Stories from Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Doris Arnold (nee Shumaker), of Salem, Missouri, died on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at the age of 86. Beloved wife of the late Donald Arnold (married for 33 years); daughter of the late Lester and Naomi Shumaker; loving mother and mother-in-law of Teresa Wheeler and her husband Keith in St. ...

Through thick and thin, multiple moves and a few health issues, Bill and Ruth Dee of Poplar Bluff have stuck together, and on Wednesday, the pair celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. “That’s a long time isn’t it, considering I’m only 39 years old,” joked Bill, who’s actually 89...

Olivia Shell Carter, daughter of John and Patti Shell of Dexter, recently was named 2021 National School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). Carter, who graduated from Dexter High School in 2007, is the school counselor at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau...

PIEDMONT — Roy Dean Farris, 79, of Piedmont, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Morrison Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in the Masonic Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.morrisonfuneral.com...

A Butler County Sheriff’s officer was involved in a two-vehicle crash resulting in minor injuries for the other driver at 1:48 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, on Missouri 158 in Harviell.

For those who still have an unfilled firearms deer permit in hand, Missouri’s alternative methods deer season kicks off Saturday. Fortunately, it seems like deer have been moving pretty well lately, and I’ve even heard reports of a fairly strong secondary rut, with bucks pushing does pretty hard...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s first elk-hunting season ended Sunday with all five of the hunters selected for permits harvesting bull elk during the firearms portion Dec. 12-20. An archery portion ran Oct. 17-25 with no harvests. The five Missouri hunters were selected for elk-hunting permits through a random drawing of more than 19,215 permit applications, including 33 for one resident-landowner antlered-elk permit and 19,182 for four general permits...

PIGGOTT, Ark. — Carolyn Sue Welty, 72, of Qulin, Missouri, passed away December 22, 2020, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born on Dec. 9, 1948, in Piggott, Arkansas, and was the daughter of Opie and Mabel (Doty) Hamilton...

Tommy Gene Thacker, Commander, USN (Ret.), 81 of Swansea, Illinois, made his final flight to the Lord Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Born in Poplar Bluff on May 17, 1939, he was the dutiful son of a baker and the owner of a hair salon. After attending Poplar Bluff High School, and Westminster College, he enlisted in the U.S. ...

The entire staff and management of the DAR want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Those working to give back to the community on Christmas this year received extra help, but still are in need of volunteers to make the efforts possible.

PUXICO, Mo. — Martha Norris of Puxico, Missouri, daughter of the late William and Meta Buchanan, was born Jan. 9, 1930, and passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Dec. 21, 2020, at the age of 90 years. Martha belonged to the Missouri Retired Teachers Association, and The Puxico Thursday Culture Club. ...

Graveside services for Noah Emmerson Burke, 35, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mr. Burke passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at Poplar Bluff...

Deanna Ann Diehl, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Dec. 18, 2020 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Deanna was born April 9, 1952 to Charles and Mary (Burns) Hollis in Caruthersville, Missouri. She married Michael Diehl Dec. 27, 1992. He survives...

WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. ~ Anna Mae Garver, 82, of Williamsville, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at Methodist Le Bonheur in Germantown, Tennessee. Anna, daughter of Alfred Dudley and Alta Iona Davis Byrd, was born on Sunday, July 3, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri...

City firefighters responded to reports of a motor vehicle with injuries at 7:57 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 3211 N. Westwood Boulevard. According to the report, they blocked the lane of traffic and checked for injuries before clearing the scene. _ City firefighters responded to reports of an unauthorized burn Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 10:15 a.m. at 902 Poplar Street...

Sheriff Ronald L. Sprouse, 31, of Broseley reported at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, that in the three days prior somebody entered his shop building without permission and stole a box of tools. _ Dennis Leroi Nash, 37, of Mary Benton, Mo., was booked in the Butler County jail Tuesday, Dec. 22, on suspicion of failure to register as a sex offender...