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Robert Mitchell Dockery
Feb 2, 2014
Robert Mitchell Dockery, 69, of Broseley, MO died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dockery was born May 14, 1944 to the late Marion E. and Geraldine Bynum Dockery. He was of the Baptist faith and was a farmer. Mr. Dockery enjoyed spending time with his family, being outdoors, bass fishing and hunting, On...
Donald Wayne Casselberry
Jan 29, 2014
Donald Wayne Casselberry, 74, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at his home. Donald was born March 5, 1939 in Campbell, Mo to the late Eugene and Lois Lucille Crawford Casselberry. On February 22, 1959 Donald and Gloria Brady were married in Clarkton, MO. She survives of the home. Donald retired from Arvin in Dexter,...
Herschel Allan Vernon
Jan 27, 2014
Herschel Allan Vernon, 57 of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Vernon was born January 25, 1957 at Poplar Bluff to the late Herschel and Anna B. Upton Vernon. On March 12, 1977 he and Beverly Elayne White were married in Fisk, MO. She survives of the home. Mr. Vernon was a...
Floyd Calvin Howe
Jan 24, 2014
Floyd Calvin Howe, 85, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Howe was born April 13, 1928, in Lafe, AR, to the late Emsley and Balcus Hyde Howe. On February 16, 1950 he married Ruby Bell in Indiana, she preceded him in death on January 29, 1976. He married Marvella...
Rose Metz Mcdaniel
Jan 24, 2014
Rose (Rozella Jane) Metz McDaniel, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and special friend, died Friday morning, January 24, 2014 at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Rose, the fourth of seven children of L.T. and Columbia Martin Metz, was born on February 1, 1920, in Poplar Bluff. Rose was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and Southeast Missouri State Teachers'...
James Henry Shields
Jan 21, 2014
James Henry Shields II, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Shields was born March 8, 1943, in Poplar Bluff to the late James Henry and Jessie Mae Wooldridge Shields. On March 27, 1965, he married JoAnn Brannan at Poplar Bluff, she survives of the home. Mr. Shields...
Ida Foster
Jan 20, 2014
Ida M. Foster, 67, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Monday, January 20, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Foster was born in Thebes, IL on July 19, 1946, to the late Homer White, and late Joyce Stevenson White. In 1966, she married James Allen Foster in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death in 1987. Mrs. Foster...
Rita J. Padgett Vinson
Jan 16, 2014
Rita Vinson began in this world as Rita Justine Padgett, the daughter of Nellie Carlisle Padgett and Charles Dewey Padgett. She was born at home in Charleston, MO, June 10, 1919. She went to be with her heavenly Father on Thursday, January 16, 2014, after a brief stay at Riverways Manor, in Van Buren, MO. Mrs. Vinson was baptized...
Loyd Lee Matthews
Jan 11, 2014
Loyd Lee Matthews, 79, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014, at his residence in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Matthews was born August 14, 1934 in Winona, MO to William David and Paris Weaver Matthews. On May 23, 1953 he married LaVerne Myers in Winona, she survives of the home. Mr. Matthews was a member of First Christian...
Mildred Ruth Jones
Jan 11, 2014
Mildred Ruth Jones, 83, of Wappapello, Mo passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014, at the Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Jones was born in St. Louis, Mo on August 9, 1930, to Thomas and Cecilia Pheiffer Keeton. They preceded her in death. On October 30, 1948, she and Eugene Merle Jones were married in Wappapello, Mo. He died on...
Walter Cornelius Dunson
Jan 11, 2014
Walter C. Dunson, 83, of Broseley, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Walter was born July 17, 1930 in Jackson, Miss., to Elbe and Mattie (Smith) Dunson. At a young age, he professed his belief in Jesus at Hope Spring Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss. Later in life, he became a member of New Home Missionary Baptist Church, where...
William Robert Murdock
Jan 10, 2014
William Robert Murdock, 79, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Murdock was born Feb. 7, 1934 in Maynard, Ark. He attended the Church of Christ and had retired as a tool and die maker for American Can Company. Mr. Murdock was a veteran of the U....
Marvin Paul Kelley
Jan 8, 2014
Marvin Paul Kelley, 72, of Wappapello, Mo. died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Kelley was born Jan. 28, 1941 in Doniphan, Mo. He was a retired self-employed business owner and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Kelley enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing and hunting. On April 16, 1966, he married Marjorie Leimetter...
Jessie Lavada Anthony
Jan 8, 2014
Jessie Lavada Anthony, 101, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Mrs. Anthony was born June 7, 1912 in Poplar Bluff to Robert M. and Lydia Huskey Sneathern. On December 28, 1929 she married Charles A. Anthony. He died in 1973. Mrs. Anthony was a member of 1st Baptist Church, read...

Mary C. Campbell
Jan 4, 2014
Mary C. Campbell, 81, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Mark Twain Care Center. Mrs. Campbell was born October 2, 1932, in Lyon County, KY, to Thomas Floyd and Reba Lovell Cornell. On September 9, 1975, she married Ralph Campbell in Greenville, MO. Mrs. Campbell was of the Protestant faith and liked to volunteer at...
Beaulah Bea Mae Christian
Jan 3, 2014
Beaulah ""Bea"" Mae Christian, 86, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away January 3, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Christian was born September 25, 1927 in Zalma, MO to William Adolph and Mary Chilton Slaughter. Mrs. Christian was a member of Midland Church, had worked in shoe sales and enjoyed spending time with her family, planting flowers and...
Inita Phillips
Jan 3, 2014
Inita Phillips, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo passed away January 3, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Phillips was born May 10, 1937 to Ben and Rose Mosley Wallace, in Monette, AR. and had two brothers, Norm Wallace and Don Wallace, and one sister, Lou Ellen Wallace. She was married to William J. Phillips; he preceded her in...

Mildred Juanita Pigg
Dec 27, 2013
Mildred Juanita Pigg, 91, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, December 27, 2013 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Mrs. Pigg was born April 22, 1922, in Wilson, Arkansas, to James Lawrence and Mandy Ella Williams Pennington. On October 5, 1937, she married Rev. Leonard Eual Pigg. He preceded her in death on August 23, 1999. Mrs. Pigg was...
Raymond A. Manns
Dec 27, 2013
Raymond A. Manns, 80, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Manns was born May 25, 1933 in Poplar Bluff to the late John R. and Olga M. Mack. He was of the Baptist faith and was a farmer. Mr. Manns was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Korean Conflict....
Myris Evelyn Hanley
Dec 25, 2013
Myris Evelyn Hanley, 84, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Westwood Hill Healthcare Center. Mrs. Hanley was born March 6, 1929, in North Manchester Indiana, to John William and Margaret Lena Rose Hanley. She was of the Methodist faith and worked for G. E. making computer circuit boards. She enjoyed spending time with her family,...