Stories from Monday, June 24, 2019

VAN BUREN, Mo. — Levi Logan Mayberry, 22, of Van Buren, died June 21, 2019 in Van Buren. Visitation was Monday, June 24 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 25 in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Van Buren City Cemetery in Van Buren...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Jimmie Paul Keith, 83, of Piedmont, died Saturday, June 22, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Morrison Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery...

Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo. has announced its spring 2019 graduates. Sophia Adams of Piedmont, MO, graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in elementary education . Habeeb-Allah AL-Mashala of Malden, MO, graduated with a Bachelor of Science with a major in chemistry ...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Nelda Joyce Lassiter (nιe Bull), 74, of Naylor, Mo., died on Saturday, June 22, 2019 in Poplar Bluff.Visitation will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25 at Fowler and Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m.

GREENVILLE, Mo. — Orville L. London, 80, of Silva, Mo., died Sunday, June 23, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 28 at the Morrison Funeral Chapel in Greenville. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel. Burial with military honors will be in the New Prospect Cemetery...

FISK, Mo. — Jackie Dean Rusert, age 69, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, June 23, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Rusert was born July 31, 1949 in St. Louis, Mo., son of the late Carl and Virginia Rusert. Mr. Rusert was a logger and sawmill operator and enjoyed being outdoors. On February 23, 1968 he married Frances Gage. She survives...

DEXTER, Mo. — Jessamine ‘Tiny’ Johns, 92, Puxico, Mo., died June 23, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, June 26 from 5-8 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted at Brown General Baptist Church in Puxico on Thursday, June 27 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ray Placher and Rev. John Buttry officiating.

City firefighters responded at 11:24 a.m. Sunday, June 23, to an alarm at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, 3100 Oak Grove Road. It was investigation only. ———— City firefighters responded at 8:17 p.m. Saturday, June 22, to a report of an unauthorized burn in the 1000 block of Hickory Street...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County decided to withdraw from a lawsuit against Ameren at a special meeting Thursday night at the Stoddard County Justice Center. The Stoddard County Commission called the meeting to discuss what to do next, as the case has been tied up in court since 2013...