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Geraldine (Fletcher) Howard
Mar 15, 2016
Geraldine Howard, 91, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Howard, the daughter of the late William and Josephine Rouse Fletcher, was born Aug. 9, 1924 in Kirksville, Mo. She was a member of the First Church of God. Mrs. Howard had worked as a cafeteria cook at Mitchell grade school. She enjoyed...
Edna G. Malone (Hanner) Kenser
Mar 15, 2016
Edna Malone Kenser. 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Kenser, the youngest and only daughter of the late Lon and Mettie (Foster) Hanner, was born Sept. 3, 1932 in Knobel, Ark. She was a member of Highland Church of Christ, and was a retired Licensed...
Mary Louise Stagner
Mar 14, 2016
Mary Louise Stagner, 70, of Poplar Bluff Mo., passed away Monday, March 14, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Stagner, the daughter of the late Eugene and Alma (Lewis) Wells was born July 31, 1945 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. Over the years she worked...

John Bob Crawford
Mar 13, 2016
John Bob Crawford, 87, of Harrison, Ark., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 in Harrison. Mr. Crawford, the son of the late Clyde and Isabell Stokes Crawford, was born May 16, 1928 in Wayne County, Mo. He was a member of Burlington Baptist Church in Burlington and was the former owner and operator of...
Bennie "Ben" Olen Watkins
Mar 12, 2016
Bennie "Ben" Olen Watkins, 69, of Bell City, Mo. passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Midland, TX. Ben was born May 24, 1946 at Batesville, Ark. to the late Bernell and Edith Porter Watkins. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He enjoyed the outdoors and playing...
Donald Ray Trousdale
Mar 12, 2016
Donald Ray Trousdale, 65, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Trousdale was born Sept. 29, 1950 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith and had proudly served his country in the US Army during the Korean War. Mr. Trousdale previously worked at Riggs wholesale before retiring from...
Tammie Charlene Clifton
Mar 10, 2016
Tammie Charlene Clifton, age 55, of Bonne Terre, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Bonne Terre. Ms. Clifton was born June 22, 1960 in Poplar Bluff and was of the non-denominational faith. Until her illness she had worked as a coder in the Health Care industry. Ms. Clifton enjoyed spending time with her...
Stahl Lee Sturgeon
Mar 8, 2016
Stahl Lee Sturgeon, age 50, and a resident of Doniphan, Mo., departed this life on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Stahl was born Nov. 8, 1965 in Poplar Bluff and was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1984. He received his degree in Electronic Engineering at ITT in St. Louis, Mo., with advance training in Robotics Engineering...
Jerry Dean Hooper Sr.
Mar 5, 2016
Jerry Dean Hooper, Sr., 65, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, March 5, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hooper, the son of Thomas Franklin and Mary G. Arnold Hooper, was born March 20, 1950 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith and was a retired truck driver. Mr. Hooper proudly served his country with the US Marines and...
Gladys Garrison Page
Mar 5, 2016
Gladys Page, after a long and productive life, died of natural causes at her home on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Mrs. Page was born in the Kime community in Wayne County, Mo., on the 27th of October in 1914. She was the daughter of the late Henry Archie and Virgie Seabaugh Garrison, whose ancestors were early pioneers of Wayne...
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...