Thelma Young, daughter of the late Edgar Williams and Gertrude Blagg Williams was born on December 12, 1922 in Dexter, Missouri and departed this life on November 28, 2017 at the Mercy Hospital in Festus, Missouri at the age of 94.

Mrs. Young was formerly employed as a housekeeper for the Dexter Memorial Hospital for 15 years.  She was a member of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church and a former resident of Dexter.

She was united in marriage to Walter Young in June, 1939 at Powe, Missouri. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1968.

Survivors include; one son, Donald Young and wife Dorothy of Hillsboro, MO; one daughter, Brenda Carter and husband Jack of DeSoto, MO; by two sisters, Velma Williams of Dallas, TX and Ruby Swafford of Hendersonville, NC; by eight grandchildren; by fifteen great-grandchildren and by five great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents, she was deceased by one son, Dennis Young; by one brother, Marvin Williams; by two sisters, Edna Black and Beatrice Adams; by one grandchild, Steven Young.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral home on Thursday, November 30, 2017 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. 

Services will be conducted on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 1:00 PM in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Rich Grayson officiating. 

Interment will follow at the Dexter Cemetery.

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

John Cecil Bazarian, son of the late John H. Bazarian and Barbara Ann McCollen Bazarian, was born on March 19, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts and departed this life on November 25, 2017 at the SoutheastHealth in Cape Girardeau at the age of 60.

Mr. Bazarian was a veteran of the United States Navy. He worked as an electrician and also worked restoring classic cars.

On June 6, 1975 he was united in marriage to Janice Gaines in Dexter, Missouri. She survives of the home.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Shaun Bazarian of Dexter, Missouri; by one sister, Stacey Bazarian of Blacksburg, Virginia; and by one grandson, Dylan Bazarian.

A graveside service will be conducted on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri with Rev. Joe Payne officiating.

Lee Roy Taylor son of the late Charlie Collins Taylor and Florence Melissalee Taylor was born on January 18, 1929 in Matthews, Missouri and departed this life on November 18, 2017 at the Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 88.

Mr. Taylor was a Stock Room Attendant at General Motors in Hazelwood, Missouri.

On January 5, 1947 he was united in marriage to Rose Mary Chanley in New Madrid, Missouri.  Mrs. Taylor survives of the home.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, David Allen Taylor of Kirkwood, Missouri and Charles Lee Taylor of Crestwood, Missouri; by three grandchildren, Christina Ann Taylor, Melinda Marie Taylor and Daniel Lee Taylor.

He is preceded in death by his parents and by three brothers, Charles Taylor, James Taylor and Louis Taylor.

Visitation was at the Rainey Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. 

Services were conducted on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 2:30 PM at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie. 

Interment followed at the Bernie Cemetery.

Verna E. (Graff) Reed, 80, of Dexter, Missouri passed away on November 27, 2017 in Sikeston, Missouri.

Verna was born on July 3, 1937 in Perry County, Missouri, daughter of Vincent E. and Mary E. Graff.  She was married to Earl F. Reed on June 21, 1958 in Perryville, Missouri.

Verna worked many years in secretarial and office management, retail sales, and cafeteria management.  She loved vegetable and flower gardening, keeping a beautiful yard, traveling, spending time with her family and being a grandmother.  She most recently lived in Dexter, but also lived in Cape Girardeau, Kentucky, Texas and Florida, a state she greatly loved.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter.

She is survived by her husband, sons Michael (Darlene) Reed of Sikeston and Mark (Madrigail) Reed of Cape Girardeau, and grandson Seth Reed of Cape Girardeau, granddaughter, Katherine Leonard of Naples, Florida and grandson, William Leonard of Sikeston, two sisters, Ella Kiefer and Esther May DuBois, both of Perryville, and many beloved nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, 1 half-brother and 2 sisters.

Visitation will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter at 9:00 a.m. on November 30th. 

Funeral mass will be at 11:00 a.m. at the Church with Father David Dohongne and Father William Hennecke officiating.  Burial will be in the Missouri State Veteran’s Cemetery in Bloomfield. 

In Lieu of flowers, the family ask for memorials to be given to the Missouri Veterans Home, 2400 Veterans Memorial Drive, Cape Girardeau, Mo 63701 and Kenny Rogers Children’s Center, 300 Floyd Avenue, Sikeston, Mo, 63801 and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas PI, Memphis, TN, 38105.

Rainey Mathis Funeral in Dexter in charge of all arrangements.

Audrey Darlene Rowland, daughter of the late Edith Wallace Midgett and Charles Aubry Midgett, was born on January 18, 1954 in Risco, Missouri and departed this life on November 23, 2017 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 63.

Mrs. Rowland was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter, where she sang in the choir and was a resident of Dexter.  She had worked for twenty-eight years in the Risco School District as a secretary.  

On July 13, 1989 she was united in marriage to Danny Rowland in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.  He survives of the home.

Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Crescent and husband Mark Devenport of Jackson, Missouri and Tara and husband Ashley McMillian of Malden; by one step-son, Brad and wife Robin Silliman of Stillwater, Minnesota; by one brother, Terry Midgett of Risco, Missouri; by two sisters, Linda Bradley of Kennett, Missouri and Shelia Haertling of Jackson, Missouri, and by nine grandchildren, Madison Whitacre,  Jaycee Kay McMillian, Brayden Silliman, Kinley Silliman, Leslie Silliman, Tyler Silliman, Isabelle Silliman, Megan Hurst and Colby Devenport.

Friends may call at the First Baptist Church in Dexter on Saturday, November 25, 2017 from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. (NOON). 

Funeral services will then be conducted on Saturday at Noon in the First Baptist Church Chapel with Rev. Mark Smith and Rev. Jay Scribner officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family requests all memorials be made to the ALS Association, 2258 Weldon Parkway, St. Louis, Missouri 63146.