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Charles "Jim" Franklin Smith
Apr 10, 2015
Charles "Jim" Franklin Smith, 69, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, April 10, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Smith was born Jan. 21, 1946, in Hazelton, Ind., to the late Elmer William and Frances Elnora Myers Smith. He attended Calvary Community Church and had retired as owner and operator of Walt's paint and auto body shop in...
Alice (Wade) Hicks
Apr 7, 2015
Alice Hicks, 66, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at her residence shortly after the death of her husband. Mrs. Hicks was born May 10, 1948 in St. James, Mo., to the late George E. and Carmalee M. Bailey Wade. She was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Survivors include two...
Mickie Lee Hicks
Apr 7, 2015
Mickie Lee Hicks, 76, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at his residence Mr. Hicks was born June 17, 1938 in Holcomb, Mo., to the late Bertie B. and Gladys E. Smith Hicks. He had retired from Greer Construction Company and had proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. Hicks enjoyed spending time with his...

Julius Romeo Aaron Hightower
Apr 5, 2015
Julius Romeo Aaron Hightower, infant son of Julius and Lee Andrea Jones Hightower, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, shortly after his birth. In addition to his parents, survivors include two sisters: Alantris and Amira Allen; two brothers, Julius Hightower and baby Julius's twin brother, Juel Hightower; grandparents, Lonnie and Lekesha Moss, of...
Dorothy Emma Barks
Apr 3, 2015
Dorothy Emma Barks, 81, of Poplar Bluff passed away Friday, April 03, 2015, at The Manor, after a courageous fight with lung cancer. Ms. Barks was born February 23, 1934 in Dike, Iowa, to John C. and Clara Rathman Schmidt. She was baptized after birth and confirmed on December 16, 1945 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Reinbeck, IA....
Helen Louise (Reed) Dodge
Apr 2, 2015
Helen Louise Dodge, 79, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Dodge was born Aug. 21, 1935, in Catron, Mo. to the late Robert and Edith Irene Page Reed. She was a member of New Home General Baptist Church and had retired as a sewing machine operator for Florsheim Shoe Factory....
Emma Fay Wallis
Mar 31, 2015
Emma Fay Wallis, 90 of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, March, 31, 2015 after a brief stay for hospice care at The Manor Nursing Home. Mrs. Wallis was born June 16, 1924 in Qulin, Mo., to the late John and Beulah (Hewlett) Reed. She enjoyed Church, playing Scrabble, cooking, gardening, sewing and spending time with family and friends. Mrs....
Ronald Gene Parrent
Mar 30, 2015
Ronald Gene Parrent, 61, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr Parrent was born May 28, 1953, in Doniphan, MO to Gene and Imogene Parrent. Mr Parrent was a high school graduate of Naylor High School and he later went on to mortuary school in Louisville, KY. Upon completion of...
Donna Mae Atkins
Mar 30, 2015
Donna Mae Jackson Atkins, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, March 30, 2015. Donna was born in Poplar Bluff on March 7, 1928. She graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1946, and went on to attend Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. Donna spent many years living in Kennett, M., and Columbia, Mo. before returning to Poplar...
Freda Lindsay Krivohlavek
Mar 30, 2015
Freda Lindsay Krivohlavek, 79, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Krivohlavek was born Nov. 11, 1935, in Chaonia, Mo., to the late Luther and Mary Noldge Wilson. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, where she was a Sunday School teacher, a member of the...
Francis "Frank" Joseph Catalano, Sr.
Mar 28, 2015
Francis "Frank" Joseph Catalano, Sr., 71, of Wappapello, Mo., passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Catalano was born Jan. 3, 1944 in New Orleans, La., to the late Michael and Mary Gagliano Catalano. He was of the Catholic faith and was a retired plumber. Mr. Catalano proudly serviced his country in the U.S. Army during...
Leonard W. Ehlers
Mar 27, 2015
Leonard W. Ehlers, 95, of Columbia, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and a retired Official Court Reporter of the 36th Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, went to be with his Lord on Friday, March 27, 2015. He passed away at Slater Place, Lenoir Woods, in Columbia, Missouri. Leonard W. Ehlers was born in Sedalia, Missouri, on...
Nova Arlene Pratt
Mar 26, 2015
Nova Arlene Pratt, 94, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Ironton, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2015. Mrs. Pratt was born Feb. 18, 1921 in Hogan, Mo., to Elzie and Clara Odessa Swaringim Sherrill. On Nov. 12, 1941, she was united in marriage to the father of her children, Lewis E. Pratt. He preceded her in death in April, 2008....
Katherine Louise Parker
Mar 25, 2015
Katherine Louise (Stovall) Parker, 87, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at her residence. Mrs. Parker was born March 24, 1928, in Taskee, Mo., to the late William and Tilda McCane Moore. She was a member of Living Word Baptist Church and had retired after 20 years of service from the housekeeping department at Doctor's Hospital....
Everett Hampton Nunley
Mar 23, 2015
Everett H. Nunley, 82, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2015, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Nunley was born July 8, 1932, in Butler County, to Ernest Franklin and Clora Morlen Nunley. On June 18, 1993, he and Sandra L. Warren were married in Butler County. She survives of the home. Mr. Nunley...
Kevin Charda Mitchell
Mar 22, 2015
Kevin Charda Mitchell, 28, of Broseley, Mo, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Barnes Jewish St. Louis, MO. Mr. Mitchell was born November 26, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Eddie B. Mitchell and Jeanette K. Murphy. He had been employed at Walmart and enjoyed fishing, computer games, drawing and computer graphics. Survivors include his parents; a sister,...
Martha Lucille Vanderburg
Mar 21, 2015
Martha Lucille Vanderburg, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Westwood Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Vanderburg was born October 27, 1922, in Shelburn, IN, to the late Hobert Clark and Carmen Followell Clark. On March 16, 1937, she and Cleo Vanderburg were married in Odessa TX. He preceded her in death in...
Stella L. Gilliam Keele
Mar 20, 2015
Stella L. Gilliam Keele, 98, of St. Louis, Mo. formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, March 20, 2015 at Christian Hospital Northeast, in St. Louis. Mrs. Keele was born Jan. 15, 1917, in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of First Christian Church in Poplar Bluff and had retired as a telephone operator from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Mrs....
Robert Earl Little
Mar 19, 2015
Robert Earl Little, 68, of Poplar Bluff, and formerly of St. Louis, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Little was born Aug. 28, 1946 in Webb, Miss. to Beatrice Fleming Little and the late Willie B. Little. He retired in 2009 as a supervisor with the St. Louis City Park and Recreation Department, after more...
Aristeo "Tottee" B. Soriano
Mar 16, 2015
Aristeo "Tottee" B. Soriano, 67, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, March 16, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Soriano was born on April 11, 1947 in Manila, Philippines, to the late Carlos and Librada Biluan Soriano. In September 1972, he and Leticia P. Katindig were married. She survives. Mr. Soriano had a master's degree in Business Administration...