Stories from Monday, December 21, 2015

Annalee Cates, 80, of Dexter died Dec. 19, 2015, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Darla Grossman, 70, of Dexter died Dec. 19, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Terri Lynne Bryan Manes was born on Sept. 5, 1962, in Beach Grove, Ind., to Clarence Bryan and Sylvia Mae Grigery Bryan Oliver and Curtis Oliver. She died on Dec. 15, 2015, in Sikeston at the age of 53. Terri Lynne Bryan Manes was a homemaker. She was united in marriage to Benjamin Manes. He survives of the home in Sikeston...

Freeman L. O'neal, son of the late Lestie and Minnie Mossman O'neal, was born in Puxico on Nov. 26, 1931, and died at the Puxico Nursing Center on Dec. 20, 2015, at the age of 84. He was married to Jeanette Torgrude and she preceded him in death in 1980...

Delma Madine Williams, daughter of the late Dee Vess Griffin and Florence Corene Horn Griffin was born in New Madrid County, Mo., on Oct. 7, 1936, and died at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau on Dec., 20, 2015, at the age of 79. Mrs. Williams had been a cook at the Bernie Public Schools until her retirement and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Bernie United Methodist Church and a resident of Bernie...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The Dexter varsity wrestling team finished eighth overall at the 16-team Tiger Classic at Cape Central High School Saturday. Dexter calculated a team score of 181.5 at the two-day event. Jackson finished first with a 326.5, Northwest House Springs placed second with a 316.5, Sikeston placed third with a 217, Marquette place fourth with a 215.5, Poplar Bluff placed fifth with a 204, Union placed sixth with a 201.5, Rolla placed seventh with a 183.5, Christian County, Kentucky, placed ninth with a 178.5, Francis Howell North placed tenth with a 128, Carterville, Kentucky, placed eleventh with a 122, University City placed twelfth with a 111, New Madrid County Central placed thirteenth with a 85, Cape Central placed fourteenth with a 92, Park Hills Central placed fifteenth with a 90 and Sikeston junior varsity finished sixteenth with a 65.. ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Staff from the office of Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder will conduct a listening post at Dexter City Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 22 from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. The listening session is an opportunity for residents to meet with the Lieutenant Governor's staff and share their opinions about issues facing Stoddard County and Missouri...