Stories from Monday, April 15, 2024

Emmitt W. Hiser, 43, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was booked at Stoddard County jail on a Stoddard County warrant for unlawful possession of a firearm. _ Amanda L. E. Davison, 45, of Dexter was booked at Stoddard County jail on a Stoddard County warrant for failure to appear on the original charges of possession of a controlled substance, prior drug offense. There was no bond...

The following events will be held in April. Friday, April 19 Ribbon cutting A ribbon cutting will be held at noon Friday, April 19, for Cricket Wireless, 1615 W. Business 60. Saturday, April 20 Grand opening Lowery Acres will host a grand opening from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at 20375 County Road 283. Nick Waggner with Wagner Farms will hand out cooked samples of his beef and Cockadoodle Moo Petting Zoo will be on location...

Maxine Alsup Neubert, 97, passed away in Sidney, Ohio, Oct. 25, 2023 at the Ohio Living Nursing Home. She was born March 30, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of the late Joseph Henry and Lida Jane (Clark) Alsup of Bloomfield. Maxine was preceded in death by her eight older siblings: Candace Alsup, Mozella Alsup, Thelma Harper, Bertha Farmer, James Alsup, Alene Dougherty, Virginia Hill and Colleen Miller...

Ester Grace Asbell, 97, died April 7, 2024, at the Prairie View Skilled Nursing Home in Bloomfield, Missouri. She was born April 11, 1926, in Ezra, Illinois, and was the daughter of the late John Adams and Grace Strobel McCain Adams. Ester worked as a seamstress in the Elder Factory in Bloomfield for many years. ...

Mildred Miller, daughter of the late Claude Fulkerson and Lena Bean Fulkerson, was born Aug. 21, 1930, and departed this life April 11, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 93. Graveside services were held at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield April 15, 2024...

Bonnie Chrisman, daughter of the late Clint Strickland and Juanita Kinsey Strickland, was born Sept. 22, 1941, in Gideon, Missouri and departed this life April 5, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 82. Graveside services were held at Dexter Cemetery April 7, 2024...

Dallas McRoy, son of the late Edward Dallas McRoy and Gloria Becraft McRoy, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri Aug. 20, 1958, and departed this life April 7, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 65. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter April 10, 2024...

Donna Haynes, daughter of the late James Clark and Anna Florence Clark, was born Nov. 27, 1951, in Bellmont, Illinois, and departed this life April 9, 2024, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 72. Funeral services were held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter April 12, 2024...

The need for blood donors isn’t a surprise to Tammy Clark of Dexter. Her mother needed transfusions during hip replacement surgeries. But even before that, the Dexter resident made donating a priority. Clark rolled up her sleeves Monday for the Dexter Rotary Club Blood Drive, donating platelets this time. The drive was held between 12:30-5:30 p.m. Monday at the Sacred Heart Church parish hall...