Stories from Tuesday, June 28, 2022

The Dexter Board of aldermen held a special meeting Monday afternoon to start formulating a plan to move forward with repairs to the lagoon and sewage system in the city. City Administrator Trevor Pulley and city engineer Rich Cochran said the city is currently in violation with the ammonia levels at the east lagoon. ...

Marilyn Irene York, 69 of Bernie, passed away June 21, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Missouri.  A Celebration of Life is being planned by the family at a later date.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Roy Harris, son of the late Arthur and Leola Harris, was born on March 4, 1935, in Alabama and departed this life on June 21, 2022, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 87 A memorial service was held at the Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Sally Leake, daughter of the late Chester Hill and Barbara Burnett Whitehead, was born on October 25, 1959, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on June 22, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 62. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements...

William “Eddie” Wilcox, 64, of Qulin, Missouri, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff.  Mr. Wilcox was born Sept. 30, 1957, in Poplar Bluff to the late Warren C. and Billie Jo Wilcox.  He was an avid outdoorsman; he enjoyed hunting and fishing. Eddie loved his family and he loved people. More than anything, he loved the Lord. He had been a longtime member of Heartland Christian Family Church in Poplar Bluff. ...

Phillip Cullum, son of Edna Jameson McIntire and the late Shirley Lee Cullum, was born on September 4, 1966, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on June 22, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 55. No services are currently planned...

Janie Battles, daughter of the late Clarence Renfro and Lula Mae White Renfro, was born on January 10, 1948, in Caraway, Arkansas, and departed this life on June 23, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 74. A memorial service will be planned at a later date...

Stanley Litviak, son of the late Anthony Litviak and Genevieve Glinski Litviak, was born on January 11, 1950, in Doniphan, Missouri, and departed this life on June 25, 2022, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 72 years. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, July 1, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. Graveside services will then be conducted on Friday, July 1, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. at Walker Cemetery in rural Bloomfield, Missouri...

Larry T. Tilley, son of the late John Henry Tilley and Vevie Drye Tilley was born on March 18, 1950, in Sherrill, Arkansas and departed this life on June 24, 2022, in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 72. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, June 27, 2022. Interment followed in the New Essex Cemetery...