Stories from Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Mary Lee Craft, 97 of Bernie passed away March 27, 2022 at Malden. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Bernie Cemetery starting at 11:00 A.M. Interment following. Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

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. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Friday, March 25, 20222. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Peggy Laverne Kirkbride, daughter of the late Raymond Walker and Frankie Barker Almond, was born on May 25, 1943, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on March 21, 2022, in Piggott, Arkansas, at the age of 78. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Interment followed in the Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Wanda Laverne Jame, 78 of Essex, Mo. died March 24, 2022 at St. Francis medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. James was born April 7, 1943 to Joseph “Pete” and Gertrude Brandford Cochran. She had lived at Birds Corner in Essex, Mo. for 46 years. She was a member of the Birds Corner Assembly of God Church. She enjoyed reading and going to garage sales...

Tony Wade Zimmerman, son of Howard Zimmerman and Shirley Thurston Zimmerman, was born on November 14, 1958, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on March 26, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 63 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 2:30 p.m...

Timothy Lee Harris, son of the late Billy Harris and Alma Coatney Harris, was born on December 9, 1978, in Dexter and departed this life on March 27, 2022, in Dexter, at the age of 43. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel at 5 p.m...

Maxine G. Harper, daughter of the late Ethel Smithson Guilliams and Marvin Guilliams, was born on January 3, 1933, in Gatewood, Missouri, and departed this life on March 25, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 89. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

The Bloomfield School District has announced via social media that its students will be kept on campus this afternoon until after the predicted storms pass through the area. “After watching the noon weather, it looks like the storm is going to be on top of our district during dismissal and bus route time,” said Bloomfield Superintendent Toni Hill. “At this time, we will be keeping students on campus until the storm threat passes. Predictions seem to indicate this will be around 4 p.m.”...

A Dexter man was convicted on Tuesday of multiple offenses in a Stoddard County courtroom. Stoddard County prosecutor Russ Oliver said Jerry Michael Pierce was convicted of four counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, one count of statutory rape in the first degree and one count of child molestation in the second degree. ...

A Poplar Bluff School District teacher who was currently on administrative leave and under investigation by law enforcement was found dead Wednesday morning. Softball head coach Joel McDuffey, 37, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Butler County Coroner Jim Akers...