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Robert Kirkland (10/24/24)Robert Kirkland, son of the late Elmer Kirkland and Alice Flowers Kirkland, was born Sept. 3, 1930, in Center Ridge, Arkansas, and departed this life Oct. 19, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...
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Bonnie Musgrave (10/24/24)Bonnie Musgrave, daughter of the late Melvin Brown and Marie Palmer Brown, was born Jan. 17, 1931, in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life Oct. 21, 2024, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 93. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Brenda Strickland (10/24/24)Brenda Strickland, daughter of John Goodale of Wappapello, Missouri, and the late Marietta Casey, was born Dec. 13, 1963, and departed this life Oct. 17, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 60. A celebration of life service will be held at a later date...
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Sandra Love-Barks (10/24/24)Sandra Kay Love-Barks, a beloved resident of Dexter, Missouri, was born to the late Milford and Ludia (McGath) Love on October 30, 1947. She departed this life on October 15, 2024 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, surrounded by her family The visitation is scheduled at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, with the funeral starting at noon...
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David Thorne (10/24/24)David Donald Thorne, 85, passed away Oct. 14, 2024, at his son’s home in Eureka, Missouri. He was born Dec. 2, 1938, in Stoddard County to the late Donald C. and Virginia L. Long Thorne. On Oct. 3, 1958, in Cairo, Illinois, he married Dakoka Ann Stacy Thorne who preceded him in death April 27, 2022...
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Michael Webb (10/15/24)Michael L. Webb, son of the late Leland Webb and Helen Shawn Henderson, was born Jan. 31, 1963, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life Oct. 12, 2024, in Puxico, Missouri, at the age of 61. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2024...
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Ronnie King (10/15/24)Ronnie King, son of the late Fred King and Sallie Ellis King, was born May 23, 1949, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life Oct. 10, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 75. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Oct. 13, 2024. Interment followed in Chalk Bluff Cemetery...
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Robert Morgan (10/15/24)Robert Morgan, son of the late William Morgan and Barbara Peevyhouse Meeks, was born June 15, 1954, in Cairo, Illinois, and departed this life Oct. 14, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 70. Visitation will be held from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will then be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...
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Christopher Tanner (10/15/24)Christopher Stephen Tanner, 72, of Campbell, passed away Oct. 12, 2024. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. Interment in Bernie Cemetery. ...
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Barbara Lack (10/15/24)Barbara Teresa Lack passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 at Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Lack was born Feb. 19, 1954 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Charles and Beatrice Fullerton of Dexter, Missouri. The visitation was at noon Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, with the funeral service beginning at 1 p.m...
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Gregory Carroll (10/15/24)Gregory Carroll, son of Truitt Carroll of Bakersfield, California and the late Martha McDaniel Carroll, was born Sept. 23, 1970, in Los Angeles, California, and departed this life Oct. 7, 2024 in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 54. No services are planned...
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Lehman Jennings (10/15/24)Lehman Jennings, 86, of Marshall, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Memorial services were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at First United Methodist Church in Marshall with Pastor Liz Lindley officiating. ...
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Sherrie Patterson (10/8/24)Sherrie Patterson, daughter of the late Homer Murphy and Cecil Elledge Murphy, was born May 30, 1947, in Advance, Missouri and departed this life Oct. 4, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 77. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Oct. 8, 2024...
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Gary Simmons (10/8/24)Gary Simmons, son of the late William Simmons and Maxine Goode Simmons, was born Nov. 1, 1946, in Ada, Oklahoma and departed this life Oct. 4, 2024, in Malden, Missouri, at the age of 77. A memorial service was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie Oct. 6, 2024...
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Cheryl Collins (10/8/24)Cheryl Collins, daughter of Marilyn Bryant Collins of Jonesboro, Arkansas and the late Bob Collins was born July 20, 1970, in Kankakee, Illinois and departed this life Oct. 2, 2024, in Lowndes, Missouri at the age of 54. Funeral services were held at Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter on October 7, 2024...
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Julia Taylor (10/8/24)Julia Bell (Lewis) Taylor of Puxico, Missouri was born to the late John and Jessie (Pulumn) Lewis Nov. 23, 1942 in Dexter, Missouri. The visitation was scheduled at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico, Missouri. The funeral service was scheduled for noon Saturday, Oct, 5, 2024 at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Puxico, Missouri with Rev. Kenneth Lambert officiating...
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Rosie Johnson (10/1/24)Rosie Johnson, daughter of the late J. B. McBride and Ecelner Moncrief McBride, was born July 24, 1929, in Newton, Mississippi, and departed this life Sept. 30, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 95 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 11 a.m. until noon Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at noon Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. Interment will follow in Macedonia Cemetery in Malden...
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Stanley Hueckel (10/1/24)Stanley Hueckel, son of the late Billy Hueckel and Vivian Allen Hueckel, was born Oct. 27, 1955, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 30, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 68. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Interment followed in the New Essex Cemetery in Essex, Missouri...
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Jacob Hurdle (10/1/24)Jacob Hurdle, the son of Tanya Farmer of Dexter, Missouri and Joseph Hurdle of Williams, Arizona, was born Nov. 15, 2008, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life Sept. 27, 2024, in Dexter at the age of 15. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024...
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John Carroll (10/1/24)John Carroll, son of the late James Carroll and Rita Villafana Carroll was born Oct. 29, 1953, in Pontiac, Michigan and departed this life Sept. 24, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 70. A memorial service was held at New Bethel Church Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024...
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Terri Bunch (10/1/24)Terri Bunch, daughter of Patsy Morris Bunch of Puxico, Missouri, and the late Terry Bunch, was born Feb.7, 1980, in Dallas, Texas and departed this life Sept. 24, 2024, in Puxico, Missouri at the age of 44. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024...
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Kay Ables (10/1/24)Kay (McPheeters) Ables of Malden, Missouri, was born July 31, 1945 and took her journey home to heaven Sept. 28, 2024 at 79 years of age. She was born to the late William “Bill” and Genevieve McPheeters, and grew up in Malden and Campbell, Missouri. On Dec. 19, 1980 she married her late husband, Don Ables...
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Jessie Whitley (10/1/24)Jessie Oleta Whitley of Morehouse, Missouri, was born Jan. 22, 1938 in Murry, Arkansas and passed away Sept. 28, 2024, in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 86. Visitation and funeral services were Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 at the First Oneness Pentecostal Church in Morehouse, Missouri...
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Jerry Garner (10/1/24)On Sept. 2, 2024, Jerry Wayne Garner left this world to join his wife Sue in heaven, where she has patiently waited since February 2023. A dedicated family man, Jerry leaves behind three sons (Thomas [Janet], Todd, and Trevor [“Leena”]), seven grandchildren (Quinton [Paige], Ashley, Bailey, Lauren, Kendall, Edward and Kirsten [Chelsea]), and three great-grandchildren (Elijah, Kennedy, and Noah)...
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Robert Simpson Sr. (10/1/24)Robert G. Simpson Sr., 66, of Bloomfield, Missouri, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 at Mercy Hospital Stoddard, in Dexter, Missouri. Mr. Simpson was born June 1, 1958 in Caledonia, Mississippi, son of the late Robert and Lurene Simpson. He had served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War...
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James Berry Jr. (10/1/24)James Walter Berry Jr., the son of the late James Walter Berry Sr. and Thelma Gwendolyn McKenzie Berry, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri April 24, 1941 and departed this life at his residence in Bernie, Missouri Sept. 29, 2024 at the age of 83. Mr. Berry was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He later worked at Federal Mogul, having retired after 37 years. He was a member of Bernie Christian Church and a resident of Bernie...
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Doris Williams (10/1/24)Doris Louise Williams (nee Sargent) was born March 15, 1932, near Kennett, Missouri and died peacefully at home Sept. 26, 2024, in Columbia, Missouri at 92 years of age. She is preceded in death by her mother, Notria Brown; her husband, Leroy Wellington Williams; her sister, Jewell Pauline King; her brothers, Edward Leon (EL) Jackson and Wayne (Bill) Sargent; her son, Kerry Cameron Williams and his wife Cheryl Depew Williams...
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Patricia Ockel (10/1/24)Patricia Sue DeProw Ockel was born March 11, 1941, in Sikeston, Missouri, and died Sept. 20, 2024, at home with her daughter’s family in Norwalk, Iowa, where they were blessed to have had her live for the last three and a half years. Pat was the daughter of the late Dolly Patterson DeProw and Hurshel “Dick” DeProw of Tallapoosa, Missouri. On June 2, 1962, in Tallapoosa, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Arthur “Art” Louis Ockel, Jr. Pat was 83 years old when she joined Art in Heaven...
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James McCoy (10/1/24)James Grover McCoy born March 19, 1929, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at his home in St. Louis, Missouri at age 95. James was the devoted husband of Billie Jean McCoy (Heigle) who he joined in marriage June 26, 1953; loving father of his children: son, James “Greg” (Lee Ann) McCoy who preceded him in death, daughter, Kim (Kevin) Donica, and son, Jaime (Brandy) McCoy. ...
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Glenda Holder (9/24/24)Glenda Holder, daughter of the late Ewing Lawrence Brown and Pearl Lane Brown, was born Jan. 29, 1935, in rural Dexter, Missouri and departed this life Sept. 23, 2024, in Bernie, Missouri at the age of 89. In honoring her request, she will be cremated, and a graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 at Dexter Cemetery...
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Dorothy Burns (9/24/24)Dorothy Elizabeth Burns, daughter of the late Franklin McLard and Rubie Tankersley McLard, was born Jan. 7, 1936, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 21, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 88. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Interment followed in Hagy Cemetery...
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Alexander Ward (9/24/24)Alexander Ward, son of Larry Ward of Bloomfield, Missouri, was born Nov. 17, 2005, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 21, 2024, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 18. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Gravel Hill Cemetery in rural Bloomfield, Missouri...
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Don Thomley (9/24/24)Don Thomley, son of the late Kermit S. Thomley and Nettie Tew Thomley, was born Dec. 29, 1954, in Owosso, Michigan, and departed this life Sept. 19, 2024, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 69. Celebration of life will be held at a later date. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...
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Vickie Green (9/24/24)Vickie Green, daughter of the late James Willis and Irene Denny Willis, was born July 6, 1955, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 17, 2024, in Poplar Bluff, at the age of 69. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Interment followed in Bloomfield Cemetery...
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Roy Dooley (9/24/24)Roy Leon “Doc” Dooley, 78, of Van Buren, Arkansas, entered the presence of the Lord Sunday, Sept. 22. Born Oct. 19,1945, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Roy was a hard-working, dedicated husband and father, a competitive and enthusiastic summer league baseball coach, and an avid horseman. He was often a man of few words, but when he spoke, it was always worth listening to. He leaves behind a legacy of love, dedication to family, and service to animals...
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Ruth Grimes (9/17/24)Ruth Grimes, daughter of the late John Parks and Goldie Locke Parks, was born on Jan. 17, 1930, in Dudley, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 11, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, Sept.metery...
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Richard Carpenter (9/17/24)Richard Carpenter, son of the late Herbert Carpenter and Catherine Walker Carpenter, was born on Feb. 25, 1944, in Royal Oak, Michigan, and departed this life on September 10, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 80. Graveside services were held at Dudley Cemetery on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024...
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Betty Curtis (9/17/24)Betty June Curtis, daughter of the late Otto Cobb and Evelyn Fields Cobb, was born on July 11, 1934, in Conran, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 11, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 90. Graveside services were held at Dexter Cemetery on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024...
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Ray Culbertson (9/17/24)Ray Culbertson, son of the late Elmer Culbertson and Arle Wilson Culbertson, was born on Jan. 9, 1932, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 12, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 92. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Interment followed in Hill Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Jerry Curd (9/17/24)Jerry Curd, son of the late William Curd and Mary Hyslop Curd, was born on Nov. 7, 1954, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on Sept. 14, 2024, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 69. Visitation will be held at the Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from 9-10 a.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m...
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Ella Johnson (9/13/24)Ella Mae Johnson, daughter of the late Monroe Statler and Geneva McAnelly Statler was born May 5, 1956, in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life Sept. 8, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 68. Visitation and the funeral were held Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, . at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Interment followed in the Triplett Cemetery...
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Micheal Yeager (9/10/24)Micheal Yeager, son of the late Lawrence Yeager and Betty Aslin Yeager, was born Feb. 6, 1959, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 8, 2024, at his residence in Dexter at the age of 65 No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...
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Debra Williams (9/10/24)Debra Williams, daughter of the late Bob Goans and Nancy Loyd Goans, was born Oct. 9, 1961, in Cabool, Missouri and departed this life Sept. 7, 2024, in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 62. Funeral services were held at Friendship Baptist Church in Dexter Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Interment followed in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Randy Witt (9/10/24)Randy Witt, son of Carolyn Cathey Witt of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the late Orvel Witt, was born Feb. 7, 1968, in Cairo, Illinois, and departed this life Sept. 6, 2024, in Morley, Missouri, at the age of 56. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 1 p.m. ...
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Billy Kingery Jr. (9/10/24)Billy Kingery Jr., son of the late Billy Kingery Sr. and Laura Ryman Kingery, was born Dec. 3, 1980, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 5, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 43. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...
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Felicia Wyatt (9/10/24)Felicia Wyatt, daughter of the late Aubrey Adamson and Marguerita Tinsley Adamson, was born Sept. 6, 1965, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life Sept. 3, 2024, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 58 years. Mrs. Wyatt was the owner of the Honey Hole Bait & Tackle in Dexter, a former graphic designer for the Daily American Republic newspaper in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and a former over-the-road truck driver. ...
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Johnny Kayler (9/4/24)Johnny Kayler, son of the late John Kayler II and Velma Brooks Brown, was born April 8, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life Aug. 28, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 78. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. Interment followed in Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Brenda Gillespie (9/4/24)Brenda Gillespie, daughter of the late Theo Poindexter and Natalie Hendrix Poindexter, was born June 11, 1961, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life Aug. 26, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 63. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...
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Debbie Fuqua (9/3/24)Debbie Fuqua, daughter of the late Max Morey and Doris Elder Morey, was born March 5, 1961, in Lansing, Michigan, and departed this life Aug. 31, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 63. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Interment followed in Dexter Cemetery...
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George Sifford (9/3/24)George Wesley Sifford, 97, passed away in Cape Girardeau Sept. 1, 2024. He was the son of Tilman and Jane Jones Sifford. He joined siblings Everett, John (Square), Fay and Joe in the Brown Community north of Puxico. After attending Puxico Schools , he joined the U.S. ...