OBITUARIES
Oscar Ayers
Mar 3, 2012
Oscar Vernon Ayers, Jr., son of the late Oscar Vernon, Sr. and Dessie Jane Godwin Ayers, was born in Sikeston, Missouri on August 3, 1934, and passed away at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on March 3, 2012, at the age of 77 years and 7 months. He had lived in Sikeston before moving to Dexter, Missouri...
Opal Sims
Mar 1, 2012
Opal "Gene" Sims, daughter of the late William Steven and Nannie Belle Farish Clay, was born in Winston County, Mississippi on April 19, 1925, and passed away at The Manor in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 1, 2012, at the age of 86 years, 10 months and 11 days. Opal had been a resident Milledgeville, Georgia, moved to Dexter, Missouri...
Billy Sanders
Feb 24, 2012
Billy Ray Sanders, Sr., son of the late Elmer Junior and Clara Jane King Sanders, was born in Essex, Missouri on June 1, 1949, and passed away at his home in Dexter, Missouri on February 24, 2012, at the age of 62 years, 8 months and 23 days. He had lived in Essex and Dexter, Missouri all his life. Bill...
Beulah O'Conner
Feb 23, 2012
Beulah Alma Andrews Davis O'Conner, 85, of Wappapello, Missouri passed away in the morning hours of February 23, 2012, at her home. She was born in Wolf Lake, Illinois on November 24, 1926, daughter of the late Aden Robert Andrews and Hester Hodge Andrews. She grew up and attended school in the Puxico-Asherville areas in Stoddard County, Missouri. She had...
Ray Null
Feb 15, 2012
Ray Edward Null, son of Ronda Orton Merriman, was born in Mounds, Illinois on July 17, 1985, and passed away at his home in Dexter, Missouri on February 15, 2012, at the age of 26 years, 6 months and 29 days. He had lived in Dexter, Missouri most of his life. Ray had worked at Mid Continental Nail in Poplar...
Ella Pry
Feb 15, 2012
Ella Jane Abernathy Pry, daughter of the late Jerome and Lizzie Summers Abernathy, was born November 30, 1912, in the Ardeola Community in Stoddard County, Missouri and passed away at her home in Bloomfield, Missouri on February 15, 2012, at the age of 99 years, 2 months and 16 days. Mrs. Pry had lived in the Bloomfield area most of...
Rodney Corlew
Feb 12, 2012
Rodney L. Corlew, son of Mary M. Litzler Corlew and the late Charles William Corlew, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on July 9, 1959, and passed away at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri on February 12, 2012, at the age of 52 years, 7 months and 3 days. He had lived in Essex and Dexter, Missouri all his...
Arlue Cantrell
Feb 8, 2012
Arlue Cantrell, daughter of the late William C. and Nellie Mae Bench Martin, was born on October 8, 1932, in Arkansas and passed away at her home in Bloomfield, Missouri on February 8, 2012, at the age of 79 years. Mrs. Cantrell had lived in Bloomfield, Missouri most of her life. She attended the Bible Tabernacle and had worked at...
Alene Rice
Feb 2, 2012
Alene Laird Rice, daughter of the late Mary E. Sparks Gean, was born in Kewanee, Missouri on May 1, 1924, and passed away at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Missouri on February 2, 2012, at the age of 87 years, 9 months and 1 day. Alene had been a resident of Dexter, Missouri for many years before...
Thomas Nash
Feb 2, 2012
Thomas "Les" Nash, son of the late William and Nora Jennings Nash, was born in Dudley, Missouri on August 29, 1921, and passed away at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri on February 2, 2012, at the age of 90 years, 5 months and 4 days. He had lived in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to Dexter in 1992. Les...
Wendell Clinton
Feb 2, 2012
Wendell L. Clinton, son of the late Floyd and Cora Beal Clinton, was born in Puxico, Missouri, on September 19, 1940, and passed away at his home in Puxico, Missouri on February 2, 2012, at the age of 71 years, 4 months and 14 days. He was a lifelong resident of Puxico and graduated from Puxico High School, Class of...
Willyne Jones
Jan 27, 2012
Willyne Jones, daughter of the late Wilfred and Wilma Ann Strong Bowen, was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 19, 1933, and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, Missouri on January 27, 2012, at the age of 78 years, 7 months and 8 days. Willeen was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. She was raised in Michigan where...
Jimmie Roach
Jan 26, 2012
Jimmie Roach, son of the late Bob and Sadie Fleeman Roach, was born in Hornersville, Missouri, on September 29, 1937, and passed away at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on January 26, 2012, at the age of 74 years. He had lived in Bloomfield, Missouri for 45 years. He worked as a supervisor at Purolator in Dexter,...
Clelah Bradley
Jan 24, 2012
Clelah W. Bradley, daughter of the late Willie Monrow and Bonnie Hicks Medley, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on July 27, 1952, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on January 24, 2012, at the age of 59 years, 5 months and 28 days. She had lived in Blanchard, Oklahoma for 20...
Joseph Capps
Jan 22, 2012
Joseph R. Capps, son of the late James Robert and Zetta Long Capps, was born on August 25, 1935, in Bakersfield, California and passed away at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Missouri on January 22, 2012, at the age of 76 years, 4 months and 28 days. Mr. Capps had lived in Michigan before moving Advance, Missouri forty-two years...
Bette Scism
Jan 20, 2012
Bette S. Scism, daughter of the late Gus and Flodia Wilkerson Keller, was born on January 20, 1925, in Bell City, Missouri and passed away at the Galloway Nursing Home in Gallaoway, Tennessee on January 20, 2012, at the age of 87 years. Mrs. Scism had lived in Stoddard County most of her life and had lived in Memphis, Tennessee...
Susan Watkins
Jan 17, 2012
Susan I. Watkins, daughter of the late Floyd James and Mattie Irene Grim Hoffman, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on December 14, 1954, and passed away at her home in Dexter, Missouri on January 17, 2012, at the age of 57. Susan was raised in Dexter but lived in Fredericktown after college with her husband where they both taught...
Delmer Barks
Jan 14, 2012
Delmer R. Barks, son of the late David Ransom and Minnie Ann Hardesty Barks, was born in Lowndes, Missouri, on August 24, 1929, and passed away at the Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri on January 14, 2012, at the age of 82 years. He was raised in Wayne County Missouri, and had called Dexter his home since 1962. He...
John Vines
Jan 13, 2012
John Robert Vines, Sr., son of the late Sam and Ilah Hays Vines, was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on October 17, 1952, and passed away at his home in Dexter, Missouri on January 13, 2012, at the age of 59 years. He was raised in Sikeston and had lived in Dexter in 1984. He was a member of the Sacred...
Loeta Morgan
Jan 9, 2012
Loeta Morgan, daughter of the late Robert and Velma May Maroney Keller, was born in Hayti, Missouri, on April 24, 1931, and passed away at her home in Parma, Missouri on January 9, 2012, at the age of 80. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Parma and had been a 4-H Leader. On August 21, 1954...
