Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Aug. 24-28, 2020 • Carl G. Jones and April Jones to Garryl E. McCabe. Glenn’s Addition Advance Block 6 Lot 9. • Andrew Robey and Leah Robey to Kristopher Blake Keasler and Victoria Danielle Lowrey. Section 32 Township 25 Range 10...

The Puxico Board of Aldermen approved a resolution at its August meeting that would approve a Rural Development $300,000 community facilities disaster grant to do repair work on city streets. This grant has a matching portion of $100,000 that the city will be paying. Alderman Harlan Lamb moved that the board approve Resolution 20-02, giving the mayor the authority to approve, accept and take all actions necessary for the street repair/resurfacing grant. The board approved this resolution...

Four Advance residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:13 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, on Highway 25, one mile north of Advance. According to the report, Billy G. Limbaugh, 85, of Advance was operating a 2002 Lincoln Town Car westbound when he failed to yield and drove into the path of a 2004 Chevrolet Impala being driven southbound by Michael S. Boyer, 40, of Advance...

Jennolia Ann Leathers, daughter of the late Ralph Andrew Jackson Shipley and Loedith Colvin Shipley was born on June 28, 1948 in Portageville and departed this life on September 7, 2020 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 72...

Harold Holmes, son of the late Raymond Holmes and Ruby Holmes, was born on January 19, 1931 in Sikestonand departed this life on September 4, 2020 at his residence in Dexter, at the age of 89 years. Graveside services were conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Tuesday, September 8, with full military honors...

Wesley Paul Bates 39 of Bernie died September 1, 2020 at his home in Bernie.  Visitation was held Saturday, September 5, 2020 from 10 a.m. until noon in Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.  Funeral services were conducted then at noon in the Mathis Funeral Chapel. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery...

Trellis Bansept, daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson Rhea and Clara Marie Cole Rhea was born in Parma, Missouri on March 13, 1935 and departed this life at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on September 2. 2020 at the age of 85. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...

Robert Earl Morris, son of the late Earl Barnett Morris and Ruby Healy Morris James was born on January 11, 1945 in Zanesville, Ohio, and departed this life on September 6, 2020 at the SoutheastHealth of Cape Girardeau at the age of 75. Mr. Morris was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He was a farmer and the former owner of Morris Motors in Sikeston. He was currently serving as a Pike Township Board Member. He was an avid outdoorsman, and loved to hunt and fish...

Earl Junior Schatte, 80 of Bernie, Missouri died August 28, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Healthcare in Poplar Bluff.  No services are being planned at this time.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie in charge of arrangments.

Dora Sophia Baker, daughter of the late Henry Wauer and Clare Ossenfort Wauer, was born on February 19, 1930 in Essex and departed this life on August 28, 2020 at Woodlake Nursing Home in Clute, Texas, at the age of 90 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, September 4, 2020. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Collin Lewis Dover son of the late Raymond and Verda Dover was born on June 10, 1938 in Jonesboro, Illinois and departed this life on September 6, 2020 at his residence in Dexter at the age of 82. Mr. Dover was a Veteran of the United States Army where he served as a paratrooper with the 82nd and 18th Air Borne out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ...

• Jimmy Buck Sr., 59, of Dexter was arrested at 3:45 p.m. Aug. 31 on suspicion of contempt of court. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail. • Bradley Wallace, 21, of Dexter was arrested at 2:07 p.m. Sept. 1 on suspicion of resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...

• A 36-year-old Puxico woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4, on Business Highway 67 at County Road 472 in Butler County. According to the report, David W. Erickson, 44, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 2001 Ford pickup southbound when it struck a 2003 Ford being driven by Rebecca M. Null in the rear...

• Corey Allen Foster, 30, of Dexter was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a failure to appear warrant. He was released on bond. • Marco Daveere Frazier, 25 year old male from Poplar Bluff, Mo was arrested on a Stoddard county warrant for tampering with a motor vehicle 1st degree motor vehicle theft...

Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed Tuesday by Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center. Godwin confirmed 12 recoveries as well. Eight of the new cases were confirmed over the holiday weekend with two on Saturday, two on Sunday and four on Monday...