Stories from Tuesday, June 23, 2020

BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission announced an amended version of the COVID-19 joint order originally issued April 1 that featured provisions to help combat the spread of the disease. Besides the commission, the joint order was issued by Stoddard County Health Officer Dr. Bobby J. Jibbin and the Stoddard County Health Department...

The Stoddard County SB40 Board accepted the resignation of administrator Dana McClure Monday evening at a special meeting. The board agreed to pay the new administrator a starting salary of $20 to $23 per hour. The new administrator will work approximately 10 hours a month...

A 50-year-old Essex man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 22, on U.S. 67, south of Highway JJ, in Butler County. According to the report, Scott T. Janes, 34, of Broseley was operating a 1997 Intrenational dump truck southbound when it was struck in the rear by a 2011 Chevrolet pickup being operated by Noland C. Clark...

What is better than one band director? That would be two band directors. After the retirement of longtime band director Scott Rybolt, the Dexter School Board made the decision to hire co-band directors Cody Jinkerson and Kyle Clay. Jinkerson is a familiar face to Dexter band students, as he has worked with Rybolt for the past six years. ...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Public Health Center, has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 and eight recoveries since Friday. The three new cases are not related to the nursing home outbreak. Of the eight recoveries four are from the nursing home outbreak and the other four are outside the nursing home. There are now 12 active cases in the nursing home and 13 outside the nursing home...

Helen Margaret Chasteen, daughter of the late William Fields and Lydia Akers Fields, was born on December 5, 1927 in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on June 17, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 92 years...

Estell Cook 80, of Malden passed away June 17, 2020 at Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Missouri.  Visitation was conducted Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from 10 a.m. until noon.   Funeral Services were conducted at noon at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri.  Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of arrangements...

William Darrell Grimm, son of Shirley Ann Webb DeVore and the late William Eugene Grimm, was born on November 13, 1967 in Wurzberg, Germany and departed this life on June 17, 2020 in Laredo, Texas at the age of 52 years. Graveside services will be conducted at Webb Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri on Wednesday, July 1, 2020...

Sheena Lenett Donaldson Hooper 36, passed away June 14, 2020 at her home in Parma.  Visitation was Monday June 22, 2020 from 11 a.m. until noon  in the Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Funeral services were conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel at noon. Interment followed in Macedonia Cemetery of Malden.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of all arrangements...

Robert Edward Kennedy, 50 of Bernie, passed away June 19, 2020 at Cape Girardeau, Mo.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday night, June 23, 2020 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday June 24, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment followed in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is in charge of all arrangements...

Peggy Louise Harris, of Florence, Alabama, formerly of Bloomfield, Missouri, was born February 10, 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on Wednesday June 17, 2020 at North Alabama Medical Center at the age of 90 years, after a brief illness...

Maxine Simmons, daughter of the late Ed and Pearle Albertson Goode was born on January 26, 1919 in Big Ridge, Missouri and passed away on June 19, 2020 in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 101. Private funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston, Missouri...

William “Bill” Ray Francis Sr., son of the late Joe Francis and Mable Joseph Francis, was born on March 31, 1938 in Pontiac, Michigan, and departed this life on June 17, 2020 at Bethesda Dilworth Skilled Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 82 years...

William Darrell Grimm, son of Shirley Ann Webb DeVore and the late William Eugene Grimm, was born on November 13, 1967 in Wurzberg, Germany and departed this life on June 17, 2020 in Laredo, Texas at the age of 52 years. Graveside services will be conducted at Webb Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri on Wednesday, July 1, 2020...

Donna Kay Whitley, daughter of the late Robert Miller and Patricia Sullivan Hart, was born on October 7, 1964 in Hayti, Missouri, and departed this life on June 19, 2020 at Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 56 years. Visitation was held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from noon until 2 p.m. ...

Don Alan King, son of the late William Gale King and Hazel Leonna Phelps King, was born on August 22, 1942 in Bell City, Missouri and departed this life on April 9, 2020 at his residence in Dexter at the age of 77 years. Friends may call at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, June 27, 2020 from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 1 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield...

• Dorothy Marie Sales, 49 of Poplar Bluff, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on probation/parole violation. • Rebecca Lynn Day, 45 of Sikeston, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid...

• David L. Spangler, 26, of Janesville, Wisconsin, was arrested at 6:02 p.m. Saturday, June 13, on suspicion of DWI. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail and released. • Carl A. Birchenough, 46, of Dexter was arrested at 5:52 p.m. Saturday, June 13, on suspicion of DWI. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail and released...

• Ricky House Jr., 38, of Dexter, was arrested at 3:50 a.m. June 3 on a Dexter municipal failure-to-appear warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail. • William Nienajadlo, 45, of Bloomfield, was arrested at 1:13 p.m. June 3 on a Dexter municipal failure-to-appear warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell June 8-12, 2020 • Donald Jackson to Don Benjamin Murphy and Kristy Sue Murphy. Section 34 Township 25 Range 10. • Victoria S. Green to James Robbins and Carmen Robbins. Ardeola Block 4 Lots 7-12...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Public Health Center, has confirmed the recovery of a COVID patient not related to the nursing home outbreak. Additionally he stated there were no new confirmed cases on Tuesday. The county stands at 125 confirmed cases with 24 active, 93 recovered and eight deaths...