June Payne, 70, of  Gideon, was born on June 4, 1948 in Gideon, Missouri to the late Merle Payne & Nadine Poole Payne.  She departed this life on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 

June Payne was an office manager for Northwestern Mutual and was a member of the Bethany Assembly of God in Gideon.

Her survivors include:

Daughter: Shawnda Smith of Gideon.

Son: Larry Shane Smith of California.

Brother: Kevin Payne of Poplar Bluff.

Sisters: Gayle Balentine & husband, David of Murray, KY. & Sharon Bradley of Branson.

Several nieces & nephews

She was preceded in death by her parents,  sister: Mona Lemings, brother-in-law: Dub Lemings and 2 great-nieces: Erin Whittenberg & Darcy Whittenberg.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2019 from 1-2 P.M. at the Landess Funeral home chapel in Malden. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Greg Mullins officiating.

Interment will be in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery in  Clarkton,  Missouri. 

Landess Funeral Home of Malden in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Elizabeth Wagner was born on August 13, 1920 in Dexter, Missouri to the late Edgar DeArman and Alcy May Pruitt DeArman and departed this life on February 7, 2019 in the LaGrange Hospice at LaGrange, Georgia at the age of 98 years.

Mrs. Wagner was a homemaker and a former resident of Dexter, Missouri.

On January 1, 1947, she was united in marriage to Reuben Wagner in Dexter, Missouri.  Mr. Wagner preceded her in death on January 8, 1988.

Survivors include: one daughter, Diane Nowell and husband Blake of LeGrange, Georgia; one sister, Doris Grim of Van Buren, Missouri.

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one son, Randy Wagner; two brothers, Carl DeArman and Harold William DeArman; three sisters, Margaret Wagner, Maurine Hager and Murlene Norman.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, February 9, 2019 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM. 

Funeral service will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 1:00 PM with Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all arrangements.

Yvonne Farmer Wood Taylor, 84, of Wappapello, Mo passed away Wednesday, February 06, 2019 at her home in Wappapello.

Mrs. Taylor was born August 27, 1934 in Dexter, Mo to the late Charles Roscoe & Lucy Ruggles Farmer.

She was of Baptist faith and attended New Life Baptist Church in Wappapello.

 Over the years she worked at different factories in the Bloomfield and Dexter area as well as a cook in a restaurant. She was a licensed hair stylist and had worked in various salons in the Bloomfield and Dexter area and eventually owned and operated her own.   After retirement “Grandma Von” enjoyed visiting family, fishing, growing her flowers and spending time daily being entertained by her great- grandchildren whom she was very proud of.

On September 28, 1994 she married Bruce Wayne Taylor in Piggott, Arkansas. He survives.

Other survivors include one brother, Allen Farmer and wife Mary of Dexter; one son, David Wood and wife Judy of Wappapello; one daughter, Melinda Jennings and husband Rodney of Dexter;  three step-children, Ty, Chad and Becky Taylor of Phoenix, Arizona; seven Grandchildren, Matthew Wood and wife LaCinda of Wappapello, Jason Wood and wife Bobbie of Wappapello; Christopher Fox of Atlanta, Ga; Rodney Jennings, Jr, Aaron Wood, Brady Wood and Eric Wood all of Dexter; four Great Grandchildren, Ruger Moit, Jonah and Colby Wood and Jemma Wood all of Wappapello.

She was preceded in death by one son; Armand Wood; her children’s father Max T. Wood; six brothers, Charles, Raymond, Bob, Jim, Ernest and Earl Farmer and six sisters, Lawanda Farmer, Ruth Elledge, Lavella Gold, Hortense Davis, Roxene Gaines, and Frankie Kinder.

Services will be at the Rainey Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb 7th with funeral services being held Feb 8th at 2pm with Rev Steve Mayo and Rev George Howell officiating. Burial will be in Wappapello Cemetery.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all arrangements.

Alberta "Bertie" Pullum, daughter of the late Cecil Clyde and Gertie Agnes Gann Cook, was born in Bernie, Missouri on February 25, 1937, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on February 7, 2019, at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 13 days.

Mrs. Pullum had been a resident of Dexter, Missouri for 47 years. She attended the Assembly of God Church in Bernie, Missouri and had been a member of the Cook Sister's singing group. She enjoyed reading the Bible, teaching the children's Sunday school class and spending time with her nieces and nephews.

On December 23, 1955, she was married to Lloyd H. Pullum at Hernando, Mississippi. He preceded her in death on June 29, 2006.

Surviving are four sisters: Barbara Maddox of Malden, Judy Walker of Bernie, Bernice Whitehead and Della Crossland both of Festus; one brother, Clifford Cook of Dexter. Other relatives and many friends also survive. She was preceded in death by a daughter; two brothers, Bill & Carlyn Cook; and two sisters, Neita Pullum and Carolyn Link.

Friends may call on Sunday, February 10, 2019, from 11:00 am until time of services at 2:00 pm at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri with Rev. Chad Cook of Ridgely, Tennessee officiating.

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery in Bernie, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter, Missouri in charge of arrangements.

Doris Price of Bloomfield, daughter of the late John Wilson and Beatrice Scott Hagy Sr., was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 1953, passed away at her home in Bloomfield on February 4, 2019, at the age of 65 years, 3 months and 26 days.

Doris had lived in Dudley and Dexter most of her life before moving to Bloomfield three years ago. She was member of the of the Bible Tabernacle Church in Bloomfield and had worked as a CNA for Caring Hearts In Home Care. She enjoyed going to yard sales and spoiling her grandchildren.

On August 29, 1999, she married Eugene Price in Bloomfield Missouri.

Surviving are her husband, Eugene Price of Bloomfield; three daughters, Tracy Sapp of West Plains, Missouri, Stephanie Jean Brown of Bloomfield, Tonya Vandevelde of Bernie; three grandchildren she raised as her own, Chelsie Newell and Tyler Price of both of Bloomfield, Michael Alan Duncan of West Plains; thirteen grandchildren, three great grandchildren; six sisters, Nellie Runyon of Bloomfield, Juanita Willoughby of Quapaw, Oklahoma, Claudia B. Dowdy, Sandy Bayless and Carolyn Fielder all of Dexter, Wanda Latham of Morley; three brothers, James Hagy of Dudley, John Hagy of Morley and Earl Hagy of St. Louis. Other relatives and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by two grandsons, Matthew Lee Wright, Steven Chase Black, two sisters, Vida Scott and Cora May Magarian, and three brothers, Earnest Joseph, Estel and Eugene Hagy.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with Earl Hagy of St. Louis and David Wilson of Bloomfield officiating.

Services will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at 12:00 pm at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter.

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.