Stories from Tuesday, June 14, 2022

A Dexter man has been arrested and charged with two suspected arsons in the city. Bradley Mitchell has been charged with two counts of first degree arson. According to the probable cause statement, the Dexter Fire Department was called to a structure fire on Truitt Street in Dexter at 5:13 a.m. on June 11. The structure was an apartment building with five one story apartments...

The Puxico School board approved multiple program evaluations, student handbooks and the purchase of two buses during its June meeting. The board approved the instructional climate which includes the A+ , At Risk and Code of Conduct programs. The A+ program provides a scholarship to senior students who complete the requirements. Students in 9th through 12th grade may participate in the program. Puxico had 36 members of the senior class participate with 16 successfully meeting the requirements...

BERNIE, MO — JUNE 7, 2022 — Martin Rice Company has donated five tractor-trailer loads of rice to Convoy of Hope. This donation will provide approximately 250,000 pounds of food to those in need through Convoy’s response to the war in Ukraine. Team members began loading the first of the five trucks at 10 a.m. ...

Jacquelyn Marie Douglas MacKay of Cape Coral, FL, entered her heavenly home peacefully on June 4, 2022. Jacquelyn was born to Billie Edwin Douglas and Alma Marie Phelps on December 23, 1942, in St. Louis. Jacquelyn was a retired teacher with the Woodland R-4 School District where she taught remedial math and reading for 28 years. ...

Kristi Jo Stanford Altman, daughter of Vickie Asbell Stanford McClard of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Ronnie Stanford, was born on August 28, 1971, in Dexter and departed this life on June 6, 2022, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 50 years...

Lawrence Wayne Tillmon, age 80, went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Lawrence, “Larry” to his friends, lived a life well lived. He was born on August 20, 1941, in Bernie, Missouri. Some of his accomplishments during his life include being a United States Marine, a farmer for over 20 years, a gun smith, and at the age of 48 he made the decision to fulfill a lifelong dream to become a college graduate receiving a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology and a master’s in business administration. ...

Linda K. Smith, daughter of the late Hoyte and Ida Jurline Presley, was born on August 30, 1949, in Poinsett, Arkansas and departed this life on June 8, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 72. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Interment followed in the Dudley Cemetery...

Bruce Dewayne Appleton, 64 of Bernie passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at Dexter. Visitation will be held Sunday, June 12, 2022 at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, from 5 p.m. till 8 p.m. Funeral service was conducted Monday, June 13, 2022 in Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Gary Allen Hicks, son of the late Joseph Edward Hicks and Margie Nell Harris, was born on September 7, 1954, in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on June 12, 2022, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 67. Graveside services were conducted at Essex Cemetery on Tuesday, June 14, 2022...

William Greer, son of the late Elmer Greer and Ada Johnson Greer, was born on February 14, 1928, in Carryville, Arkansas, and departed this life on June 7, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 94. A memorial service will be planned at a later date...

George Edward “Sonny” Ingle, 80 of Berne, passed away June 13, 2022. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Thursday, June 16, 2022 from noon till 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted at 2 p.m in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie...

Linda K. Smith, daughter of the late Hoyte and Ida Jurline Presley, was born on August 30, 1949, in Poinsett, Arkansas and departed this life on June 8, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 72. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Interment followed in the Dudley Cemetery...