Stories from Sunday, December 2, 2018

DEXTER, Mo. — Brenda Tucker Williamson, 72, died Dec. 1, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 13, 1946, near Puxico, daughter of the late R.C. and Mildred Duckworth Tucker, she had lived in the Bloomfield and Dexter areas all her life. She was a member of the New Bethel General Baptist Church in Dexter and served on the Stoddard County Fair Board for many years...

PARMA, Mo. — J.C. Leonard, 75, died Dec. 1, 2018, at his home near Parma. Born Nov. 13, 1943, in Portageville, son of the late William Monroe and Opal Lee Redman Leonard, he was a retired nuclear engineer and member of the First Baptist Church in Parma. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a pilot...