Stories from Saturday, January 19, 2013

Phyllis James Phyllis Lavern James, 49, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Ms. James was born June 26, 1963, in Neelyville to James L. and Georgia Price of Poplar Bluff. She formerly lived in Kansas City, Mo., and was a member of Conley Grove Church...

Shontell Renee Boyer and Michael Stephen Boyer of Poplar Bluff have chosen the name Landon Michael Boyer for their 6-pound, 2.2-ounce son born at 10:19 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was 19 inches long and has three sisters...

Gay marriage is just wrong Yes, Speak Out, I'm gettin' so sick every time you turn the TV on it's homosexual marriage, marriage. It is wrong. The President is wrong. Congressmen. Senators. They are losing the morals for America. There is no such a thing as respect any more. ...

Daniel Whittemore DEXTER, Mo. -- Daniel Joe Whittemore, 34, of Dexter, Mo, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Burial will be in in the Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

William Monroe DEXTER, Mo. -- William E. "Will" Monroe, 68, of Dexter, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...