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Goldie Johnson
Mar 2, 2016
Goldie Johnson, 96, of Bolivar, Mo formally of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday March 2, 2016 at Citizen's Memorial Healthcare Facility in Bolivar, Mo. Goldie was born Dec. 7, 1919. She lived in Poplar Bluff for many years before moving to Bolivar, Mo. in 2009. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. On Feb. 3, 1944,...
C. Pearl (Metcalf) Medley
Mar 1, 2016
C. Pearl Medley, 85, of Poplar Bluff passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2016 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Medley, the daughter of the late Edward and Florence Julius Metcalf, was born April 23, 1930 in Asherville, Mo. She was a mother and homemaker until March, 2000 when she began her employment at Taco Bell in...
Evelyn M. Harris (Williams) Mcdaniel
Feb 26, 2016
Evelyn M. Harris McDaniel of Shreveport, La., formerly of Poplar Bluff, went home to live with her Savior on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. She was living with her son, Jerry and his wife, Becky in Shreveport. Evelyn was born Aug. 3, 1922 to Elmer H. and Rettie Myrtle (Houston) Williams. She grew up in and around the Jonesboro, Ark....
E. L. "Buddy" Hupp
Feb 26, 2016
E. L. "Buddy" Hupp, 84, of Fairdealing, passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hupp, the son of the late Lewis A. and Elizabeth Smith Hupp, was born Jan. 14, 1932 in Essex, Mo. He was of the Protestant faith and had retired from the US Navy. During his tenure in the Navy, Mr. Hupp proudly...
Marvin E. Kesterson
Feb 25, 2016
Marvin E. Kesterson, age 92 years, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. and Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, February 25, 2016, at Brookdale Skyline Care Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mr. Kesterson was born July 30, 1923 in Naylor, Mo., the son of Joe and Pearl Armour Kesterson. He married Sondra Lorene Neil on July 26, 1970 in St. Louis, Mo....
Edward Charles Fluech
Feb 25, 2016
Edward C. Fluech, 67, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Fluech was born Feb. 26, 1948 in St. Louis, Mo. to the late Joseph Bernard and Agnes Elizabeth Stenger Fluech. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff and had...
Benny Daves
Feb 21, 2016
Benny Daves, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Daves was born July 25, 1940 in Wayne County Mo. to the late Oda and Opal Leach Daves. He was a retired over the road truck driver for over 40 years, and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Survivors include a...
Theodore Junior Schalk
Feb 21, 2016
Theodore Schalk, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the John J. Pershing Veterans Hospital. Mr. Schalk was born November 20, 1924 in Poplar Bluff to the late Otto and Callie Mosberger Schalk. On August 30, 1946, he married Vida Stroud of Broseley Mo. She survives. Mr. Schalk was a WWII veteran proudly serving...
Linda Kay (Luke) Killian
Feb 15, 2016
Linda Kay Killian, 68, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Killian, the daughter of the late Charles and Edith (Durrow) Luke, was born Dec. 21, 1947 in Poplar Bluff. She attended the Assembly of God Church and previously worked in housekeeping at Doctors Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Killian enjoyed...
Barbara Ann (Stewart) Baggett
Feb 10, 2016
Barbara Ann Baggett, 84, of Columbia, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 at Lenoir Woods in Columbia. Mrs. Baggett, the daughter of the late Marcus and Ruth Miller Stewart, was born March 2, 1931 in Old Greenville, Mo. She was a graduate of Blytheville High School Class of 1949 in Blytheville, Ark. and...
Rosita (Braga) Dunaway
Feb 8, 2016
Rosita Braga Dunaway, 69, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Dunaway, the daughter of the late Teodirico and Eufracia (Pelicano) Braga, was born Aug. 24, 1946 in Bay Bay, Leyte Philippines. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and had retired from Briggs and...
Lavena Mae (Guess) Hillis
Jan 31, 2016
Lavena Mae Hillis, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Broseley, Mo., passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 at Westwood Hills Health Care. Mrs. Hillis was born Oct. 27, 1936 in Broseley, Mo., to the late Wiley Henry and Ella Corder Guess. She was a member of Highland Drive Church of Christ in Poplar Bluff, and had retired from...
John Doyle Prenzel
Jan 30, 2016
John (Johny) Prenzel, 80, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Prenzel was born Feb. 8, 1935 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late John and Josephine Scoggins Prenzel. He married Evelyn Louise Luke in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She survives of the home. Mr. Prenzel was of the nondenominational faith....
Charlotte Elizabeth (Fanning) Smith
Jan 29, 2016
Charlotte Elizabeth Smith, 67, of Ellington, Mo., passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center lovingly surrounded by her family. She is free of pain and will be dearly missed. Mrs. Smith, the daughter of the late James G. and Mary Helen (Birmingham) Fanning, was born Nov. 26, 1948 in Gideon, Mo. She was of...
John William Taylor
Jan 28, 2016
John W. Taylor, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Mr. Taylor, the only child of James and Edith Taylor, was born March 4, 1930 in McCrory, Ark. He retired in 1994 as a regional sales representative for the Balfour Class Ring Company. Mr. Taylor was a member of the First United Methodist Church and...
Ben F. Boyers
Jan 19, 2016
Ben F. Boyers, age 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Boyers, the son of the late Byrd F. and Hettie (Sparkman) Boyers, was born Sept. 8, 1923 in Butler County, Mo. He was a member of Lone Star Missionary Baptist Church and had retired as a horse...
Ruth "Ruthie" Marie Shivers
Jan 16, 2016
Ruth (Ruthie) Marie Shivers, 59, of Malden, Mo., passed away Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 at The Golden Living Center in Malden. Ms. Shivers, daughter of the late Delmar Oral and Irma Christine(Klappstein) Shivers Tompkins was born June 18, 1956 in St. Louis, Mo. and had been disabled her entire life. She was the longest residing resident at the Living...
Dillon Tyler Keith
Jan 15, 2016
Dillon Tyler Keith, 19, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 in Butler County, one half mile south of Qulin, Mo. Dillon was born April 8, 1996 in Poplar Bluff. He was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School Class of 2014 and was a member of The Bluff Church. Dillon was working towards completing his degree...
Carroll Eugene Harwell
Jan 11, 2016
Carroll E. Harwell, 74, a local Poplar Bluff business owner, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Harwell, the son of the late Fred Martin Harwell and Gertrude (Fisher) Harwell Birdsong, was born April 8, 1941 in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of Living Word Baptist Church and had retired in 2011 as owner and operator...
Jeanne Lavern Foster
Jan 9, 2016
Jeanne Foster, 89, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Jeanne was born in St. Louis, MO, and moved to Poplar Bluff in 1950 with her husband, Earl, to whom she was married for almost 60 years. He passed away in 2004. Her daughter, Susan Darby also preceded her in death in 2012. She leaves behind...