Stories from Monday, September 1, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Missouri Chamber of Commerce President Dan Mehan was honored last week with a Champion of Small Business award from the National Coalition for Capital. Dan and 34 fellow legislators and officials from across the nation were recognized for their leadership at the annual National Coalition for Capital Awards Ceremony on August 19th in Minneapolis, MN. ...

CHARLESTON -- Charles Franklin Farmer Jr., 94, died Aug. 31, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Keith Huffman of Ironton will officiate...

DEXTER -- Beulah Summerfield, 88, died Aug. 30, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Dexter. Services were conducted Sunday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Rosewood Cemetery at Malden. For the complete obituary, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...

DEXTER -- Lonus E. "L.E." Caudle, 87, died Aug. 30, 2014, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Tom Horton and Dale Williams officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...