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Shelton now in federal custody
(Local News ~ 12/19/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The state charges were dismissed Monday against accused kidnapper and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Dean Shelton, who made his initial appearance in federal court on charges of producing and possessing child pornography involving two Butler County girls...
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Sifford honored at reception for years of service (Local News ~ 12/19/12)
Friends and family turned out for a retirement reception for Commissioner Frank Sifford, (at left in photo), Monday afternoon at the Government Building in Bloomfield. Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis presented Sifford with a plaque of appreciation for his 26 years of service to the county as commissioner. ... -
"Call" of the wild (Local News ~ 12/19/12)
BENTON, MO. - Duck calls from Benton are now being heard across the nation. John Koepp of Benton was recognized by the National Wild Turkey Federation's Grand National Call Making contest with several awards in the last couple of years. But this year his calls were deemed Best of Show making Koepp the 2012 Grand National Champion and Call Maker of the Year... -
William Lee DePriest
(Obituary ~ 12/19/12)
William Lee DePriest died Dec.16, 2012. He was born Sept. 6, 1918, in Linden, Tenn., to William Nathan DePriest and Verna Berry DePriest. William was united in marriage to Mertie Kathryne Moore on April 25, 1938, and to this union three children were born, Vivian, Ronald and Darryl. William moved his family to Dexter in 1945 when he entered the Navy. He served in the Navy for two years during World War II. He and Kathryne were married for 21 years. She preceded him in death on May 14, 1959...
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Mary Ann Riddle (Obituary ~ 12/19/12)
Mary Ann Riddle, 90, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Williamsville, Mo., died Friday, Dec.14, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girar-deau, Mo. Mary Ann was born March 31, 1922, in Silva, Mo., the daughter of Lucien and Ethel Lewallen Holmes. Mary Ann grew up in the Williamsville area and lived above Holmes Store that her parents owned and operated. After graduating high school she went to Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, earning a degree in teaching... -
William Lee DePriest
(Obituary ~ 12/19/12)
William Lee DePriest died Dec.16, 2012. He was born Sept. 6, 1918, in Linden, Tenn., to William Nathan DePriest and Verna Berry DePriest. William was united in marriage to Mertie Kathryne Moore on April 25, 1938, and to this union three children were born, Vivian, Ronald and Darryl. William moved his family to Dexter in 1945 when he entered the Navy. He served in the Navy for two years during World War II. He and Kathryne were married for 21 years. She preceded him in death on May 14, 1959...
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June Ellen Fowler (Obituary ~ 12/19/12)
June Ellen Fowler, 83, of Muldrow, Okla., formerly of Dexter, Mo., died Tuesday, Dec.18, 2012. She was born Aug. 3, 1929, in Bell City, Mo., to the late Ira and Ruth Builder-back. She was a retired housekeeper. She was born into the Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence E. Fowler and son Steve Fowler... -
Lance Ludell Cannon (Obituary ~ 12/19/12)
Lance Ludell Cannon was born on Dec. 24,1917, in Bassett, Ark., son of the late Frank and Maude Bennett Cannon, and died Dec.17, 2012, in the Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter at the age of 94. On July 20, 1940, he married Clara Irene McClung, who preceded him in death on April 12, 1994, after 54 years of marriage. To this union, three children were born. Mr. Cannon was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps. He served in the Pacific during World War II... -
Rose Ellen Harper (Obituary ~ 12/19/12)
Rose Ellen Harper, daughter of the late Morton LeBeau and Carrie Gray LeBeau, was born on Jan. 8, 1940, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and died on Dec.18, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 72. Mrs. Harper was a resident of Dexter, a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Dexter and formerly worked as an insurance agent...
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