Stories from Monday, December 23, 2019

Wanda Maxine Daniel, 81, of Bell City died December 16, 2019, at the Chaffee Nursing Center, Chaffee. She was born on October 12, 1938, in Bell City, to the late Elmer and Doris Miller Hoosier. She spent most of her life alongside her husband farming. ...

Curtis Campbell died December 19, 2019 at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews, Mo.  Graveside services were conducted on Monday, December 23 at 10 a.m. in the Bernie Cemetery.  Interment followed the service. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie, is in charge of all arrangements...

William Richard “Bill” Jordan of Batchelor, Louisiana, son of the late Loy and Mable Irbin Jordan, was born in Morehouse, Missouri on December 22, 1939, and passed away at his home in Batchelor, Louisiana, December 18, 2019, at the age of 79 years, 11 months and 26 days...

Marian Allen, a resident of Dexter was born on July 16, 1954 and departed this life on December 21, 2019 at Frontier Health and Rehabilitation in St. Charles, Missouri at the age of 65 years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...

Gayle Meritt, a resident of Essex, was born on March 26, 1938 and departed this life on December 22, 2019 at the age of 81 years. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Betty J. Anderson, daughter of the late Arthur and Elizabeth Smith Tschudin was born on April 14, 1934 in St. Louis and departed this life on December 17, 2019 at her residence in Dexter at the age of 85. Graveside services were conducted on Friday, December 20, 2019 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Floyd “Billy” Moore, son of the late Raymond Moore and Gladys Markham Moore, was born on October 27, 1928 in Pontiac, Michigan and departed this life on December 19, 2019 at his residence in Essex at the age of 91 years. Funeral services were conducted at Rainey-Mathis Home in Dexter on Sunday, December 22, 2019. Interment followed in the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery...

• Eric Lambert, 41, of Bloomfield, was arrested at 7:53 a.m. Dec. 9 on a failure-to-appear warrant. • A report of stealing was made at 9:44 a.m. Dec. 9 at 1402 N. Outer Road. • Ronald Weather, 49, of Dexter, was arrested at 12:35 p.m. Dec. 9 on a failure-to-appear warrant...

• Charles D. Hammett, 47, of Bloomfield was arrested at 2:32 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, on a Stoddard County warrant for probation violation on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance. He was booked at the Cape Girardeau County Jail...

• James Michael Hastings, age 22 of Dexter was booked in the Stoddard County Jail for probation violation. • Wade Hampton McGregor, age 39 of Advance, Mo was booked in the Stoddard County Jail for possession of controlled substance except 35 Grams or Less of marijuana/Synthetic cannabinoid and Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Dec. 9-13, 2019 • Stephen H. Foster and Amber Dawn Foster to Brandin Smith and Amanda Smith. Ecology Acres Subdivision Block 6 Lot 9. • Randall W. Hendricks, Patricia A. Lincoln and Patricia A. Hendricks to Hendricks Trust. Section 1 Township 28 Range 10...

The Dexter School Board quickly worked through a light agenda in its final meeting of 2019. The board reviewed diesel fuel bids for its fleet of busses. Three bids came in for the purchase of 30,000 gallons of fuel for the calendar year of 2020. The three bids were from Delta Growers, Southeast Coop and Heritage Fuel. Delta Growers bid $2.25 per gallon. This includes two cents per gallon for fuel additive and the state fuel tax of 17 cents...

When C.A. Counts informed the Dexter School Board of his intention to retire at the end of the school year, the board knew it had to start the search for his successor. That search has ended and the board has named Amy James the new superintendent of Dexter Schools effective July 1, 2020...

“Honestly,” confides Luanne (Lulu) Free of Dexter, “if I could afford it, I would gift the residents at every major holiday—it brings me that much pleasure.” Since 2011 Free has been visiting area nursing homes and residential centers at Christmas to ensure each resident receives a gift and holiday greeting...

The Dexter Elks prepared food boxes to feed 50 families for Christmas. The baskets consisted of dry goods, canned foods, potatoes, milk and more. Pictured with the boxes food prior to their delivery are Elks members Jeannie Triplett, Cathy Christian, Barb Duckworth, Dee Dee Schmidt and Kathy Cato...