Stories from Monday, May 24, 2021

Shirley Jean Bowen, age 81, of Dexter, Missouri, died Sunday, May 23, 2021, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter. Mrs. Bowen was born March 10, 1940, daughter of the late Claude and Josephine Wilkerson. On October 27, 1960, she married Lee Bowen. He survives. Also surviving is one brother, Larry Wilkerson and numerous nieces and nephews...

Misty Dawn Dickens, age 41, of Campbell, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 19 at her residence, in Campbell. Mrs. Dickens was born Wednesday, October 24, 1979 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She loved music. She is survived by her husband, Dave Brandon Dickens; her father, James Kopp of Poplar Bluff; three daughters, Racheal Dickens, Brittany Dickens and Cierra Dickens, all of Campbell; one brother, Dennis Wells of Farmington, Missouri and one sister, Heather Kopp of Doniphan, Missouri...

BROSELEY — The Twin Rivers R-X Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting recently, and while the agenda looked relatively small, there was a lot to be happy about — particularly when the financial state of the district was discussed. Twin Rivers Superintendent Dr. Ben Johnson explained why things are looking up financially in the district...

Fern F. Stratton, age 90, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Monday, May 24, 2021, at her residence. Mrs. Stratton was born August 6, 1930, in Malden, Missouri, daughter of the late John B. and Effie Pickering. On August 5, 1950, she married Myrlen Stratton. He preceded her in death on July 15, 2012. She is survived by two daughters, Myra (Bill) Smith and Belinda Stratton, all of Poplar Bluff; four grandchildren and several great-grandchildren...

American Health Associates held a ribbon cutting Monday at their new location at 2875 Tucker Road – Suite 10 in Poplar Bluff. Pictured are, in no particular order: Debbie Brown, American Health Associates; Jeannette Townsend, Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce; Andrew Buckelew; Amanda Hess, American Health Associates; Bobby Brown, American Health Associates; Crystal Leeds, Larry Leeds Automotive; Tessa Buckelew, American Health Associates; Laurie Burkhead, Southern Bank; Bernice Larkins, American Health Associates; Steve Halter, Chamber of Commerce; and Traci Tarpley, Productive Staffing.. ...

Petie the certified therapy dog’s battles with cancer have ended. According to Petie’s mother, friend and coworker, Carol Rainwater Baker, “Petie passed away on May 10, 2021.” “Sadly, very sadly, Petie developed a third type of cancer shortly after his retirement party,” Baker said. “It was liver cancer and this time there wasn’t anything the oncology department at MU Veterinary Health Center in Columbia, Missouri, could do. Dr. Cowan told me he only had a few days and she was right.”...