Stories from Tuesday, June 21, 2022

The Bernie School Board approved the 2022-23 budget, high school handbooks and program evaluations at its June meeting. The first program evaluation was the Federal Program. The goal of the district is to operate the Federal Programs in an efficient manner to provide an educational benefit the district and to meet the district’s goals. Superintendent Dustin Hicks said the evaluation recommended no changes to the district’s program...

Dennis Joe “Denny” Ward, son of the late Jack Ward and Bobbie Jean Sheldon Ward, was born on June 24, 1952, in Advance, Missouri and departed this life on June 15, 2022, in Cape Girardeau, , at the age of 69. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Interment followed in the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Orval Larry Grimes, son of the late Orval Junior Grimes and Betty Lou Thomas Grimes, was born on June 16, 1949, in Pontiac, Michigan, and departed this life on June 16, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 73. Graveside services were conducted at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Tuesday, June 21, 2022...

James Lawrence “Larry” Kehoe III, D.O., son of the late James Lawrence “Buddy” Kehoe Jr. and Virgina Hackett Kehoe, was born on July 4, 1939, in Sedalia, Missouri, and departed this life on June 16, 2022, in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 82. Visitation will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter on Sunday, June 26, 2022, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m...

Thomas Wayne Bacon, son of the late William Don Bacon and Janice Ann Bacon Asberry, was born on June 6, 1957, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on June 19, 2022, in Cape Girardeau at the age of 65. A memorial service will be conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Zion Cemetery near Leora...

Maxine Brown, daughter of the late Walter Tharp and Gladys Bradbury Tharp, was born on May 2, 1934, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on June 16, 2022, at her residence in Oak Ridge, Missouri, at the age of 88 years. Graveside services were conducted at Chalk Bluff Cemetery on Monday, June 20, 2022...

Carol Elaine Vinson, daughter of the late L. E. and Gertie DeVinna, was born on April 1, 1937, in Versailles, Missouri, and departed this life on June 14, 2022, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 85. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, June 26, 2022, from noon until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at 2 p.m...

Louis Allen Schwent 52 of Bernie, passed away June 17, 2022. Visitation was at Mathis Funeral Home on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie at 1 p.m. Interment followed in Bernie Cemetery. Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Randal Len “Randy” Silliman, son of Violet Norman Silliman of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Bill Silliman, was born on July 31, 1954, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on June 14, 2022, at his residence in Slidell, Louisiana, at the age of 67 years...

• Kathy Haron, 40 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on an other agency warrant • Kenneth Rowe Jr., 36 of Cape Girardeau, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear • Marico Carter, 41 of Gibson, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant service for failure to appear/pay fine and an other agency warrant...

• Amy D. Williams, 32 of Essex, was booked on charges of driving while intoxicated (drugs) with a minor, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, failed to register motor vehicle and no seatbelt. Williams was booked at the Stoddard County Jail...