrath Robinson, was born in Holcomb, Missouri on, September 28,1929, and passed away at the John J Pershing VA Medical Center Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 16, 2013, at the age of 83 years. Frank lived in the Kennett and Malden area for many years, before moving to...
Wilburn Clark
Mar 13, 2013
Wilburn F. "Bill" Clark, son of the late George and Julia Anna Hall Clark, was born in Puxico, Missouri on June 13, 1919, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Missouri on March 13, 2013, at the age of 93 years. He was a life long resident of the Puxico area. He attended the...
James Lindsey
Mar 12, 2013
James W. "Jimmy" Lindsey, son of the late James Arnold and Alma Melissie Heath Lindsey, was born in Indianpolis, Indiana on January 8, 1953, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on March 12, 2013, at the age of 60 years, 2 months and 4 days. He had lived in Indianapolis until moving to Morehouse...
Gary Campbell
Mar 9, 2013
Gary Lynn Campbell, son of the late Ira M. D. and Johnette Parks Campbell, was born in Gideon, Missouri on January 26, 1950, and passed away at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on March 9, 2012, at the age of 63 years, 1 month and 11 days. Mr. Campbell had lived most of his life in...
R W Conner
Mar 9, 2013
R W "Dub" Conner, son of the late Eugene Wilson and Buena Oceola Conner, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 15, 1923, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Dexter on March 9, 2013, at the age of 89 years, 10 months and 22 days. He had lived in Essex and Dexter all his life. He had...
Donald Baker
Mar 7, 2013
Donald Lee Baker, son of the late Roland T. and Helen Marie Winnegar Baker, was born on August 24, 1931, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on March 7, 2013, at the age of 81 years, 6 months and 11 days. He had lived in Bernie most of his life. He had worked at IXL...

Kristie Jany
Mar 6, 2013
Kristie Jany, daughter of Velma Kay Miller Sontag, was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on October 19, 1971, and passed away at her home in Marble Hill, Missouri on March 6, 2013, at the age of 41 years. She had grown up and lived in Dexter before moving to Marble Hill. She had was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are...
John Whitaker
Mar 1, 2013
John Doyle Whitaker, son of the late William and Helen Myers Whitaker, was born on July 17, 1961, in Malden and passed away at his home in Bloomfield on March 1, 2013, at the age of 51 years. John had lived in Bernie and Bloomfield most of his life. He had attended the Bible Tabernacle in Bloomfield. He had worked...
Betty Joyner
Feb 25, 2013
Betty Henderson Joyner, daughter of the late George Allen and Ruth Brown Carwile, was born in Flint, Michigan on December 6, 1928, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on February 25, 2013, at the age of 84 years. She had lived in Dexter most of her life. She had attended the First General...
Velvadean Hendrix
Feb 23, 2013
Velvadean "Dean" Hendrix, daughter of the late Richard Overton and Lula Jackson Overton Hodge was born December 25, 1926, in Zalma, Missouri. Dean passed away on February 23, 2013 at Westwood Hills Health Care Facility in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 86. She was raised in Puxico, Missouri and graduated from Puxico High School, worked at the Puxico...
Dulcia Law
Feb 19, 2013
Dulcia Buchanan Law, daughter of the late Lihue and Ida Ross Shull, was born in Puxico, Missouri on September 19, 1917, and passed away at the Clearview Nursing Home in Sikeston, Missouri on February 19, 2013, at the age of 95 years and 5 months. She lived in the Puxico and Sikeston areas, was a home maker, wife and mother....
Valentina Fish
Feb 19, 2013
Valentina Grace Fish, daughter of Jacob Michael Fish and Sheri Lynn Grippo-Fish, was still-born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 19, 2013. Surviving are her parents, Jacob Michael Fish and Sheri Lynn Grippo-Fish of Cape Girardeau; sister, Aslyn Titus and brother, Coleson Titus both of Cape Girardeau; maternal grandparents, Mario & Doris Grippo of Cape Girardeau; paternal grandmother, Kathi Fish...
Flossie Abbott
Feb 19, 2013
Flossie Abbott, daughter of the late James Loyd and Ines DeJournett Byrd, was born in Parma, Missouri on March 30, 1923, and passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on February 19, 2013, at the age of 89 years. She had lived in Grayridge and Advance before moving to Salcedo in 1974. She had was...
Otis Swinger
Feb 13, 2013
Otis E. Swinger, son of the late Hershal and Gladys Snider Swinger, was born near Dexter, Missouri on April 27, 1926, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on February 13, 2013, at the age of 86 years, 9 months and 17 days. He had lived in Dexter most of his life until...