Stories from Wednesday, June 1, 2022

“When you came through the gates today and looked out over this cemetery, what a beautiful sight isn't it, absolutely beautiful,” said keynote speaker Colonel Larry W. Matthews, U.S. Army Retired. “We were in Arlington last August. And for those of you who have seen it and for those who have been there of course, it is much bigger but I can tell you it is not any prettier than where we are seated today.”...

Dakoka Ann Thorne, age 82, passed away on April 27, 2022 at Victorian Gardens in Eureka, MO. She was born on September 3, 1939 in Sikeston, MO. to the late Joseph Franklin and Nancy Thelma Burris Stacy. On October 3, 1958 in Cairo, IL. she married David Thorne who survives of the home in Eureka, MO...

Wilma Arcena McGowen, 97, of Puxico, went to be with the Lord May 26, 2022, at Auburn Creek Assisted Living in Cape Girardeau. Wilma was born October 06, 1924 in Puxico to the late Audrey Azel Allen and Dena Ann Hickman Allen. She was united in marriage to Hubert “Dude” McGowen on December 05, 1940 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...

Rev. Donald Wells, son of the late Charles Wells and Jeri Thornton Wells, was born on April 11, 1940, in Matoon, Illinois, and departed this life on May 29, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 82 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Thursday, June 2, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, June 3, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery in Bernie...

Johnny “Jay” Daniels, son of the late Johnnie Daniels and Bernice Henson Daniels, was born on May 15, 1947, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on May 28, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 75. No services are currently planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

Sherry Jines, daughter of the late Leslie Curtis and Ruby Walker Curtis, was born on December 27, 1950, in Gideon, Missouri, and departed this life on May 27, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 71. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Interment followed in the Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

Joe Vinson, son of the late W. R. Vinson and Mary Taylor Vinson, was born on July 5, 1932, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life on May 30, 2022, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 89. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, June 2, 2022, from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Belinda Ann Razer, daughter of the late Bob Razer and Cloetta “Corky” Oliver Razer, was born on October 10, 1964, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on May 29, 2022, in Malden, Missouri, at the age of 57. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Alabaster Vessel Women’s Ministry Building, 27 W Business Hwy 60 Rear in Dexter, Missouri. Interment will follow in the Essex Cemetery...

Barbara Owens, daughter of the late Earl Slaughter and Pauline Kester Slaughter, was born on July 15, 1947, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on May 27, 2022, in Dexter at the age of 74. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Interment followed in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter...

• Shaun Smith, 34 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine • Davis Amy, 47 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on the charge of DWI-alcohol • Natasha Simmons, 30 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service...

A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Butler County jail after he allegedly robbed Walgreens last month. Ronnell D. Murphy, 30, of the 700 block of Davis Street is charged with the Class A felony of first-degree robbery in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred at the pharmacy on May 21...