Stories from Wednesday, December 26, 2018

DEXTER, Mo. -- Donald Eugene Wethington, 75, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018 at his home in Bloomfield suddenly of a heart attack while he was out working in the yard. Visitation and funeral were Wednesday morning, Dec. 26, 2018 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter with Father William Hennecke officiating. Burial followed at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with full Military Honors...

Emily "Beth" Webb, 72, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018 peacefully at home. Beth was born Feb. 20, 1946. Daughter of Joe and Ora Fuchs of Qulin, Mo.. Beth worked as a Rehab Tech for nearly 20 years in the Poplar Bluff area. On June 11, 1963 she married Johnny...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Larry E. Becking, 78, died at his residence in Dexter, Mo. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Visitation will be at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018 from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted at 11 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Susan Marner-Sides officiating. Burial will be in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo. with full Military Honors...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Kathleen Wamble, 75, of Essex, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec.27, 2018, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. The funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter with Bro. Junior Cagle of Bloomfield officiating. Burial with be in the Essex Cemetery in Essex with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements...