Stories from Tuesday, August 20, 2019

NAYLOR — The search for a missing Naylor toddler ended tragically Monday night when she was found in a pond on the family’s property. Reese Ainley, 3, was pronounced dead at 7:20 p.m. by a doctor at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. J.T. Wilson...

The Dexter R-XI School District expects most of the work at Charles Bland Stadium to be completed by the Bearcats’ home opener against Ste. Genevieve on Aug. 30. Assistant Superintendent Gavin Miller said that the concession stand, restrooms, stadium seating and the field will be ready...

With the impending closure of Progressive Industries, the Stoddard County Sheltered Workshop board and the Senate Bill 40 board met in an open roundtable to put the past behind them and work together for the good of the Sheltered Workshop and its clients...

BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission renewed its code of ethics at Monday’s meeting at the Government Building. The county made no changes to the previous code that was established April 24, 2017. The code must be updated every two years. The code says every elected county official and every person running for a county office must disclose potential conflicts of interest regarding personal gain while executing his or her duties...

Jerry Wayne Fields of Poplar Bluff, son of the late William Fields & Lydia Akers Fields was born in Malden on February 15, 1939. Mr. Fields passed away August 18, 2019 at the Dexter Living Center in Dexter at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 3 days...

Brenda Joy Burns, was born on January 28, 1940 in Kennett, Missouri and departed this life on August 15, 2019 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 79 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, August 19, 2019. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...

Pamela Kay (Evans) Hillis of Broseley was born on March 1, 1966 to Charles and Peggy Evans of Dexter and died on August 16 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her fiance, Robert Pennell of Broseley; one son, James Hillis of Fisk; two stepsons, Bobby Pennell and Andrew Pennell both of Poplar Bluff; one stepdaughter Victoria Pennell of Poplar Bluff; two brothers, Gary Evans and wife Dawn of Bloomfield, Chuck Evans and wife Jamie of Perryville; one sister, Charlene Frymire and husband Jim of Dexter; and her mother, Peggy Evans of Dexter.. ...

Tommy Lee Hankins, of Puxico, was born on January 29, 1955 and died on August 15, 2019. Services will be held Thursday, August 22 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Living Waters Church in Bloomfield.

Malcolm P. Snyder Jr., died Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at his residence in Malden, Missouri.  Graveside Memorial Services will be conducted on Monday, August 19, 2019 in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield at 11 a.m.  Interment will follow.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

“When I fly to Vancouver on Sept. 29, I will not be home again for seven months,” relates Tim Moore of Dexter. “This will be my longest cruise to-date. We will depart from Vancouver and cruise the Inside Passage, Alaska, with Ports of Call in Ketchikan and Juneau.”...

• Jerry Michael Perkey, 35, of Kewanee, Mo., was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for probation violation. • Jennifer Lynn Jackson, 29, of Zalma was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a failure to appear warrant. She was released on bond...

• A 23-year-old Kennett man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 10:30 a.m. Thursday on Highway ZZ, five miles south of Dudley. According to the report, Dustin T. Dautenhahn was operating a 2005 PT Cruiser northbound when it struck the rear of a 1992 International tractor being operated by Tyler A. Carter, 23, of Dexter...

• Joshua Collins, 31, of Bloomfield was arrested at 1:02 a.m. Aug. 6 on a warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail. • Casey Linhart, 25, of Matthews was arrested at 3:56 a.m. Aug. 6 on a warrant. Linhart was booked at the Dexter City Jail. • Rickie Barnett, 54, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 7 a.m. Aug. 6 on a warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell 08/05/2019 to 08/09/2019 • Samantha L. McClure and Kenneth McClure to Conservation Commission. Section 4 Township 27 Range 9. • Kaja Holdings 2 to DSV SPV2. Dexter East Add Block 9 Lots 3 and 4...

Jessey Silvanus Vemula and Brittany Lynn Vemula, are the parents of a daughter born at 6:18 p.m. July 31, 2019, at Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Rachel Elizabeth Vemula, the couple’s second child, weighed 10 pounds, 4 ounces and was 21 inches tall. Maternal grandparents are Lyndel and Elizabeth Revelle of Bloomfield, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Sheeba Vemula of Siddipet, India and the late Charles Vemula...

FISK — Authorities say the victim recovered Tuesday morning from a submerged car in St. Francis River is a Dexter woman whose family reported her missing more than four months ago. Stoddard County Coroner Kenny Pope identified the woman as Crystal Marie Brown-Hart. Identification, he said, was made based on the clothing she was wearing and the personal identification that was on her, as well as the recovery of her Mitsubishi Lancer. Family members reported the 39-year-old missing April 11 to Butler County authorities. She had last been seen in the Dexter and Poplar Bluff areas. The investigation subsequently was turned over to the Dexter Police Department. A witness reported Brown-Hart left a Township Line residence in Poplar Bluff between 3-3:30 a.m. April 10, en route to Dexter. She left alone, driving a black four-door Mitsubishi Lancer.