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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...
Clair "Cy" Schulz
Jan 20, 2015
Clair "Cy" Schulz, 85, of Pierce, NE, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 at his residence. Cy was born Feb. 25, 1929 in Lincoln, NE, and adopted by the late Emil Paul and Eva (Koehler) Schulz. He was confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in rural Pierce on March 29, 1942. Cy worked as a butter-maker at the Pierce...
Ivan R. Long
Jan 20, 2015
Ivan R. Long, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 at Mark Twain Caring Center. Mr. Long was born Aug 22, 1930 in Poplar Bluff to the late Reuben Milton and Dora Mae (Choisser) Long. He attended the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Long had retired as a locomotive engineer for Union Pacific...
Lawrence Fergel
Jan 18, 2015
Lawrence Fergel, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 at St. Louis University Hospital. Mr. Fergel was born Nov. 11, 1950 in Mandan, ND to Dorothy Reel Fergel and the late Greg Fergel, Sr. He was of the Baptist faith and had worked in construction and carpentry. Mr. Fergel proudly served his country in the...
Helen L. May
Jan 18, 2015
Helen Louise May, 85, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. May was born September 26, 1929 in Poplar Bluff to the late Lewis and Bessie Fisher Hodapp. On November 30, 1975, she and Willis A. May were married in Miami, Oklahoma. He survives of the home. Mrs....
Violet L. (Newell) Berry
Jan 17, 2015
Violet L. Berry, 87, of Clarkston, Mich., passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 in Wappapello, Mo. Mrs. Berry was born March 17, 1927 in Wayne County, Mo. She worked at F.W. Woolworth Store in Poplar Bluff for many years and was a homemaker. For the past 30 years Mrs. Berry had resided in Clarkston, Mich., with her daughter and...
Alma Blanche (Haile) Barger
Jan 15, 2015
Alma Blanche Barger, 98, of Poplar Bluff, Mo passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Cedargate Nursing Home. Mrs. Barger was born July 6, 1916, in Gideon, MO to the late Virgil and Minnie Clark Haile. On December 24, 1936 she married Howard Barger. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Barger was of the Baptist faith and had been...
Burnis Irene (Hoffman) Brothers
Jan 15, 2015
Burnis Irene (Hoffman) Brothers, 93, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday January 15, 2015, at Willow Care Center in Willow Springs, MO. Mrs. Brothers was born April 25, 1921 in Rombauer, MO to the late John and Estie Sinks Hoffman. In August of 1941, she and Charles W. Brothers were married in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in...
Ava B. Brickell (Lamkin) Turner
Jan 14, 2015
Ava Lamkin Brickell Turner, 99, of Harviell, Mo. died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born June 15, 1915 in Butler County to the late James and Minnie (Pry) Lamkin. In 1932, she married Arvel Brickell, who later preceded her in death. In 1985, she was married to Malcom Turner. He preceded her...
Frankie Lynn (Adams) Losh
Jan 13, 2015
Frankie Lynn Losh, 57, of Wappapello, MO passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at her residence. Ms. Losh was born June 22, 1957, in Kennett, MO, to Franklin C. and Delma Jean McKenzie Adams. Her parents preceded her in death. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Wappapello, a homemaker and had worked for the Visiting Nurse...

Kitsey Catherine (Cornett) Shepard
Jan 13, 2015
Kitsey Catherine Shepard, 80, of the Stringtown community of Butler County, passed away, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Shepard was born Feb. 4, 1934 in Oklahoma to the late John and Mona (Bailey) Cornett. She was a member of Kerns Chapel Church in Stringtown and was a homemaker. Mrs. Shepard enjoyed reading, sewing, gardening, scrapbooking and...
Helen Irene Denney
Jan 12, 2015
Helen Irene Denney,89, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at Westwood Hills Care Center. Mrs. Denney was born in Canon City, CO on December 26, 1925 to the late John H. and Irene Minich Comer. On July 20 1942, she married Harry E. Denney in St. Charles, MO. He preceded her in death. She had retired...