Stories from Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Merle Taylor, daughter of the late Thomas N. Smith and Dora Garner Smith, was born on November 27, 1923, near Dexter and departed this life on February 28, 2022, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 98. Merle attended Dexter Public Schools and graduated with the class of 1941. ...

LC Burchell, son of the late Lindsay and Emily Burchell, was born on April 9, 1939, in Gosnell, Arkansas, and departed this life on February 23, 2022, at the age of 82. A memorial service will be held at the Lynn Oak General Baptist Church in Clarkton, Missouri, on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at noon. A graveside service will then be conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 11 a.m...

Rosemary Walker, daughter of the late Rev. Sam W. Pulliam and Georgia Ethel Cox Pulliam, was born on May 4, 1927, in Ripley County, Missouri and departed this life on February 24, 2022, at the age of 94. Visitation will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield, Missouri, on Saturday, March 5, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Funeral services will immediately follow at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Barbara Brown, daughter of the late Dolan Sontag and Carol Putnam Sontag, was born on January 21, 1946, in Pontiac, Michigan, and departed this life on February 25, 2022, at the age of 76. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, February 28, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Randy Malloy, son of Betty McGinnis Malloy and the late Dwight Malloy, was born on April 27, 1955, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life on February 27, 2022, at the age of 66. No services are currently planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

Carol Denise Hutchcraft, daughter of the late John Grubbs and Mildred Edge Grubbs, was born on November 28, 1959, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on February 15, 2022, at the age of 62. A memorial service was held at Lighthouse Christian Center in Dexter on Tuesday, March 1, 2022...

The Dexter Knights of Columbus will hold its first fish fry of the Lenten season Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic church Parish Center. The menu will consist of fish, slaw, hush puppies and potato. The event will be drive thru or carry out only. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the event...

The 25th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Ecumenical Corned Beef & Cabbage Event will be held Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Sacred Heart Parish Center on E. Castor St. in Dexter from 11:00 am until 6:30pm. The event will include a meal, music provided by area musicians, a General Store featuring local homemade items, and a charity drawing for four unique items...

SIKESTON— Route 153 will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform signage repairs.  This section of roadway is located from Highway 60 to County Road 706, east of Essex, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Thursday, March 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m...

SIKESTON— Route 114 will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform signage repairs.  This section of roadway is located from US 60 to County Road 775, West of Essex, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Thursday, March 3 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m...