Stories from Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Authorities have located a woman missing since mid-August. The Dexter Police reached out to the public over the weekend for assistance in locating 20-year-old Angelina Cook who was reported last seen in the Dexter area on Aug. 12. Cook was described as a Caucasian female, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 129 pounds. Authorities said she has brown hair and brown eyes...

Nonie James Reeves, son of the late Jesse Nathan Reeves and Hazel Moreland, was born on October 18, 1946, in Rural Iron Township, of Bismarck, Missouri, and departed this life on September 21, 2021, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 74 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, September 27, 2021. Interment followed in the Masonic Cemetery in Piedmont, Missouri...

Loreda Mae Janson, daughter of the late Thurman Lestie O’Neal and Minnie Mossman O’Neal, was born on July 10, 1942, in Puxico, Missouri, and departed this life on September 26, 2021, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, September 30, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. ...

Pansy Irene Poe, daughter of the late Austin Poe and Mary Redding Poe, was born on January 15, 1953, and departed this life on September 22, 2021, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 68 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Interment followed in Rock Point Cemetery near Swinton, Missouri...

Brenda Lee Taylor, daughter of Thelma Teel Weathers of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Robert Weathers, was born on July 5, 1957, in Columbus, Ohio, and departed this life on September 22, 2021, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the age of 64 years. A memorial service was conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, September 26, 2021...

Charles Ray Corlew, son of Mary Litzler Corlew of Essex, Missouri, and the late Charles William Corlew, was born on July 24, 1965, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on September 24, 2021, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 56 years. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

Lois Ladd, daughter of Jo Ann Duley Gibson of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Arden Smith, was born on May 31, 1964, in Sonoma, California, and departed this life on September 26, 2021, in Fenton, Missouri, at the age of 57 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Interment followed in Hagy Cemetery...

Linda Faye White, daughter of the late Hanley Tilley and Nina Foster Tilley, was born on October 11, 1949, in Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life on September 25, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 71 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

The annual Life Chain will take place this Sunday, October 3 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by many local churches. Individuals will thousands of others in other communities prayerfully, peacefully and legally to protect the life of the unborn child...