List of mayors of Dexter, Missouri
The city of Dexter, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the largest city in Stoddard County, Missouri.
| Mayor | Took office | Left office | Additional information |
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Charles E. Stokes
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Cicero Allison Crane
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Served as mayor for 7 years around 1917. He served as a private in the US Army during the Spanish-American War in Cuba. | ||
Thomas J. Ross
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c. 1944 | 1946 | |
Gilbert G. Hill, Sr.
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1946 | 1948 | President of the company bearing his name. |
Roy Kilmer
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1948 | c. 1952 | He worked in the insurance industry and was city collector before becoming mayor.[1] |
Thomas J. Ross
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c. 1952 | 1956 | (He previously served as mayor.) |
Gilbert G. Hill, Jr.
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1956 | 1957 | During World War II, he served in the Pacific aboard the USS Quincy. He died at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. |
Thomas J. Ross
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c. 1957 | 1964 | (He previously served as mayor.) |
Rev. Dr. Melvin Gainer, Jr.
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1964 | 1966 | He was an expert rifleman who landed at Utah Beach during D-Day[3] and became the last-surviving scout for General Patton. Gainer also worked for Gen. Eisenhower in Versailles and earned many military honors. He became a jeweler and a Southern Baptist minister after the war.[4] |
Wilis Conner
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1966 | c. 1996 | He served as mayor for about 30 or 35 years. |
| Myra Pritchett[5][6] | c. 1996 | c. 2000 | |
| John Pruitt | 2000 | 2002[7] | |
Joe Ernest Weber
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2002[7] | 2018 | He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force when the Korean War broke out and would fly 100 missions during the War. He retired as a First Lieutenant. |
| Jason Banken | 2018 | current[9] | |
References
- Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
- "Rites Conducted for the Former Mayor of Dexter". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 9, 1963.
- "Gilbert Hill". 2002-08-03. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- "Veterans Day activities planned in area to pay tribute". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 9, 1998.
- "Patton's last scout". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. September 2, 2002.
- Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 822.
- Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 803.
- "New mayor, new projects highlight year". Retrieved 2014-11-03.
- "Former Dexter mayor, Joe Weber, dies at 89". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- "Stories from Tuesday, July 7, 2020". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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