Stories from Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Michael Lee Rainey, age 74 of Jackson, Tennessee formerly of Dexter passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 in Jackson. He was born on December 11, 1945 in Poplar Bluff, to the late Loyd Gene and Mary Keathley Rainey. He served in the United States Army as a First Lieutenant during the Vietnam War. He worked at the Dexter Memorial Hospital for over 20 years and was an active member and deacon at First Baptist Church in Dexter...

Kenneth D. Minton, son of the late Roy Minton and Sarah Meade Minton was born on February 19, 1930 at rural Dexter and departed this life in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center on February 22, 2020 at the age of 90. Mr. Minton was a member of the Pleasant Grove Community Church, he was the owner of Kenneth Minton Farms, a former board member of the Dexter Memorial Hospital, a former board member of First Midwest Bank and First Commercial Bank...

Charles Albert Johnson, son of the late Lester Johnson and Donnzella Wollem Johnson, was born on June 2, 1948 in Dudley and departed this life on February 17, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 71 years...

Phyllis J. Dowdy, daughter of the late Thelbert Coleman and Marjorie Lane Coleman, was born on May 15, 1946 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on February 17, 2020 at Bloomfield Living Center in Bloomfield, at the age of 73 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, February 21, 2020. Interment followed in the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter...

Winona Ann Morgan, daughter of the late Roger Ream and Alice Hewitt Lightfoot, was born on March 5, 1935 in Aurora, Illinois and departed this life on February 17, 2020 at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 84 years...

Calvin Ray Sandlin, son of the late Fieldin Floyd Sandlin and Dorothy Rice Sandlin was born on April 17, 1965 in Malden and departed this life on February 21, 2020 at the Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton, Illinois at the age of 54. Visitation will be conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, February 28, 2020 from 5 p.m. ...

Leslie “Les” R. Fields, son of the late James “Jack” and Darlene Fields, was born June 16, 1940 and departed this life February 22, 2020 at the age of 79. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

• A report of fraudulent use of a credit/debit card was made at 11:51 a.m. Jan. 29 at 301 W. Business 60. • A report of first-degree property damage was made at 5:22 a.m. Feb. 2 at 13 W. Business 60 Rear. Investigation is ongoing. • A report of illegal dumping was made at 9:59 a.m. Feb. 2 at 224 E. Business 60. A citation was issued...

• A 47-year-old Dexter woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, on Highway AB, six miles east of Essex. According to the report, Kimberly J. Vincent was operating a 2004 Ford pickup eastbound when it ran off the right side of the road. Vincent reportedly overcorrected, which caused her truck to overturn...

• Caleb Edward Cockrell, 26 of Vanduser, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for Stealing Motor Vehicle. • Jeri Ann Dejournett, 32 of Bloomfield, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for Failure to Appear-Felony. • Jerry Lynn Howell, 57 of Advance, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for probation violation...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Feb. 10-14, 2020 • Lonnie R. Watkins Trust and Katie G. Watkins Trust to Lonnie R. Watkins Trust and Katie G. Watkins Trust. Sections 16 and 30-31 Township 26 Range 12. SEC 13 TWP 26 R 11. • HM Julian and Haline Julian to Judy Gale Kent and HM Overall Julian. Harlan’s Second Addition Gray Ridge Block 2 Lots 1-4. SEC 8 TWP 25 R 8...

The Dexter School Board hired a new custodial company as well as approved changes to the building projects. Currently the Dexter School District holds a contract with Abbco. However the staff in the district has been unhappy with Abbco’s work. Superintendent C.A. ...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County EMA Director Kent Polsgrove told the county commission that he has submitted the fiscal 2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant application to the State Emergency Management Agency. Polsgrove told the commissioners at Monday’s meeting that he requested $20,511.81 in matching funds...

“Back in the 50s, my husband and I lived in Tucson, Arizona,” recalls Marie Quinn of Dexter. “One day we were driving in the car and I wasn’t really paying attention to what was playing on the radio, but at the end of the song the announcer said, ‘That was Elvis Presley.’ “I remarked to my husband that I had a cousin named Elvis Presley—never dreaming it was the same person!”...