Stories from Tuesday, December 13, 2022

In just a few weeks the year 2022 will come to an end. At the same time the over 44 year career of Stoddard County Recorder Kay Asbell will also come to an end as she enters retirement. Asbell has spent 28 of those 44 years as the Stoddard County Recorder the other 16 as Deputy Clerk...

The Dexter Bearcat Competitive Cheer team made its first trip to state competition since 2011 and claimed a second place finish. “We have not competed since my senior year of high school, which was in 2011. It’s a huge accomplishment to place second in the state when these girls have never competed at State before and didn’t fully know what to expect,” said head coach Rilee Jones. “I am so incredibly proud of their hard work!”...

Matt Dowdy returned to the commission meeting to inquire what Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington found out about his bond complaint. Dowdy informed the commission at the December 5 meeting that he is making a claim against the bonding company with County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver. ...

Thomas Mitchell, son of the late Jim Frank Mitchell and Betty Spence Mitchell was born on April 21, 1960, in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on December 2, 2022, in Dexter at the age of 62. A memorial service was held at the Lighthouse Christian Church in Dexter on Thursday, December 8, 2022...

Michael Vandiver, son of the late Bobby Vandiver and Carol Magee Vandiver, was born on June 16, 1963, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on December 5, 2022, in Bloomfield, Missouri at the age of 59. A private celebration of life for friends and family will be held at a later date...

Samuel Sandage, son of the late Guy Sandage and Geraldine McIntyre Sandage, was born on March 2, 1951, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on December 5, 2022, in Oakland, Mississippi, at the age of 71. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, December 9, 2022. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Earnest Earl Young, son of the late James Young and Mattie Mae Tankersley Young, was born on August 11, 1923, in Clines Island, Missouri, and departed this life on December 7, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 99. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Interment followed in the Dexter cemetery...

Tim Flanigan, son of Sheila (Carl) Wilson of Sikeston, Missouri and the late Charles Flanigan was born on June 21, 1967 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and departed his life early Monday morning December 12, 2022 at his residence in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 55 years...

Maryann Harmon-Coutavas, daughter of the late Walker Harmon and Mabel Wood Harmon, was born on October 5, 1943, in Puxico, Missouri, and departed this life on December 7, 2022, in Puxico, at the age of 79. A memorial service was held at Chapel on The Hill in Puxico on Friday, December 9, 2022...

Harold Eugene Worth Jr., son of the late Harold Eugene Worth Sr. and Mary Ann Crawford, was born on February 5, 1969, in Tampa, Florida, and departed this life on December 7, 2022, in Matthews, Missouri, at the age of 53. Visitation will be held at the First General Baptist Church in Dexter on Saturday, December 17, 2022, from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. A memorial service will then be held at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Old Essex Cemetery...

Karen Sue Rainey, daughter of Floyd Stitz of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Bonnie Cantrell Stitz was born on September 8, 1966, in Aurora, Illinois and departed this life on December 8, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 56. No services are planned...

Patrick Smiley, son of the late Gale Redoma Smiley and Leota Lambert Smiley, was born on April 23, 1954, in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on December 9, 2022, in Malden, Missouri, at the age of 68. A memorial service will be conducted on Friday, December 16, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Voice of Zion Church in Malden...

Kenneth E. Standridge, son of the late Sam Standridge and Lois Standridge was born April 5, 1936, in Lamar, Arkansas and departed this life on December 10, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, December 15, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Phillip Hann, son of the late Bernard Hann and Esther Anna Hann was born on October 4, 1942, in Olney, Illinois and departed this life on December 9, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 80. Visitation was held on Monday, December 12, 2022, at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...

Morton Douglas Potashnick, age 84, of Sikeston, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at his home in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on September 23, 1938 to the late Eugene Nathan and Vivian Dye Potashnick. ...