Stories from Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Jimmie Ross, son of the late George Ross and Ruby Cook Ross, was born on October 10, 1943, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on October 27, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 79. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, October 31, 2022. Interment followed in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Patricia “Elaine” Brown, daughter of the late Hershel Palmer and Mary-Rita Murphy Palmer, was born on September 8, 1940, in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on October 30, 2022, in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 82. Graveside services will be held at Bernie Cemetery on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 2:00 p.m...

Michael Andrew Fritts, 71 of Bernie, passed away in Fenton, Missouri on October 28, 2022. Visitation will be conducted in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie on Thursday, November 3, 2022 from 11 a.m until 2 p.m.  Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 2 p.m. Interment in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements....

Donald Nash, son of Billy W. Nash and Wanda Hobbs Nash of Dexter, Missouri, was born on October 31, 1959, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on October 25, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, at the age of 62. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, October 28, 2022. Interment followed in the Hobbs Chapel Cemetery, in Dudley, Missouri...

Eva Nell Zimmerman passed away October 25, 2022 at Lexington, Tennessee at the age of 94.  Visitation was Friday, October 28, 2022  at Sunnyvale General Baptist Church in Rural Malden, Missouri from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.  Funeral was held in the Sunnyvale Chapel at 1 p.m.  Interment in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie assisted family with arrangements....

Michael J. Norden Jr. passed away at Poplar Bluff, Mo on October 27, 2022 at the age of 50.  Visitation was Monday, October 31, 2022 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.  Funeral services were Tuesday, November 1, 2022 starting at 11 a.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Elsie Lorraine Buttry 98, of Bernie, passed away October 31, 2022.  Visitation will be Monday, November 7, 2022 from 11 a.m. until noon.  Funeral services will then be conducted on Monday morning in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie at noon.  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with arrangements...

Shirley Fay McRoy, daughter of the late Grady Sandusky and Ruby Shelby Sandusky, was born on July 23, 1942, in Bernie, Missouri, and departed this life on October 29, 2022, at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, Missouri, at the age of 80 years. Mrs. ...

Marilyn Deloris Cartwright, daughter of Cletis A and Opal Wolpers Miller, was born April 12, 1945, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life October 29, 2022, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Facility, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 77 years old...

• Jeffery Fyke, 51 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant for failure to appear/pay fine • Allen McCoy, 45 of Dexter, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant for failure to appear/pay fine

By JOSH AYERS Editor The Quill and Scroll Chapter at Richland High School has earned a big recognition. They have been named the Quill and Scroll Chapter of the Year. But this isn’t just the chapter of the year selected from among the chapters in the United States. This is Chapter of the Year selected from among the more than 14,000 chapters world wide. Quill and Scroll has chapters in 11,300 high schools in the United States and 29 foreign countries...

Dave Cooper with the Water District 5 board asked if the ARPA funds approved by the commission for the district were for a specific project. Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington said no that it was for components. Commissioner Carrol Jarrell gave Cooper a copy of the request...

Missouri’s registered voters are asked to consider a number of proposals at the polls Tuesday, Nov.8. Among them is Missouri Constitutional Amendment 5, which if approved, creates a state Department of the National Guard. If passed by voters, the amendment effectively removes the guard from the purview of the state’s Department of Public Safety and includes a cabinet position for the guard’s adjutant general...

The low water levels of the Mississippi River — and others across the U.S. — have caused obstacles to shipping that have ripple effects on the global economy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates that more than 600 million tons — around 14% of all U.S. freight — is shipped on inland waterways. Barges represent the most efficient way to move goods on the ground...