Stories from Tuesday, October 26, 2021

BLOOMFIELD — The bell will be ringing and the clock will be ticking soon at the Stoddard County Courthouse. The Stoddard County Commission voted 3-0 Monday morning to allow S&N Clock Repair, of Cape Girardeau, to fix the clock at a cost of $5,000, as well as pay the company $800 annually to maintain it...

The Dexter School Board faced a busy agenda at its October meeting. Several policy updates were approved along with the budget and assessment report. The updated board policies were presented by Superintendent Amy James at the September meeting for the board to review and hold a final vote at the October meeting. ...

Emogean Mays, age 95, passed away on October 25, 2021 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, MO. She was born on June 12, 1926 in Sandy Ridge, AR. to the late Floyd and Eva Pivas Bell. On November 3, 1947 in Marston, MO. she married Dick Mays who preceded her in death on April 12, 2003...

Richard Lee Davis, son of the late Alro Truman Davis and Georgia Mae Lane Davis, was born on October 1, 1943, in Granite City, Illinois, and departed this life on October 17, 2021, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 78. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, October 24, 2021...

Edward Allen Edmonds, son of the late Arvil Edward Edmonds and Mildred Deloris McDonald Edmonds was born January 20, 1950 in Daniels, Maryland and departed this life on October 24, 2021 at his home in Bernie, after fighting a long battle with cancer...

Reva J. Raymo, daughter of the late Cecil Waggoner and Edith Perry Waggoner was born on January 27, 1941, in Pyletown, Missouri and departed this life on October 22, 2021, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 80. A graveside service was conducted on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, in the Sycamore Cemetery in Dexter...

Tony Hicks, son of the late Hurley Hicks and Maybelle Allred Hicks, was born on October 22, 1946, in Ramseur, North Carolina and departed this life on October 23, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 75. No services are being planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

John Louis Steven Stanford II, son of John Stanford and Pam Stephens Treat, was born on June 4, 1982, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on October 21, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 39. Funeral services were conducted at Westwood Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff on Sunday, October 24, 2021. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Jerry Lee Craft 79 of Bernie, passed away October 20, 2021 at Cape Girardeau, Mo.   No services are being planned at this time.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements.

Dexter Police Chief Hank Trout and the Dexter Police Department are hoping everyone has a safe Halloween and will be safe at the various Halloween events in Dexter. The department has released a list of safety tips for parents and children this halloween:...