Stories from Wednesday, January 2, 2019

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“It is very sad, don’t you think,” asks Jim Arnold of Dexter, “when you see an old house, barn, or building that has been abandoned and left to decay?” It was that feeling of sadness — of wanting to preserve what he saw disappearing — that led Arnold to his pastime of building small-scale authentic structures...

Anyone who makes New Year’s resolutions does so with good intentions, but by the end of January or early February those resolutions are sometimes out the window. Our intentions are good; though keeping on task can be difficult. The Daily American Republic isn’t making New Year’s resolutions this year. ...

PUXICO, Mo. - James Hemby, of Puxico, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico.

PIEDMONT, Mo. - John Boyer, 94 of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Williamsville, Mo., died Dec. 31, 2018 at is residence in St. Charles.

DONIPHAN, Mo. - Roberta Eileen Melton, 84-year-old resident of Doniphan, departed this life Friday, Dec. 28, 2018 in Doniphan. Eileen was born April 16, 1934, in Rochester, Ind. to the late Robert and Gladys Reddinger Thomas. Eileen was an internationally known wildlife and nature artist, whose art was exhibited worldwide. Many people cherish owning her prints. She also loved her flower garden. Eileen was a member of the First Christian Church in Doniphan...

Wilma Faye Johnson went to be with her Lord on December 24, 2018 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Born in Malden, Missouri on April 6, 1937 to Jesse Adams and Erma Marlow, both who have preceded her in death. She resided in Broseley, Missouri for twenty plus years and prior to that was a long time resident of Oxford, Michigan...

MALDEN, Mo. — Troy Lee Weatherford, Jr., 90, of Malden died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Gideon, Missouri. Mr. Weatherford, the son of the late Troy Lee Weatherford, Sr. and Letha Johnson Levin, was born Dec. 31, 1927, in Luray, Tennessee. He was a member of the Bernie Nazarene Church in Bernie, Missouri. He retired from the Malden Pepsi Plant...

PUXICO, Mo. - Edith Robinson of Wappapello, Mo., departed this life in her home in Wappapello on Wednesday, Jan. 02, 2019 at the age of 92. Mrs. Robinson was born August 3, 1926 to the late Willie and Irene (Briscoe) Moss. She grew up near Shook, Mo. ...

City firefighters responded at 8:02 p.m. Tuesday to an alarm at the Poplar Bluff Housing Authority’s maintenance building at the intersection of F and Peach streets. It was investigation only. ———— City firefighters responded at 6:47 p.m. Tuesday to a smell of gas in the area of 909 Pine St...