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Deborah  Diane Pollack

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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