Teresa Fuwell Allen was born September 20, 1960 to Hilda and Freemond Fuwell in Chicago, Illinois.
Teresa gained her heavenly wings on January 6, 2021, she peacefully left this world surrounded by the ones she loved the most at her home in Bloomfield, Missouri. She fiercely battled cancer for over 2 years and showed us the true meaning of a fighting spirit.
She unconditionally loved her children, Bryan Bowling, Brookie Morton, Baylee Allen, and Brandon Allen; to her extended children she loved as her own Krystal, Stacey, Sharon, James Michael, and Allen. She deeply cherished her grandchildren, Madison, Ava, Brylee, Sawyer, Tucker, Easton, and Brynleigh. Along with her "kids" at Fuwell's RCF, Teresa leaves behind many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Teresa was incredibly strong and while she taught us many things, the lesson that will always remain is that family is everything.
She was preceded in death by her father, Freemond Fuwell; her mother, Hilda Fuwell; her grandmother, Helen Prince; her sister, Debbie Graebner; Kevin Quillman, Tom Quillman, and loving fiancé, James Hastings; along with many other loved ones.
Services will be held Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Visitation is scheduled from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00pm with a service immediately following with Rev. Lonnie Vickers officiating.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
Brett Warren, a 17 year old junior at Dexter Senior High School, perished in a car accident Friday evening.
Service times are as follows:
Visitation: Tuesday, January 12,2021 from 4pm until 8 pm.
Funeral: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 2 pm. All services will be at Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter. A complete obituary will be published later.
Clifford Ray Simptkins Sr., son of Evelyn Floyd Crump and the late Richard Simptkins, was born on April 4, 1960 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on January 3, 2021 at Annie’s House in Marble Hill, Missouri, at the age of 60 years.
Mr. Simptkins worked as a landscaper and trimmed trees. He loved listening to the radio, fishing and collecting hats. He enjoyed working in the yard and woodworking. He was a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri.
He is survived by his mother, Evelyn Crump of Bloomfield; by two sons, Clifford Simptkins Jr. and wife Jenny of Bloomfield and David Simptkins and wife Sarah of Dexter; by his daughter, Misty Reynolds of Bloomfield; by two brothers, Kenny Briley and Clarence Briley, both of Tennessee; by his sister, Irma Fodge of Benton; and by seven grandchildren, Raelyn, Reagan, Journee, Jansyn, Kaylee, Landon, and Henry.
He was preceded in death by his father and by one brother, in infancy.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
Joyce Hardin, daughter of the late Walter McCarver and Jenny Mae Yarbrough McCarver, was born on June 3, 1937 in Steele, Missouri, and departed this life on January 3, 2021 at her residence in Dudley, Missouri at the age of 83 years.
Mrs. Hardin was a former employee of First Missouri State Bank in Fisk, Missouri, working as a teller and bookkeeper. She lived the Christian faith and enjoyed gardening, birdwatching, and flowers, cooking and canning, and her favorite color was brown.
On March 6, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, she was united in marriage to Bob Hardin. Mr. Hardin survives of their home in Dudley.
In addition to her husband, Bob, she is survived by three sons, Steve Hardin and wife Melana of Dexter, Missouri, David Hardin of Dudley, Missouri and Jim Hardin of Kansas City, Missouri; and by two grandchildren, Lauren Burke and Matthew Hardin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; by her daughter, Joyce Ann Hardin, in infancy; and by two sisters.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Jim Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Dudley Cemetery.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
Bertie Cook, daughter of the late James Duffey and Minnie Morris Duffey, was born on July 8, 1925 in Brownwood, Missouri, and departed this life on January 2, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 95 years.
Mrs. Cook was the former owner of a beauty shop. She was a member of First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield, Missouri and a resident of Bloomfield.
On April 29, 1944 in Piggott, Arkansas, she was united in marriage to J. P. Cook. Mr. Cook preceded her in death on January 27, 2004.
She is survived by several nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents, by two brothers, Raymond Duffey and Aymond Duffey; and by four sisters, Lucille Wright, Melba Borneman, Inez Henley, and Georgia Henrey.
Graveside services will be conducted at Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield on Friday, January 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Blake Brown officiating.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
