Stories from Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Loretta Louise Vardell Roach, 92, of Puxico, passed away on October 10, 2022 at Cypress Point Nursing Center in Dexter, MO. She was born November 13, 1929 in Puxico, the daughter of Lonnie and Edna Hughes Vardell. Loretta had been instrumental in the development of the Stoddard County Ambulance District. She had worked as an EMT; she was the first employee to ever retire from the Stoddard County Ambulance District...

La Gina Renee Kirkman, daughter of Allen McCoy and the late Lisa VonRuedgisch was born on July 25, 1992 in Sikeston, Missouri and departed this life on October 12, 2022 in Gideon, Missouri at the age of 30. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, October 16,2022. Interment followed in the Hagy Cemetery...

Gerald Duane Jones, son of Reuben Jones and Sandra L. Charboneau Jones, was born on November 7, 1968, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on October 10, 2022, in Bloomfield, Missouri, at the age of 53. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Reva Pruett, daughter of the late James Bloys Cook and Lottie Robey Cook, was born on September 21, 1931, in Aquilla, Missouri, and departed this life on October 11, 2022, in Piedmont, Missouri, at the age of 91. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, October 17, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

The first annual Stoddard County Spooktacular raised $16, 220 for the American Cancer Society Saturday evening. Participation in the Relay events had decreased over the years. Belinda Worley and other Stoddard County organizers were asked by the American Cancer Society to come up with an event for Stoddard County. That event is the Stoddard County Spooktacular...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Kay Asbell 10/03/22 to 10/07/22 • James C. Lovins to Melinda C. Allen, SEC 9, TWP 23 R 9 • William Curtis Galloway to Joey Arvel Pennington, SEC 21, 22, 27 & 28, TWP 25 R 8 • Addie Pernal Byrd, Christella Byrd Benson, Lasonia Michelle Byrd, Anthony Bernard Byrd, II, Alexis Jordin Byrd, Bishop Bernard Byrd, Spencer Byrd, Schellone Alan Byrd, Schevella Anika Byrd, Annrell Byrd Benson, Brian Randall Byrd, Ginger Robin Lea Byrd, Spencer Robert Lee Byrd, Darricus Tyrone Luster, Hilda Loretta Lively Byrd, Gus Lee Byrd, Jr., Katie Marie Byrd, Crystal Nicole Byrd, Beverely Gail Byrd, Bernard Leonard Byrd, Sol Nathan Byrd, Jr., Sherie Taylor, Ada Byrd to Addie Pernal Byrd, Christella Byrd Benson, Lasonia Michelle Byrd, Anthony Bernard Byrd, II, Alixis Jordin Byrd, Bishop Bernard Byrd, Spencer Byrd, Schellone Alan Byrd, Schevella Anika Byrd, Annrell Byrd Benson, Brian Randall Byrd, Ginger Robin Lea Byrd, Spencer Robert Lee Byrd, Darricus Tyrone Luster, Hilda Loretta Lively Byrd, Gus Lee Byrd, Jr., Katie Marie Byrd, Crystal Nicole Byrd, Beverely Gail Byrd, Bernard Leonard Byrd, Sol Nathan Byrd, Jr., Sherie Taylor, Ada Byrd, SEC 11, TWP 27 R 12. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Chinese national attending Southeast Missouri State University will spend the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Haoyu Wang, 29, was sentenced Monday to serve 84 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau...