Stories from Tuesday, February 23, 2021

A 62-year-old Bernie man was found shot dead inside an apartment Sunday afternoon and Dexter police have charged Anthony Thomas Jenkins Sr. for the murder. Timmy D. Carwile was found deceased inside 314 Alice St. shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21...

The Puxico School Board held its rescheduled February meeting Thursday evening. Inclement weather had forced the meeting to be postponed for a week. The board quickly worked through a light agenda approving the 2021-22 school calendar and the staff insurance for the 2021-22 school year...

“I have always had a love for dogs always my whole life,” said K9 Biz owner Christa Tucker. “When my mom would come home there would always be a strange dog.” She said growing up everybody assumed she would become a veterinarian but it wasn’t something she felt she could do...

Carl Steven “Steve” Lewis, son of Jane Rowland Lewis of Campbell, Missouri and the late Carlton Lewis, was born on January 6, 1956 in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on February 12, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 65...

Elease Conley, daughter of the late Seth Levi Campbell and Elvie Henson Campbell, was born on August 2, 1927 in Lobelville, Tennessee, and departed this life on February 18, 2021 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 93...

Karen Yvonne Jines, daughter of Freida Martin Lee of Dexter, Missouri and the late Herbert Lee, was born on January 24, 1949 in Dearborn, Michigan, and departed this life on February 21, 2021 at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 72 years...

Mary Helen Thrower, daughter of the late Leeman Thrower and Ethelyn Hudson Thrower, was born on November 27, 1942 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on February 22, 2021 at Bloomfield Living Center in Bloomfield, Missouri at the age of 78 years...

Mildred Irene Hyslop, 88, died peacefully at her home in rural Bloomfield on the morning of Tuesday, February 23. Service information is pending, with arrangements to be under the direction of Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Clyde Dwain Hartz passed away on January 30th at his home in Sparks, Nevada.  He was 81.  He was recently honored by Puxico High School, along with other former valedictorians.   He was predeceased by his parents, Oliver William Hartz and Beulah Johnston Hartz.  He is survived by his wife, Sandra, sons Christopher and Nicholas, and by grandchildren, Jessica, Kathleen, Lauren and Bryce...

Jerry Dean Russell was born on Sept. 18, 1935 in Dexter and departed this life Jan. 21, 2021 in Battlecreek, MI. He was the son of Roscoe and Nena Buchanan Russell. He married Beverly Keathley on June 25, 1954 and they were blessed with four children; Jerry Russell Jr., LeAnne (Barry) Earls, Paula Saganek and Scott Russell_all of Michigan...

Ellen Marie Rainwater Lowe , 89, passed away on February 11, 2021 in Oxford, Mississippi. Ellen was born on March 26, 1931 in Allenville, Missouri to the late Hiram W. and Marie Lee (Polly) Smith.  She was married to Thomas L. Rainwater in Piggott, Arkansas, who passed away on August 25, 1968. ...

On Wednesday January 17th, 2021 Kimberly Gaines Wichern, our loving mother, passed away at the age of 53. Kim was born June 8th, 1967 to Barbara Sue (Stanley) Gaines and Melvin Earl Gaines. She spent her adventurous life working as a Jack of all Trades, including work as a substitute teacher, seamstress, dental hygienist, event planner, and executive assistant in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Feb. 8-12, 2021 • Donald Wallace III and Katie Ann Wallace to Luke D. Eftink. Glenn’s Addition Advance Block 11 Lot 2. • Janice Hancock and Bobby J. Hancock to Shirley J. Boswell and Thomas L. Boswell. SEC 4 TWP 25 R 8...