Stories from Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Herschel John “Hoppy” Hopkins, only son of the late Ralph Hopkins and Lorene McCullough Hopkins, was born on May 26, 1932 in Advance, Missouri, and departed this life on November 24, 2022, at his residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 90 years...

Walter G. Matthews, son of the late Walter Matthews Sr. and Fannie Warthen Matthews, was born on September 19, 1940, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on November 27, 2022, in Marion, Illinois at the age of 82. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Royce Lee Smothers, 64 of Bernie passed away November 22, 2022.  Visitation was conducted on Monday, November 28, 2022 at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from 10 a.m. until noon.  Memorial services were then conducted at noon on Monday, November 28, 2022 in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment was at 1 p.m. in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo with Full Military Honors.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie assisted with arrangements...

John Nash, son of the late John Henry Nash and Edna Francis White Nash, was born on January 16, 1935, in Lepanto, Arkansas, and departed this life on November 23, 2022, in Marshfield, Missouri, at the age of 87. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Interment followed in the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery...

Weather forced the 14th annual Dexter Christmas Reading indoors at Mathis Funeral Home. Because of this the new outdoor Nativity Scene could not be shown, the hundreds of people in attendance could not gather around fire pits and sit on bails of hay. But the event still focused on the true meaning of Christmas...

Superintendent Cindy Crabb updated the Puxico School Board on the district’s MSIP 6 Indicator Update at its November meeting. Crabb said the MSIP 6 includes the Professional Growth Plan (PGP) Indicators which include The teacher recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development. ...

Commissioner Carol Jarrell opened the weekly meeting with a motion to approve the minutes from the November 21 meeting and Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington seconded. The motion passed. Jarrell then made a motion to accept the Republic services quote for the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Office for $315 per month, total fuel recovery amount of $31.50 for a total of $346.50. Talkington seconded and the motion passed...

DEXTER - A long-time fixture in business in Dexter will close its doors permanently in mid-December. Medler’s Dry Cleaners at 314 W. Stoddard St. served the area for 75 years and will close its doors Dec.16 owners Roger and Sue Medler said. “We bought the business from Roger’s dad in 1983,” Sue Medler says. “His parents opened up on July 1,1947...