Stories from Saturday, October 19, 2019

Marcus Emory Norden passed away at his home in Bernie, on October 18, 2019.  Visitation will be conducted Tuesday, October 22, 2019 from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m.  A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements. ...

Nellie Deborah Brown died at her daughter's residence in Troy, Missouri on October 18, 2019 at the age of 90.  Visitation will be held, Wednesday, October 23, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Funeral services will then be conducted at 1 p.m. in Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of all arrangements...

Allen Leroy Farmer, 75, of Dexter, Missouri, died at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, October 16, 2019. Born May 17, 1944 in Dexter, Missouri to Charles “Rosco” and Lucy Ann (Ruggles) Farmer, he was the youngest of 14 children. ...

PUXICO — While the Puxico community mourned the loss of high school freshman Drake Guffey and prayed for his family, they also watched as the teen’s love for others prevailed. Drake’s family decided after his death Sept. 14, to donate his organs, and specifically to offer a kidney to Matt Mitchell, 46, of Puxico...