Stories from Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Dexter High School golf at Kennett, softball at Bloomfield, Dexter middle school baseball vs Advance and middle school track at East Prairie have all been cancelled due to inclement weather. Bernie baseball and softball vs Woodland is also postponed. No make up dates have been announced...

The Stoddard County Commission accepted a bid for a new fire alarm monitoring system and service for the Stoddard County government building in Bloomfield. William Dowdy with maintenance said the current fire alarm panel works on 50 to 53 milliamps and is designed for a copper phone line. ...

Margie Campbell of Evans Mills, New York daughter of the late E.B. and Mary (Goodwin) Griffin was born on February 05, 1932 in Anniston, Missouri passed away on March 14, 2022 in Watertown, New York at the age of 90 years. She had lived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Killeen, Texas, Bloomfield, Missouri, Arlington, Kentucky. She was part of TOPS, Inc Class, loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren with all her heart. She enjoyed word search puzzles, to stitch and loved to sing...

James Alfred Baker, son of the late Melvin Cecil Baker and Emeline Hutchcraft Baker, was born on December 23, 1935, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on March 12, 2022, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, March 31, 2022, from 9 a.m. ...

Johnnie Wayne Fry, son of the late Joseph Allen Fry and Juanita Harris Redman, was born on June 15, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on March 11, 2022, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 79. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

Maxine Gillis, daughter of the late Robert A. Garner and Cora Lee DeArman Garner, was born on August 31, 1925, in Pyletown, Missouri, and departed this life on March 18, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 96. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, March 21, 2022. Interment followed in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Juanita Lamunion, daughter of the late Triss Watson and Fannie Lane Watson, was born on October 29, 1921, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on March 21, 2022, in Welch, West Virginia, at the age of 100. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Friday, March 25, 2022, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, March 25, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released a report in the series of accidents on Interstate 57 that left five dead and 15 injured last Thursday. Reports of six deaths were widely reported on Friday; however, the Highway Patrol reports only five deaths. Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker said, “Communication was screwy (last Thursday).”...