Stories from Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Bloomfield High School Prom sponsored by Mathis Funeral Home

Ashley Ann Groves, daughter of Jerry Groves and Marjane Davidson, was born on September 26, 1983 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and departed this life on May 2, 2021 at her residence in Dexter, at the age of 37 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, May 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 11 a.m...

Billy Gene Hughes, son of the late James Thomas Hughes and Dixie Dillon Hughes, was born on July 15, 1931 in Gray Ridge, Missouri, and departed this life on May 5, 2021 at his residence in Dexter, at the age of 89 Years. Funeral services were conducted at the Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, May 7, 2021. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Naomi Ruth Chapman Adams, daughter of the late Rev. D.D. Chapman and Lela Chapman, was born on October 10, 1930 in Dudley, Missouri, and departed this life on May 7, 2021 at her residence in Columbia, Tennessee, at the age of 90 years. Visitation will be held at the Apostolic Church in Puxico, on Thursday, May 13, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. until 2 p.m. Funeral service will then be conducted on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Puxico City Cemetery...

Luther Felix Davis, son of the late George Washington Davis and Erma Bell Woods Davis, was born in Essex on April 16, 1930, and passed away at the Puxico Nursing and Rehab., Puxico, on May 8, 2021, at the age of  91. Luther was veteran of the US Army having served during the Vietnam War and Korea after coming home from service he went to work as a maintenance man at a Lead Smelter company. He lived in Essex, Bonne Terre, and Festus, Missouri areas...

• Nakia Linsey Haw, 46 of Bernie, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on failure to appear – misdemeanor. • Kenneth Hall, 36 of Wappello, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on failure to appear – misdemeanor. • Elvis W Coleman Jr, 40 of Malden, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on non-support – total arrears in excess of 12 monthly payments due under order of support...

The Bernie School Board accepted a bid to repair, seal and stripe the parking lot. The bid was from Causey Co. LLC for $9,360. Bids were also received from Bootheel Striping and Asphalt and Robertson Bridge Utility Asphalt. The board is also looking at the possibility of adding a new parking lot addition on the south side of the high school in the future...

The 18 FORE Life Banquet will return June 4 to its traditional in-person format at the Dexter Elks Lodge. The next day on June 5 the annual golf tournament will take place at Hidden Trails Country Club. The charity will not only be celebrating its 20th anniversary, but will surpass $3 million in love offerings as well...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County’s annual tax sale will move from the courthouse steps to a computer near you this August. The sale for property on which taxes are delinquent is held annually on the fourth Monday in August. County Collector/Treasurer Joshua Speakman said the process will offer more transparency than the current method...