Stories from Monday, January 5, 2015

Berbage D. Bryant, son of the late Carmie B. Bryant and Mae Odell Anderson Bryant, was born on Aug. 2, 1919, in Holland, Mo., and died on Jan. 5, 2015, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 95. Mr. Bryant was the owner of Bryant Real Estate in Dexter and a resident of Dexter...

Danny R. Gregg, 60, of Dexter, died on Jan. 4, 2015, at the Cancer Treatment Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

SUBMITTED photo Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver, above at right, is shown being sworn back into office by County Clerk Joe Watson on New Year's Day at the Justice Center in Bloomfield. Oliver ran unopposed in the November general election, and in 2015 begins his second term in office...