Stories from Tuesday, August 17, 2021

The City of Clarkton has issued a mandatory boil water order until further notice. The city will release updates as needed.

Colonel Willard L. Bean (MOARNG, ret.), age 88, of Jefferson City, Mo. passed away peacefully Friday, 6 August 2021 at home surrounded by his family. He was born on 18 August 1932 in Dexter, the son of Lyman L. and Pauline Cranick Bean. Colonel Bean graduated from Dexter High School in 1950. He attended numerous civilian and military schools and has a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia College...

Matt Thurmon, son of Elaine Acord Thurmon of Broseley, Missouri was born on November 16, 1973, in Hayti, Missouri and departed this life on August 11, 2021, at the age of 47. Matt was an insurance agent with Shelter Insurance in Dexter, Missouri and had also been serving as the general manager at Hidden Trails Country Club. ...

Gloria Kay Bell, daughter of the late Leon Marcus and Mary Ruth Schrader Marcus, was born on November 21, 1949, and departed this life on August 10, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 71 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, August 13, 2021...

Michael Allen Caldwell, son of the late Richard Caldwell and Dorothy Rowe Caldwell, was born on September 1, 1951, in Frisco, Missouri, and departed this life on August 10, 2021, in the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 69 years...

Byron Dale Vancil, son of Beatrice Mae Baldwin Vancil and the late Dewey Vancil Jr., was born on January 6, 1960, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on August 11, 2021 at his residence in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 61 years. A graveside service was conducted on Sunday, August 15, 2021 in the Bernie Cemetery in Bernie, Missouri...

Ray D. Patterson, son of the late D. W. Patterson and Ola Singleton Patterson, was born on May 8, 1935, in Hector, Arkansas, and departed this life on August 14, 2021, at his residence in Bell City, Missouri, at the age of 86 years. A graveside service was conducted on Wednesday, August 18w, 2021 in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Bell City, Missouri...

Katelyn Nicole Lang-Gamache, daughter of Keith Lang and Tabatha Holmes Gamache, was born on October 24, 1993, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on August 13, 2021, at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley, Alabama, at the age of 27 years...

Dane Morgan, son of Susan Miller-Swiney of Virginia was born on December 3, 1966, in El Cajon, California and departed this life on August 13, 2021, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 54. A graveside service was conducted on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri...

• Casey Hernandez, 32 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine. • James Dudley, 56 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on charges of simple assault and an other agency warrant. • Colton Averett, 24 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine...

• A Malden woman was injured in a single vehicle accident at Route MM and Route U three miles west of Bernie. According to the missouri Highway Patrol report Allyssa R. Hoehn, 21 of Malden, was northbound in a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu when her vehicle left the right side of the roadway, struck a ditch and overturned. Hoeh received minor injuries and was transported by private vehicle to SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County in Dexter for treatment...

• John David Qualls age 37 of Dexter was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a butler county warrant for probation violation bond set at $1000 cash only & he bonded out • Trivade V Brooks, 45 of Dexter, was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a warrant for probation violation – he given an or bond and released...

BLOOMFIELD — The city of Dexter will receive no funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the EF-2 tornado that struck the northeastern part of the city on July 10. Dexter EMA Director Don Seymore told the Stoddard County Commissioner during Monday’s meeting that he received a letter on Friday that said the city didn’t qualify for the funds...

7The Stoddard County Fair is returning in September after the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation in 2020. This year will mark the 94th edition of the fair. The fair will take place Sept. 21 to 25 at the Stoddard County Fairgrounds. The fair will open with the traditional Stoddard County Fair Parade in Downtown Dexter. Stoddard County Fair Board Chairman Henry Kestner said anyone interested in entering a float or being a parade entry should contact the Dexter Chamber of Commerce...

Veterans from all eras are reacting to the events in Afghanistan, such as the U.S. withdrawal and the takeover by the Taliban. “You are not alone,” said John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Director, Drew DeWitt. “Veterans may question the meaning of their service or whether it was worth the sacrifices they made. ...