Stories from Tuesday, March 26, 2019

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Nancy Lucille Brooks Elledge, died Sunday, March 24, 2019. Visitation will be at Cotrell Funeral Home from, 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. The funeral will be at the First Church of God of Poplar Bluff at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 28 with Rev. Ben Higgins officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Clifford ‘Jack’ Watson, 92, of Doniphan, died Sunday, March 24, 2019 at the Current River Nursing Center in Doniphan. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 30 at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral will follow at noon in the funeral home chapel with Brother Dennis Bell officiating. Burial will be in the Bardley Cemetery...

To stay or not to stay? That is the question. For our children vacations centered upon travel to grandparents. One set lived close and we saw them regularly. The other grandparents were 900 plus miles away. Some trips consisted of jumping in the car with overnight bags and off we went. Sometimes we made a day trip to St. Louis for the zoo and other times we visited Southeast Missouri sights such as Johnson’s Shut-Ins and Elephant Rocks...

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Dorothy Jean Davis, 76, of Gatewood, Mo., died Saturday, March 16, 2019. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Michael R. Howdeshell, 58, of Naylor, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019 at the University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Howdeshell was born on July 23, 1960 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He worked as a truck driver and enjoyed hunting, fishing, carpentry and working...

CORNING, Ark. —Visitation for Jayce Leon Malone, 3, will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27 at the Big T Apostolic Church in Corning, Ark.. The funeral will follow on Thursday, March 28 at 11 a.m. at the church with Pastor Bryan Malone and Rev. Eric Hampton officiating. Burial will take place in the Corning Cemetery.

FISK, Mo. — Jim A. Schisler, age 75, of Fisk, died Monday, March 25, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Schisler was born April 9, 1943 in Poplar Bluff, son of the late Eugene and Gertie Schisler. He was a freight conductor for Union Pacific Railroad for 38 ½ years. He was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. On March 22, 1987 he married Mary Canady. She survives...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Doniphan man remains in federal custody after his recent arrest on an indictment charging him with possessing child pornography. Dallas Wayne Wuesthoff, 44, appeared March 19 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Abbie Crites-Leoni for arraignment on his one-count indictment, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Koester...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County Commissioners received word an environmental review will need to be completed for the new Nestle Purina facility during Monday morning’s meeting. According to Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Executive Director Hannah Burnett, the Department of Economic Development requires the new facility to be included...

City firefighters responded at 2:33 p.m. Monday, March 25, to provide lift assistance to emergency-medical-services personnel at 641 Lindsay St. ———— City firefighters responded at 10:02 a.m. Monday, March 25, to an alarm at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, 621 Pine St. It was investigation only...

BROSELEY — The 2019-20 school calendar for the Twin Rivers R-X School District has been set with the first day of school scheduled for Aug. 15 and graduation on May 3, 2020. According to Superintendent Jeremy Siebert, four school days were knocked off next year’s calendar with the minimum number of school days being lowered...

DEXTER — Residents in all three of the City of Dexter’s wards will decide Tuesday who will represent them on the Board of Aldermen for the next two years. The only contested race is for the Ward III aldermen position, as both Ward I Alderman Terry Battles and Ward II Alderman Tim Aslin are running unopposed...

There are three candidates competing April 2 for two seats on the Dexter R-XI Board of Education. Incumbents Nancy Mayer and Herman Morse are being challenged by Ron Glaus II. The two candidates who receive the most votes will serve three-year terms...