Stories from Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Candy Collier 12/25/23 to 12/29/23 • Devin Myrick to Devin Myrick HAYES ADD DEXTER BLOCK 10 LOTS 12 AND 13 • Bill G Nevels to Bill G Nevels, Daniel Jensen, Kristina Nevels Jensen CHAUTAUQUA PARK ADD DEXTER BLOCK P LOT 1...

Joyce Battles, daughter of the late Cecil Steele and Helen Ralph Steele, was born on May 19, 1935, in Memphis, Tennessee, and departed this life on December 30, 2023, at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 88 years. Mrs. Battles was a retired landowner with her husband Elmer. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Dexter, and she enjoyed sewing, gardening, and doing laundry...

Madison Vanvacter, daughter of Andrew and Ashley Wilson, was born on July 17, 2008, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 27, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 15. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Interment followed in the Old Essex Cemetery...

Frances McLard, daughter of the late Franklin McLard and Rubie Tankersley McLard, was born on November 16, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life on December 27, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 81. Graveside services were conducted at Walker Cemetery on Tuesday, January 2, 2024...

Jerry Don McGowan, son of the late John Raymond and Iola Laverne (Toots) Wilson McGowan was born on February 21, 1938, in Black Oak, Arkansas and departed this life on December 30, 2023, in Bernie, Missouri at the age of 85. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Interment followed in the Bernie Cemetery...

Lois Perry Osterbur, daughter of the late Humor Eaker and Bertha Sifford Eaker, was born on September 17, 1930, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on December 26, 2023, in Fort Myers, Florida at the age of 93. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, January 6, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. ...

LaDonne Waggoner, daughter of the late John Trammell and Emmer Birchfield Trammell was born on August 1, 1937, in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on December 30, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 86. Mrs. Waggoner was interred in the Dexter Cemetery...

Ray Reed, son of the late Author Reed and Faye Tompkins Reed was born on July 31, 1944, in Campbell, Missouri and departed this life on December 30, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 79. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery...