Stories from Wednesday, April 6, 2022

A Stoddard County man, Bobby Riddell, was sentenced to 24 years incarceration for statutory sodomy in the first degree by Circuit Court Judge Robert N. Mayer. Mayer ruled that the sentence would be consecutive to a previously imposed seven year sentence in New Madrid County, for a total of 31 years...

Jessica Williams, daughter of Willie Powell and Laura Burleson Powel of Puxico, Missouri, was born on June 1, 1988, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on April 2, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 33 years...

Lem Hubbard, son of the late Richard A. Hubbard and Cora Terry Hubbard, was born on April 22, 1945, in Blytheville, Arkansas and departed this life on April 2, 2022, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 76 years. Mr. Hubbard was a jeweler and the owner of The Jewelry Shop in Dexter.  He was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ, and a resident of Dexter...

Wanda Laverne James, 78 of Essex, Mo. died March 24, 2022at St. Francis medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. James was born April 7, 1943 to Joseph “Pete” and Gertrude Bradford Cochran. She ad 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...

Thomas Hyslop, son of Dennis Hyslop of Bloomfield, Missouri and Melba Booker Pate of Bloomfield, Missouri, was born on May 11, 1971, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on March 26, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 50. No services are planned...

James Asberry, son of the late E. F. “Chuck” Asberry and Carolyn Athanas Asberry, was born on September 4, 1945, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 1, 2022, in Advance, Missouri, at the age of 76. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Funeral services were then conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Barbara Bailey, daughter of the late Conrad Shelby and Elizabeth Myrten Austin, was born on August 8, 1934, in Morehouse, Missouri, and departed this life on April 1, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 87. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. Funeral services were then conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Wes Eskew, son of the late John Wesley Eskew and Ila Rogers Eskew, was born on March 28, 1929, in Marmaduke, Arkansas, and departed this life on April 1, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 93. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, April 4, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veteran Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Marjorie “Margie” Ann Woods, daughter of the late Austin Fears and Mabel Tipton Fears, was born on February 13, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on January 22, 2022, at the age of 90. Graveside services were conducted at Bernie Cemetery on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at 10 a.m...