Stories from Tuesday, January 31, 2023

BLOOMFIELD - Military history all but comes to life at the National Stars and Stripes Museum and Library at Bloomfield. The facility’s World War I room is accessed through a life-sized trench structure that offers visitors a look into the past and maybe, through the eyes of soldiers who depended on trenches for protection while war raged...

Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis opened the weekly commission meeting saying he had spoken to Kaitlyn Lambert with Bootheel Regional planning. He said Lambert had no update in relation to the ARPA funds. Commissioner Carol Jarrell said Lambert has also reached out to Water District 4. Water District 4 did wish to proceed an ARPA fund application...

James “Jim” Higgs, son of the late Thomas Higgs and Louella Miller Higgs, was born on November 1, 1943, in Gatewood, Missouri, and departed this life on January 27, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 79. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Interment followed in the Caroline Dowdy Cemetery...

Pearl Ashley, daughter of the late Argil Stickles and Opal Edwards Stickles, was born on July 3, 1946, in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on January 25, 2023, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 76. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, January 29, 2023. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery...

Charlotte Whalen, daughter of the late Carter Davis and Beatrice Myrick Davis, was born on March 6, 1947, and departed this life on January 29, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 75. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, February 3, 2023, from noon. until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, February 3, 2023, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Burl Garner, son of the late Burl Lester Garner and Vona Mae Gragg Garner, was born on June 16, 1944, in Oakdale, California and departed this life on January 27, 2023 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 78. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

At the conclusion of the SCAA Tournament the All Tounrament Cheerleaders were announced. They are: from Dexter, Alexis Bennett, Bella Cook, Lexi Holden, Grace Sepulvado and Ellie Dowdy; from Bell City, Kamryn Stubenrow and Madison Jines; from Bernie, Lilly Bridges and Abby Powell and from Bloomfield, Kilee Schott...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Candy Collier January 16, 2023 to January 20, 2023 • Jackie Ferguson, Jackqueline Ferguson to Sherry Ray, CHAUTAUQUA PARK, THIRD ADD DEXTER, BLK 24 LOT 1 • Reuben K. Hancock, Melba F. Hancock to Mark A. Foster, Melissa Foster, Douglas J. Arnold, Kelly R. Arnold, REEDS SECOND ADD PUXICO, BLK 3, LOTS 1 AND 2...

Competitor will become partner as SoutheastHEALTH president and chief executive officer Ken Bateman announced Monday, Jan. 30, the organization will merge with the Mercy system. According to a release, SoutheastHEALTH has signed a letter of intent with St. Louis-based Mercy, and officials expect the merger to be complete in the fall...

Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis said the Stoddard County Offices and the Stoddard County Justice Center will remain closed Wednesday due to inclement weather.