Stories from Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Patricia S. Adkins, daughter of the late Edgar Palmer and Pearl Swan Palmer, was born on November 22 1954 in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on December 10, 2020 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery...

Loudean Starnes, age 93, departed from this earth on December 3, 2020. She was surrounded by her beloved family at her home. She is the daughter of Willie and Bessie Wallace. Her parents preceded her in death. Her husband, Leon “Pete” Starnes preceded her in death December 13, 1972. ...

Melvyn Charles “Mel” Jones was born on July 11, 1945, in Coventry in Warwickshire, England, the son of the late Charles and Edith Jones. He died of complications from Covid-19 on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 75...

Nancy Diane Crowe of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Noel Gene and Eileen McRoy Crowe was born on May 1, 1955, in Dexter and passed away at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on December 9, 2020, at the age of 65 years. She grew up in Bloomfield and was of the Christian Faith...

Stephen Paul Tucker, son of James Edward Tucker and the late Dorlus Lawrence Tucker, was born on February 16, 1964 in Braggadocio, Missouri, and departed this life on December 13, 2020 at the Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 56 years...

Michael Francis Dugan, son of the late William C. Dugan and Ruby Crabb Dugan, was born on March 13, 1948 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 8, 2020 near Dexter, Missouri, in his duck club south of Dudley, at the age of 72 years...

Benjamin Thomas Burge, son of the late Joyce Burge, was born on April 25, 1984 in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on December 4, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 36 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Interment followed in the New Essex Cemetery in Essex, Missouri...

Jessie Wayne Barnes, 97 of Bernie, Passed away December 2, 2020 at Cape Girardeau, Mo.  Private Services are being planned with burial in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery with Full Military Honors.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie, Missouri in charge of all arrangements...

Debra “Debbie” Jean Hunt, 51, passed December 8, 2020 at Cape Girardeau, Mo  Graveside services were conducted at Bernie Cemetery, Friday, December 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.   Mathis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

George “Wayne” Tumbleson was born January 31, 1939 in Lamar, Arkansas, to the late Victor and Beulah Jones Tumbleson and departed this life on December 4, 2020 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 81 years. A memorial service will be announced sometime this spring...

Elizabeth “Betsy” Ann Mais Hierholzer, daughter of the late Alexander J. Mais and Anna C. Schatz Mais, was born on April 6, 1927 in Verona, Missouri, and departed this life on December 9, 2020 at Mulberry Manor in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 93 years...

McIvan Jones was born April 27, 1941 in Dorena, Missouri, to the late Mack and Elois Doss Jones and departed this life on December 14, 2020 at his residence in East Prairie, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. A private family service was held Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston. Interment followed in the I.O.O.F Cemetery in Charleston...

Willard Rampley of Dexter, son of the late Joeseph and Blanche Rampley, was born in Zadock, Missouri on July 16, 1931 and passed away at Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter on December 06, 2020, at the age of 89 years. On December 24, 1955 he was married to Norma Kern Rampley, in Nashville Tennessee; she precedes him in death on December 19, 2018...

Weldon Reed Jones, son of the late James Jones and Cora Canady Jones, was born on June 21, 1926 in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on December 7, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 wears. Mr. Jones was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II and he was a former employee of the City of Dexter. ...

Howard Hill, son of the late Weldon E. Hill and Lois E. Almond Hill Russell was born December 3, 1936 in Pontiac, Michigan, and departed this life on December 13, 2020 at River Mist Assisted Living in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 84. On July 6, 1961, he was united in marriage to Carole Pillow in Malden. Mrs. Hill preceded him in death on August 11, 2004...

The director of the Stoddard County Health Center, Ben Godwin, confirmed the 56th COVID-19 related death. The death was not related to a nursing home outbreak. Godwin also confirmed 15 new cases of COVID-19 and 22 recoveries. The county now sits at 2,504 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 122 active, 2,326 recoveries and 56 deaths...

BLOOMFIELD — A Bernie man will undergo another mental examination to determine whether he understands the wrongfulness of his conduct at the time he allegedly abandoned the body of a woman in 2018. Associate Circuit Judge Joe Satterfield issued an order Tuesday for Corey L. Gill to undergo a “pre-trial psychiatric examination on the issue of criminal responsibility.”...