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Marjorie Mae Belknap
Oct 30, 2014
Marjorie Mae Belknap, 93, of Poplar Bluff passed away on Thursday October 30, 2014. Marge was born on July 18, 1921 to the late Marie Van Dyne Boeving and the late Hugo Boeving. After graduating from Poplar Bluff High School in 1938, she earned a degree from Fontbonne College in St Louis, Missouri graduating in 1943. She was married...
Maona Brown Kysar
Oct 27, 2014
Maona Kysar, 80, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Kysar was born March 15, 1934 in Butler County to the late Ralph and Genettie Hill Brown. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Kysar loved spending time with her family, especially...
Marvin L. Sheridan
Oct 27, 2014
Marvin L. Sheridan, 65, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Sheridan was born December 6, 1948, in Doniphan, MO, to Albert and Thelma Cope Sheridan. On August 14, 1976, he and Brenda McGowen were married at Little Brushy Baptist Church in Wappapello, where he was a member. He...
Bessie Cadeonce Sr
Oct 27, 2014
Bessie Cade Sronce, 65, of Hunter, MO, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2014, at her residence. Ms. Sronce was born January 18, 1949, in Broseley, MO, to James Isaac Franklin and Pearl Cornell Cade. She was of the Baptist faith, a partner with Genesco Enterprises, and enjoyed being with her friends and family. Survivors include her daughter, Melissa Fouts,...
Charles Shod Longbottom
Oct 24, 2014
Charles ""Shod"" Longbottom, 83, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Longbottom, the baby of 9 children, was born November 6, 1930 in Ellsinore, Mo to the late James Elijah and Ida Mae Winds Longbottom. He and Betty L. Bradley were married November 10, 1953 in Poplar Bluff. She...
Elsie Ruth (Brown) Sparkman
Oct 22, 2014
Elsie Ruth (Brown) Sparkman passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of Oct. 22, 2014. Mother experienced no pain or fear. She was 89 years old when she died. Born on Dec. 14, 1924 in the rural outskirts of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Mom was the oldest of Ray Revere and Myrtle Bertha (Sample) Brown's three...
Gulielma Gula Shulse
Oct 21, 2014
Gulielma ""Gula"" Geraldine Shulse, 99, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Ellington, Mo., passed away, Monday, Oct. 21, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Shulse was born June 2, 1915 in Decatur, Nebr., to the late Nicholas M. and Maude Allen Farrcn. She was a member of Ellington Methodist Church and had retired as a schoolteacher after having...
Reba Thompson Shivley
Oct 21, 2014
Reba Thompson Shivley passed away Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. Reba was born Oct. 15, 1920 to Anna and J. Sam Thompson, who preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, A. W. ""Buddy"" Shivley and wife, Carolyn, of Marietta, Ga., and John Joseph Shivley and wife, Marsha, of Poplar Bluff; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Homer Thompson; and...
Charles Ray Mcknight
Oct 18, 2014
Charles Ray McKnight, 77, of Wappapello, MO, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014, at SEHealth in Cape Girardeau, MO. Mr. McKnight was born December 11, 1936, in Poplar Bluff, to the late Carlin E. and Edith Vaughn Brewer McKnight. On July 24, 1956, he and Barbara Jean Wood were married in Poplar Bluff, MO, she preceded him in death...
Eudora Marcella Barwick
Oct 18, 2014
Eudora Marcella Barwick, 95, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014, at Black River Medical Center. Mrs. Barwick was born September 22, 1919 in St. Louis, MO to Edward and Sarah Clementine Kitchen Marsh. On June 20, 1942, she and Vernard Pernell Barwick were married in St. Louis, and she had retired as an assistant manager at...
Clinton Elledge
Oct 14, 2014
Clinton Elledge, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Litchfield, Ill. passed away Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 at The Manor Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Elledge was born Sept. 25, 1930 in Litchfield to the late William Russell and Pearl Mitchell Elledge. He was a member and Elder at The Bluff Church in Poplar Bluff and had retired...
Maxine Larue Moore
Oct 13, 2014
Maxine Larue Moore, age 92, of Poplar Bluff, MO entered her heavenly home on Monday, October 13, 2014 from Westwood Hills Nursing Center. She was a dedicated wife, loving mother, thoughtful sister, nurturing grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother. She was a wonderful example of faith, hope and love. Maxine was born to Byrd and Arrie Casey on December...
Avanelle Hefner Hahn
Oct 12, 2014
Avanelle H. Hahn, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Hahn was born July 28, 1924 in St. Francis, Ark. To the late James Robert and Malissa Alice Bolen Hefner. She was a member of Second Baptist Church and had retired as a dietitian at John...
Wilfred Floyd Lourance
Oct 1, 2014
Wilfred Floyd Lourance, 78, of Warrenton, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at the Whispering Pines Retirement Community in Warrenton. Mr. Lourance was born June 29, 1936 in Qulin, Mo., to the late Floyd Eugene and Anna Lucy (Webb) Lourance. He was a member of Black River Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Qulin and had retired as a Packer...
Sharlene Waters
Oct 1, 2014
Sharlene Waters, 60, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Ms. Waters was born October 1, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, to Lawrence E. Bailey and Garnett Francis (Burnett) Deck. She was of the Baptist faith and loved spending time with her family, especially caring for her grandchildren. Survivors include her two children:...
Donald Leonard Robertson
Oct 1, 2014
Donald L. Robertson, 77, of Arnold, Mo, formerly of Poplar Bluff and Jonesboro, Ark., died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at de Greeff Hospice Care Center in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Robertson was born April 4, 1937 in Valparaiso, Ind., to the late James R. and Madline (Barnard) Robertson. He had retired from American Shoe Machinery Company as a Senior...
Charles Clemens Red Bruns
Sep 30, 2014
Charles Clemens ""Red"" Bruns, 83, of Piedmont, MO passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Mr. Bruns was born July 20, 1931 to Bernard and Mary Bruns. He served his country during the Korean War in the 1st Marine Division at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. He was a wonderful loving father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many....

Robert Kenneth Williams
Sep 30, 2014
Robert Kenneth Williams, 71, of Wappapello, Mo, passed away Tuesday, September, 30, 2014, in Wayne County. Bob was born February 3, 1943 in Midland Michigan, to the late Victor Kenneth and Clara Miller Williams. On October 7, 1961 he and Mary Graham were married in Bloomfield. She survives of the home. Bob was a member of the Faith Baptist...
Donna Lou (Hastings) Mcknight
Sep 30, 2014
Donna Lou McKnight, 84, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Mc Knight was born September 7, 1930 in Senath, Mo, to William ""Bill"" Hastings and Robbie L. Tyler Hastings. On December 12, 1948, she married James K. McKnight in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death in 2013. She was a member...

David Lloyd Page
Sep 29, 2014
David Lloyd Page, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. David was born April 1, 1944 in Poplar Bluff. He was a lifetime farmer working with his brother until his retirement in 2003. After retirement David still farmed, but only from the inside of his pick-up, keeping watch...