Stories from Monday, July 8, 2013

Velma Harris, daughter of the late Harvey Phillips and Bertha Brown Phillips, was born on May 28, 1935 at Hayti and died at her residence in Dexter on July 5, 2013, at the age of 77. Mrs. Harris was of the Baptist Faith, a home-maker and a resident of Dexter...

Dr. Wayne Wood, son of the late Estes Worth Wood and Emily Margaret Johnson Wood, was born on Nov. 11, 1926, in Karnak, Ill. and died on July 3, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo. at the age of 86. Dr. Wood was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter and was a resident of Dexter. He pastored several churches in Southeast Missouri. He retired as the head of the Education Department at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar...

Bill Hardin, son of the late Russell Hardin and Mary Louise Elmore Hardin, was born on Jan. 30, 1942 in Hickman, Ky. and died on July 6, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 71. Mr. Hardin worked for General Motors in Michigan. He was a farmer and had worked for the Dudley Special Road District for the past several years. He was a resident of Dudley, Mo. and attended the Peoples Full Gospel Church in Dudley...