Bob Weathers, son of the late George Rawleigh Weathers and Ethel Cordelia Forest Weathers was born on September 22, 1937 at Fisk and departed this life in the emergency room of the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County on November 30, 2013 at the age of 76.
Mr. Weathers was a twenty-one year veteran of the Dexter Police Department, retiring as Lieutenant. He enjoyed working on the family farm and was a resident of Dexter.
He was united in marriage to Thelma Teel on June 21, 1956 at Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Weathers survives of the home in Dexter.
Besides his wife, survivors include two sons and their wives, Ronald and Tabitha Weathers of Dexter and Robert and Teresa Weathers of Malden: by three daughters, Brenda and Gaylon Taylor of Rice, Texas, Teresa and Ronnie Peacock of Essex and Sheri Weathers and Terry Hall of Campbell: by two sisters, Gladys Elizabeth Hayes and Sharon Ann Rushing both of Poplar Bluff: by eighteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Clyde Clayton Weathers, L.B. Vernon Weathers, George Raymond Weathers and Eldon Gene Weathers: by one sister, Viola Evelyn Mosbey.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 4:00 P. M. until 8:00 P.M., Monday, December 2, 2013.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, December 3, 2013 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tim Russell officiating.
Interment will follow in the Ash Hill Cemetery at Fisk.
He had lived in Wappapello for many years. He had worked for Hedrick Concrete as a brick layer and supervisor and was a veteran of the U. S. Navy.
Surviving are his care giver, Angela McIntyre of Wappapello; step-children, ;many step-grandchildren; many step-great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Billy Gene, Bobby, Sidney and Manford Razer and one sister, Shirley Britton.
Visitations may be made on Monday, December 2, 2013, from 1:30 until 2:45 p.m. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri.
Graveside Services will be held Monday, December 2, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri with full military honors conducted.
Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com
Watkins & Sons Funeral Service
info@watkinsfuneralhome.com or phone 573 624 3548
He had lived in Kansas City before moving to Dudley in 2004. He had worked for a transport company hauling cars. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy.
On December 23, 1943, he was married to Kathryn E. Orr in Tacoma, Washington. She preceded him in death on September 23, 2006.
Surviving are one son, Miles Greg Meadows of Dexter, Missouri; one daughter, Sharon M. Hill of Leawood, Kansas; ten grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren; several great great grandchildren. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by one son, Thomas Meadows, one brother and one sister.
Graveside Services will be held Monday, December 2, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri with full military honors conducted.
Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com
Watkins & Sons Funeral Service
info@watkinsfuneralhome.com or phone 573 624 3548
Ruth V. Craft, daughter of the late John Horton and Anna Margaritte Kleffer Horton was born in Bernie, Missouri on November 24, 1917 and departed this life at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on November 26, 2013 at the age of 96.
Mrs. Craft was a Farmer’s wife, had worked at Brown Shoe Factory, had also worked at the Dime Store in Bernie and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bernie.
She was united in marriage to Homer Lee Craft in Piggott, Arkansas on September 10, 1942. Mr. Craft preceded his wife in death on April 7, 2009.
Survivors include one son, Homer Lee Craft II and wife Joan of Bartlett, Tn. Also by other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death other than by her parents and her husband, by four brothers, Chester “Sonny” Horton, Harlan Horton, Ernest Horton, Martin Horton; by three sisters, Dorothy Rice, Hester Dawson and Ruby Horton.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Monday, December 2, 2013 from 11:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M.
Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel starting at 12:00 P.M. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.
Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Charge of arrangements.
James Alva “Al” Stutts, Jr. died at his rural Dexter home on November 23, 2013 at the age of 84.
He was born on December 27, 1928 to Lora Ethel McCain Stutts and James Alva Stutts, Sr. in Hector, Arkansas. The Stutts family moved to Dexter when Al was 14.
Al married Veleta Frances Pierce on May 24, 1949 at the Stutts home in Dexter. They were married for 64 years.
He served in the Air Force from 1951 to 1953. He later worked as a civilian flight instructor for the Air Force at Malden Air Force Base and Bainbridge Army Airfield until 1961.
Al was a farmer, a pilot and an adventurer. He and Veleta purchased land in Belize, then known as British Honduras, along with several other families. In 1967, the Stutts family moved to British Honduras where Al built roads, runways, harvested mahogany and prepared the land for planting. He also managed a banana and orange grove. Al and Veleta visited Belize many times over the years and built lasting friendships.
Al was a member of First Baptist Church of Dexter and served as a deacon. He was a member of Rotary, served as president, and helped host international visitors.
Al is survived by one son and wife Mark and Charlotte Stutts of Essex, a daughter Lisa Stutts of Dexter, a daughter and husband Debra and Mike Ebner, and a granddaughter Jacqueline Owens of Wake Forest, North Carolina. He was predeceased by his wife, Veleta Stutts.
Visitation will be Monday November 26 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM at Rainey Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday November 27 at 11:00 with Dr. Steven Easterwood officiating. Interment will follow at the Chalk Bluff Cemetery, south of Dexter.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.
