Stories from Thursday, November 6, 2014

Dexter held its annual Fall Sports Recognition Program Thursday night. Noah Kronk received the Charles Bland Award. In football, Kronk was selected MVP and Defensive MVP, Peyton Pollock won the Most Valuable Skilled Position Award, and Jared Deal won Best Lineman...

James Barry Crosby, Jr., son of the late James B. Crosby, Sr. and Phyllis Land Crosby was born on May 18, 1959, in Woburn, Mass., and died on Nov. 5, 2014, at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter at the age of 55. Mr. Crosby had worked as a tool and die maker at L & M Manufacturing in Fisk and was a resident of Dexter. He enjoyed woodworking and was a very proud grandfather...

Darrel Wayne Carson, son of Eula Mae Hatchel Carson and the late Layton Vaughn Carson, was born in Dexter, on June 5, 1955, and died at his residence in Malden on Nov. 4, 2014, at the age of 59. Mr. Carson had worked for over 25 years at Federal Mogul Corporation and recently employed by Nestle Purina Company of Bloomfield. He was a member of Corner Gospel Fellowship of Bernie...

Theral "Tubie" Vanover, of Puxico, was born Aug. 24, 1954, and died Nov. 3, 2014, at the age of 60. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Puxico.

QULIN, Mo. -- A Campbell woman died at the scene of a wreck Wednesday afternoon on Highway 53, three miles south of Qulin. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Chelsea M. Hill, 23, was southbound on Hwy. 53 when her 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt ran off the right side of the roadway. ...

Dexter Police Nov. 5-6, 2014 Police investigated an accident that occurred on the Walmart parking lot at 10:17 a.m. Tuesday when Christy R. Sanders, 37, of Bernie turned into a parking post. David C. Seabaugh, 46, of Dexter was arrested on two Stoddard County warrants for failure to appear. He was transported to the Stoddard County Jail, where a bond of $10,000 was set. He remains in jail...

C. H. "Trey" Parsons, III, the older son of C. H. Parsons, Jr., and Betty Sue Parsons was born at Cape Girardeau, Mo., on May 3, 1967, and died on Nov. 2, 2014, at the age of 47. Trey graduated from Dexter High School with the Class of 1985. He received a football scholarship from the University of Missouri where he attended until he sustained a career ending injury. He graduated from Arkansas State University in 1994 with a B.S. Degree...