Stories from Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Around 40 people attended the public hearing concerning the possible legalization of UTVs on the streets of Dexter. Dexter City Administrator Trevor Pulley said the hearing would have a duration of 20 minutes and anyone who wished to speak would have three minutes. Only those living in the city limits could speak...

Nelda J. Eakin, daughter of the late Carl Driskill and Hazel Hessling Driskill, was born on June 18, 1934, in Catron, Missouri, and departed this life on November 29, 2021, at Cedarhurst Memory Care in Shiloh, Illinois, at the age of 87 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Interment followed in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston...

Denise Renee Marcum, daughter of Dennis Evans and Etta Jean Pyle Ross, was born on July 5, 1971, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on November 29, 2021, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the age of 50 years. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, December 4, 2021. Interment followed in the Dogwood Cemetery in East Prairie...

Bruce Lee Fetters, son of the late Norman Bruce Fetters and Evalee Sielert, was born on March 27, 1942, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on December 4, 2021, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 9 a.m. ...

Billy “Bill” Gene Davis, son of the late Jerrel “Pete” Davis and Diana Joyce Hartline Davis, was born on August 21, 1957, in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life on November 29, 2021, in Clinton, Missouri, at the age of 64 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, December 10, 2021, from 1 p.m. ...

Gerald Northington, son of the late C. L. Northington and Leila Mae Guinn Northington, was born on December 26, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on December 5, 2021, at his residence in Dudley, Missouri, at the age of 75 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, December 9, 2021, from 12:30 p.m. ...

The Clarkton Christmas Parade will take place Saturday, December 11. Floats, cars, trucks, atv’s, horses, tractors and pageant queens are welcome to enter. The parade will end at the Ernie Woodall Park with the lighting of the city Christmas Tree and Santa...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County taxpayers will have the option of paying their personal property and real estate taxes in installments beginning in 2022. The Stoddard County Commission voted 3-0 during Monday’s meeting to allow County Collector Joshua Speakman to enter into an agreement with taxpayers who choose to make prepaid estimated monthly installments on the upcoming year’s taxes...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell Nov. 22-26, 2021 • Mary Jane Schneider and Hershel Schneider Jr. to Matthew A. Mills Trust. SEC 13 TWP 24 R 9. • Franklin D. Welter and Linda L. Welter to Welter Farms. SEC 1 TWP 26 R 8. • Sarah Terrell Craig to David Craig. SEC 32 TWP 25 R 12...