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Wilma Faye South
May 29, 2014
Wilma Faye South, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at Westwood Hills Care Center. Mrs. South was born July 15, 1936 in Kennett, MO, to the late Zema Willie and Cordia Worthington Kendrick. On March 7, 1956, she and John South were married in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death on September 24,...
Edith Ardella Shamblin
May 27, 2014
Edith Ardella Shamblin, 90, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Shamblin was born December 15, 1923 in Hendrickson, MO, to the late William and Onie Sisco Hicks. On April 26, 1946, she married Ervin Herbert Shamblin in St. Louis. He preceded her in death on July...
Gary Howard Wright
May 25, 2014
Gary Howard Wright, 62, of Poplar Bluff died suddenly Sunday, May 25, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Wright was born Dec. 19, 1951 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith and was employed by American Commercial Lines as a dedicated Chief Engineer on the riverboat, ""Jeffboat"" for over 20 years. Mr. Wright enjoyed hanging out with his...
Jerry Dale Foster, Sr.
May 23, 2014
Jerry Dale Foster, Sr., 60, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Friday, May 23, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Foster was born Feb. 1, 1954 in Poplar Bluff to the late Earl and Jessie June Hedge Foster. He was of the Baptist faith, and had worked at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Foster enjoyed spending time...
Earline Robertson
May 20, 2014
Earline Robertson, 87, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away May 20, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Robertson was born October 10, 1926, in Rombauer, MO, to the late Edward and Ethna Sutherland Smith. On September 21, 1951, she married Harold Robertson, in Poplar Bluff. He survives of the home. Mrs. Robertson was a member of First Baptist Church, where...
Frances Ruth Pulliam
May 17, 2014
Frances Ruth Pulliam, 82, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014, at her family residence. Mrs. Pulliam was born July 4, 1931 in Milan, MO, to the late Lindley and Zelphia Morley Baldridge. On September 4, 1956, she married Frank Pulliam in Kirksville, MO. He preceded her in death on February 5, 1993. Mrs. Pulliam was...

Florence Marie Nichols
May 13, 2014
Florence Marie Nichols, 65, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at The Manor. Mrs. Nichols was born February 10, 1949 in Steelville, MO, to the late Bill and Wanda Cameron Clover. On September 7, 1991, she married Brian Nichols in Poplar Bluff. She worked at the Regional Center and the Workshop in Poplar Bluff. She...
Lewis Lee Hillis
May 12, 2014
Lewis Ross Hillis, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Cash, Ark., passed away Monday, May 12, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Hillis was born Jan. 11, 1931 in Little Texas, Ark. to the late Robert Henry and Mary Mathis Hillis. He was a member of Highland Drive Church of Christ in Poplar Bluff, and he was a retired...
Carrie Lee Brandon
May 11, 2014
Carrie Lee Brandon, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Miss Brandon was born Aug. 2, 1931 in Poplar Bluff to the late Ernest Brandon and Stella Brooks. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, and had retired as a nurse for Doctors Regional...
Lloyd Lee Surber
May 10, 2014
Lloyd Lee Surber, 89, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Surber was born May 24, 1924 in Rector AR to the late Ernest and Eura Mae Gooch Surber. He was a member of Neelyville United Methodist Church, and he was a retired farmer. Mr. Surber proudly served his country...
Raona Ra Miller Hentz Nilsson
May 10, 2014
Raona Hentz Nilsson, age 77, a church, school and community leader in Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, May 10, 2014 at her residence after battling cancer. A career educator, Mrs. Hentz Nilsson, known to her friends as ""Ra"" (pronounced Ray), taught home economics at Qulin High School for two and a half years after graduating from Southeast Missouri State University...
Josie Dean Young
May 5, 2014
Josie Dean Young, 75, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at The Cedargate Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Young was born March 6, 1939 in Malden, MO to the late Willie Edward and Ardona May Braddum Winberry. She was of the Protestant faith, and had retired as a nurse's aid. Mrs. Young was a...
Paul Edmund Hogg
May 5, 2014
Paul E. Hogg, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at Oakdale Assisted Living Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Hogg was born May 14, 1919 in Poplar Bluff to the late John E. and Carrie Nance Hogg. He was a member of First Christian Church of Poplar Bluff and had retired as Butler County Collector...

Robert Alan Womack
May 3, 2014
Robert Alan Womack. 67, passed away on May 3, 2014 at his residence in Sparta, New Jersey. He was born February 2, 1947 in Paterson, NJ to the late Harlan Howard and Mae Harriett Dufffy Womack. They both preceded him in death. Mr. Womack worked in Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in the hospital laboratory. He is survived...
Thomas Melvin Mcgrew
May 2, 2014
Thomas Melvin McGrew, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Friday, May 2, 2014, at John J. Pershing VA Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Mr. McGrew was born June 21, 1931 in Winona, Mo. On March 31, 1990 he married Geneva Bausch in St. Louis, MO, she survives of the home. Mr. McGrew was a Paratrooper with the United States...
Anna E. Moncier
May 2, 2014
Anna E. Moncier, 63, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, May 2, 2014, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Mrs. Moncier was born November 18, 1950, in St. Louis, to the late Robert Eugene and Nora Goude. On November 8, 1969, she and Amos Mahon Moncier were married in Poplar Bluff. He survives of the...

Nina M. Bybee
Apr 30, 2014
Nina M. Bybee, 91, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2014, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. Mrs. Bybee was born September 29, 1922 in McClure, IL, to the late Marshall and Mable Murphy Wheelis. In 1962, she and Carrol G. Bybee were married in Pittsburgh, PA. He preceded her in death in 1992....
James William Groves
Apr 28, 2014
James William Groves, Jr., 64, of Wappapello, MO, passed away Monday, April 28, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Groves was born February 26, 1950 in Poplar Bluff, MO. He was a member of Lakeland Assembly of God in Wappapello, and had worked as a heavy equipment operator with local unions 513 and 501. Mr. Groves proudly served his country...
Harold Eugene Robbins
Apr 28, 2014
Harold Eugene Robbins, 66, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, April 28, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Robbins was born June 24, 1947 in Lansing Mich., and was a member of Grace Christian Fellowship Church in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Robbins was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and worked as a transport specialist for John J. Pershing VA Medical...
Mary L. Dunson
Apr 25, 2014
Mary L. Dunson, 80, of Broseley, Missouri passed away Friday, April 25, 2014. Mary was born April 9, 1934, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Finn Ewing and Roberta Clark. At a young age she professed her belief in Jesus at Pullman Temple, in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1952, she graduated from Dunbar High School in Little Rock. She then...