Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The weekly commission meeting opened with an ARPA fund update. Katelynn Lambert with Bootheel Regional Planning said Water District 5 requested draw has been updated to $5,659.42. Additionally $60,990 for water meter replacement and $13, 168 for water valve replacement will be paid ARPA funds if the commission approves it. The district has requested a total of $200,661.28...

The Stoddard County Commission met for a routine meeting on the 3rd of July at 9 a.m., with discussions regarding the Stoddard County Commission Broadband Proposal for the Puxico area and about essential employees under the sheriff and other law enforcement. ...

The Dexter Board of Aldermen passed three ordinances at its July meeting Monday evening. The first two ordinances city attorney Yewell “Bud” Lawrence called “routine ordinances”. Lawrence was referring to the fact that the ordinances must be passed every year...

Doris Grim, daughter of the late Edgar DeArman and Alcy Pruitt DeArman, was born on February 22, 1931, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on July 3, 2023, in Van Buren, Missouri, at the age of 92. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on July 8, 2023. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

Mary Wagner, daughter of the late Bruce Gant and Beulah Maskell Gant, was born on October 18, 1950, in Dudley, Missouri, and departed this life on July 4, 2023, in Dudley, Missouri, at the age of 72. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on July 8, 2023...

Margie Anthony, daughter of the late Hugh Bledsoe and Addie Clayton Bledsoe, was born on June 20, 1938, in Marmaduke, Arkansas, and departed this life on July 8, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 85. Visitation was held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on July 11, 2023...

Marilynn Smith was born on August 24, 1930, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on July 9, 2023, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, at the age of 92. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, July 15, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Marsha Swallows daughter of the late Earl Bilderback and Jessie Locke Bilderback was born on November 9, 1954, in Houston, Missouri, and departed this life on July 2, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 68. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on July 8, 2023. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery...

Jessima Jean Walker, 97 of  Dexter, passed away July 2, 2023.  Visitation was conducted on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at White Oak Grove General Baptist Church in Rural Bernie, Missouri from 11 a.m. Until 1 p.m.  Funeral services will then be conducted at White Oak Grove General Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Smith Stevenson Cemetery in Rural Dexter, Missouri.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting the family with all arrangements...

Louis Ogelvie Sr. passed away July 8, 2023 at the age of 80.  Visitation was Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 2 p.m. in Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie.  Interment will follow in Smith Stevenson Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with all arrangements...

Velva Foyle, daughter of Doris Killian Nelson of Dexter, Missouri, and the late Bill Foyle, was born on April 30, 1969, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on July 5, 2023, at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 54 years. As a Certified Nurse’s Assistant and Certified Medical Technician, Velva spent the majority of her life caring for others in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and as an in-home caregiver for professional organizations. ...