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Mary Ella (Burnley) Epps
Feb 17, 2015
Mary Ella Epps, 91, of Edwardsville, IL, formerly of the Harviell area in Butler County, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at the Hospice House of Edwardsville, IL. Mrs. Epps was born in Kevil, KY on February 21, 1923, to Willie and Ora Casey Burnley. On May 20, 1946, she married John Richard Epps. He preceded her in death...
Rex Karl Kirkpatrick
Feb 17, 2015
Rex Karl Kirkpatrick, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Kirkpatrick was born April 10, 1925 in Evansville, Ind. to the late Rex and Rose Christine Pudell Kirkpatrick. He proudly served his country during WWII while in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Kirkpatrick was a retired railroad engineer, a...
Jerry Vernell Doss
Feb 17, 2015
Jerry Vernell Doss, 80, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Mark Twain Caring Center. Mr. Doss was born Jan. 25, 1935, in Herbine, AR, to Lonnie Washington and Clara Bell Herring Doss. He and Gail McNece were married in Poplar Bluff at the First Christian Church on April 4, 1980. She survives of the...

Dale Medrin Conner
Feb 14, 2015
Dale Medrin Conner, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 at The Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Conner was born Aug. 24, 1922 in Batesville, Ark. to the late Hubert Thomas and Jessie Emily Quall Conner. He was of the Baptist faith and proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII....
Howard B. Gentle
Feb 8, 2015
Howard B. Gentle, Jr., 74, of Doniphan, MO, passed away Sunday February 8, 2015, at South East Health Center in Doniphan. Mr. Gentle was born February 22, 1940 in St. Louis, MO. On March 5, 1958, he and Laveta Klocke were married in Edina, MO, she preceded him in death on September 24, 2013. On April 4, 2014, he...

Deborah Diane Pollack
Feb 8, 2015
Deborah Diane Pollack, 60, of Winter Garden, FL, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015, at Dr.P. Phillips Hospital in Orlando, FL. Ms. Pollack was born July 28, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, MO, to Charles Samuel and Vivian Stanley Pollack in Poplar Bluff. She had worked at Universal Studios for many years and had a passion for animals. Along with...
Jasper Franklin Cochran
Feb 8, 2015
Jasper Franklin Cochran, 103, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 at The Cedargate Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Cochran was born Oct. 29, 1911 in the Lone Hill community of Butler County, to the late Andrew Lee and Sara Rosetta Webb Cochran. He was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church; and was a...
Erma Louise (Englerth) Pierce
Feb 5, 2015
Erma Louise Pierce, 47, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. from injuries sustained in a house-fire that also claimed the lived of her grandsons, Phoenix and JayDen Brannon. Mrs. Pierce was born Sept. 16, 1967, in Rochelle, Ill. She was of the Baptist faith, and was...
Marilyn Brewster (Miller) Rexroat
Feb 1, 2015
Marilyn Brewster Rexroat, 86, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Rexroat was born May 8, 1928 in Claflin, Kans., to the late William E. Sr. and Ella M. Hutton Miller. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, and a member of the Wesleyan Sunday School Class. She was a...
Phoenix Tylar Brannon
Feb 1, 2015
Phoenix Tylar Brannon, 10, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015, alongside his brother, JayDen, at the home of his grandparents, as the result of a fire. Phoenix was born April 25, 2004, in Poplar Bluff, to Jonathan Brannon and Dusty Whittaker. He was a fifth grader at Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th grade center. He...
Jayden Lyric Brannon
Feb 1, 2015
JayDen Lyric Brannon, 8, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Sunday February 1, 2015, alongside his brother, Phoenix, at the home of his grandparents, as a result of a fire. JayDen was born in Poplar Bluff on May 30, 2006 to Terry Blankenship and Dusty Whittaker. He was a 3rd student at Lake Road School. He enjoyed spending time...
Tracey Nicole Ramos
Jan 31, 2015
Tracey Nicole Ramos, 40, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 at her residence. Tracey was born Jan. 2, 1975 in Poplar Bluff; and was a Home Care worker. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. Survivors include two sons, Trevor Ramos, of Poplar Bluff and Ricky Reece III, of Harviell; her father, Larry...
Angela Dorshan Wade
Jan 31, 2015
Angela Dorshan Wade, 47, of Belle, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 at her residence. Ms. Wade was born Nov. 28, 1967 in Poplar Bluff to the late Jake and Erma Jean Thomas Wade. She was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, and was a homemaker. Ms. Wade enjoyed writing, reading, shopping and...
Marvin "Buddy" Perry Cole
Jan 30, 2015
Marvin "Buddy" Perry Cole, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Cole was born July 10, 1939 in Springfield, Ark. to the late Ottis A. and Katie Miller Cole. He was a member of North Nixa Baptist Church in Nixa, Mo.; and was a truck driver...
Dixie Lee (Hills) Lucas
Jan 30, 2015
Dixie Lee (Hills) Lucas, 76, of Warrenton, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Lucas was born Jan 28, 1939 in Charleston, Ill. to the late Robert Christian and Kathryn Stevens (Powell) Hills. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, and had retired from Kneibert Clinic Laboratory as...

Wilma "Molly" J. (Kimbrow) Dempsey
Jan 29, 2015
Wilma "Molly" Jean Dempsey, 82, of Wappapello, MO, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Dempsey was born November 28, 1932 in Caruth, MO to the late Whitson and Lernie Haddon Kimbrow. Mrs. Dempsey had worked as a school secretary and helped out at Johnson's Automotive, where she was a partner. She enjoyed spending...
Betty Jean (Johnson) Buchanan
Jan 29, 2015
Betty Jean Buchanan, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Buchanan was born Aug. 16, 1931 in Stoddard County, Mo. to the late Roy Franklin and Ora C. Reese Johnson. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Buchanan was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and a talented...
Callie W. (Pyle) Chronister
Jan 28, 2015
Callie Wahnetta Chronister, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 at River Mist Assisted Living Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Chronister was born Oct. 1, 1923 in Advance, Mo. to the late Joseph M. and Clara E. Wright Pyle. She was of the General Baptist faith, and had retired as a bookkeeper in the automotive...
James "Jim" Robert Nutter
Jan 25, 2015
James “Jim” Robert Nutter, 69, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He suffered from complications after an accident in 2012 which left him paralyzed. Mr. Nutter was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Nov. 13, 1945, to Carrol and Doris Baker Nutter. In 1963 he attended Lakenheath High School in Lakenheath, England and then...
Minnie "Laverne" Emerson Thies
Jan 25, 2015
Minnie "LaVerne" Thies, 95, of Glasgow, MO, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Glasgow. Mrs. Thies was born June 7, 1919, in Poplar Bluff to the late John Franklin and Minnie Anne Jackson Emerson. She was a longtime member of Twin Springs Missionary Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and was...