Stories from Saturday, December 27, 2014

Rev. Patricia Sue Smith of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Ralph Cecil and Juanita Aliene Parker Becraft, was born in Bloomfield on March 15, 1934, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, on Dec. 25, 2014, at the age of 80. Patricia had lived in the Bloomfield area most of her life. She was the pastor of the Missouri Street Full Gospel Church in Bloomfield and was ordained a minister through the Bible Way Association in 1998...

William R. Wrinkle, son of the late Clarence Wrinkle and Edna Anderson Wrinkle, was born on Oct. 10, 1932, in Sylimore, Ark., and died on Dec. 26, 2014, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 82. Mr. Wrinkle was a Veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean War. He was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ...

Tracie Carter Young, daughter of Judy Smiley Carter and Sherman Carter both of Bernie, was born on Aug. 23, 1969, in Poplar Bluff and died on Dec. 23, 2014, at her residence in Bernie at the age of 45. Tracie attended the First Baptist Church of Bernie. ...

Marian Duley, daughter of the late Roy Loper and Cordelia Meldrum Loper was born on Jan. 18, 1927, in Bay City, Mich., and died on Dec. 25, 2014, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at the age of 87. Mrs. Duley was a home-maker, a resident of Dexter and had attended the Midland Church in Poplar Bluff...

Diane Marie Allen, born April 29, 1949, to the late Donald E. and Estelle Allen in Yoakum, Texas, died Dec. 5, 2014, in St. Louis, Mo., at the age of 65. Diane was a Dexter High School graduate and graduated in1972 from Southeast Missouri State University, with a bachelor of arts with a double major in English and Spanish. ...

Ernestine Webber of Dexter, Mo. died on Dec. 26, 2014, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 79. Arrangements are incomplete at Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter, Mo.

A Dexter man was arrested on charges of armed criminal action and second-degree assault at a local business on Monday afternoon. According to the report, Pablo Gabriel, 36, of Dexter was arrested after police received a report of an assault involving a knife at El Tapatio in Dexter. The report was made that afternoon...

A Dexter man escaped injury, but his vehicle is a total loss, after it ended up in a pond just outside Dexter's city limits late Christmas Eve. It took 74 feet of ladder and the Dexter Fire Department's Extrication Team to rescue the driver, who reportedly lost control of his vehicle trying to avoid hitting a deer. The vehicle swerved into a pond near the Lighthouse Christian Center, just north of the city, near the Highway 25 and Highway 60 overpass...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The filing of a business-related bill before the 2015 Missouri legislative session means a Cape Girardeau senator and the secretary of state are working together again despite party differences. The session begins in January and ends in May...

Editor's Note: Below is the second in a series of four reviews of events that took place over 2014. The Tuesday, Dec. 30, edition will contain the third in the series, with the final entry to be published on Dec. 31.

Three SCAA teams remain in contention for the ultimate prize at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament after Day 1 action. The Bernie Mules, Dexter Bearcats and Bloomfield Wildcats secured opening-round victories Friday at the 16-team tournament...